Particulate ingestion sensor for gas turbine engines

US11492967B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• David L. Lincoln · Cromwell, US
• Wayde R. Schmidt · Pomfret Center, US
• Michael J. Birnkrant · Wethersfield, US
• Michael T. Gorski · Clinton, US
• Jonathan Gilson · Town of West Hartford, US
• Xuemei Wang · Dazhi, CN
• Coy Bruce Wood · Ellington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 3, 2019
• Grant date: Nov 8, 2022
• Expiry date: May 21, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2015/0046
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A multi-angle multi-wave array may comprise a first set of sensing elements, a second set of sensing elements, and a third set of sensing elements wherein the first set of sensing elements, the second set of sensing elements, and the third set of sensing elements are collectively configured to detect and discriminate between categories of foreign object debris including solid objects and particulates including silicate sand, water vapor, dust, volcanic ash, and smoke.