US Patent Issued to RTX on Sept. 9 for "Bladed rotor inspection, analysis and repair systems and methods" (Connecticut, California, Michigan, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,711, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Bladed rotor inspection, analysis and repair systems and methods" was invented by Lawrence P. Roberts (North Palm Beach, Fla.), Ross A. Vandenbosch (Mason, Mich.), Uyen Phan (Arcadia, Calif.), Ron I. Prihar (West Hartford, Conn.) and Garrett Kernozicky (Mansfield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method can comprise: determining, via a processor, whether serviceable limits are met for an inspected bladed rotor; generating, via the processor, a three-dimensional model including a repair blend profile for a defect in response to determining the inspected bla...