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| 8184767 | Imaging system and method with scatter correction An imaging technique is provided for acquiring scatter free images of an object. The technique includes acquiring a plurality of projection images of the object using a source and a detector oriented at a plurality of projection angles relative to the object, and ge... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179132 | Method and system for integrating eddy current inspection with a coordinate measuring device A method for integrating a measurement device for use in measuring a machine component includes providing a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) and combining eddy current (EC) capabilities and CMM capabilities to form an inspection probe. The method further includes ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177513 | Method and apparatus for a structural outlet guide vane In one aspect, a method for assembling an outlet guide vane is provided. The method includes providing an outlet guide vane frame having a first side and a second side. The outlet guide vane includes a radially inward flange coupled to a radially outward flange by a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177474 | System and method for turbine engine clearance control with rub detection A method of detecting rubs during operation of a turbomachine comprising at least one rotating object having a tip and a shelf is provided. The method includes generating signals representative of a sensed parameter and processing the signals to generate height vers... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8138694 | Bidirectional buck-boost power converters A bidirectional buck-boost power converter 13 including a pair of inverter modules 14, 15 disposed at an output of a machine, and an inductor Lo connected between the pair of inverter modules 14, 15. A method for controlling a voltage... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134345 | Cryogenic exciter The disclosed technology is a cryogenic static exciter. The cryogenic static exciter is connected to a synchronous electric machine that has a field winding. The synchronous electric machine is cooled via a refrigerator or cryogen like liquid nitrogen. The static ex... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131107 | Method and system for identifying defects in NDT image data An anomaly detection method includes acquiring image data corresponding to nondestructive testing (NDT) of a scanned object. The NDT image data comprises at least one inspection test image of the scanned object and multiple reference images for the scanned object. T... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127732 | Laser ignition system and method for internal combustion engine A laser beam ignition system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The laser beam ignition system comprises a laser configured to generate a laser beam, and a beam steering unit comprising a lens and a prism both configured to cooperatively transmit the las... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123886 | Method of manufacture of composite laminates, an assembly therefor, and related articles A method is described for making a composite laminate formed by curing a stacked structure comprising at least two layers of strips of fibrous material impregnated with resin, wherein the strips in adjacent layers have different directional orientations. An apparatu... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120915 | Integral heat sink with spiral manifolds A heat sink is provided for directly cooling at least one electronic device package having an upper contact surface and a lower contact surface. The heat sink comprises a cooling piece formed of at least one thermally conductive material, where the cooling piece def... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116936 | Method and system for efficient data collection and storage A system for collecting and storing performance data for an engine is provided. The system includes one or more sensors configured to generate sensor data signals representative of one or more engine data performance parameters. The system further includes a data sa... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112172 | Method and system for gash parameter extraction of a cutting tool A method for extracting gash parameters of a cutting tool, comprises positioning the cutting tool on a moveable stage, scanning two or more gash sections of the cutting tool to generate two or more gash section scanning point clouds, indexing multiple points of the ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8101898 | Optically gated MEMS switch An optically powered MEMS gate driver includes a photovoltaic converter configured to receive a light signal from a light source and output a DC supply voltage for a MEMS gate driver in response thereto. The MEMS gate driver further includes a DC to DC converter ele... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8083467 | Apparatus and method for controlling a rotary machine using pressurized gas An apparatus and method for controlling rotating bladed machinery by using a source of pressurized gas is disclosed. The source of pressurized gas, such as air, imparts braking torque on a turbomachinery component through the use of one or more impinging orifices or... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083413 | Compliant hybrid gas journal bearing using integral wire mesh dampers A compliant hybrid gas journal bearing includes compliant hybrid bearing pads having a hydrostatic recess and a capillary restrictor for providing a flow of pressurized gas to the bearing. The bearing also includes an inner rim adjacent the bearing pads, an outer ri... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8056793 | Apparatus and method for friction surfacing using a consumable pin tool A friction surfacing apparatus and method for depositing one or more metals, metal alloys, or other materials is disclosed. The friction surfacing apparatus includes a pin tool holder, a non-consumable shoulder having an inside diameter and an outside diameter, the ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056606 | Methods of making and using ceramic metallic interlocked components A composite element is provided. The composite element includes a ceramic component defining a cavity having a first end and a second end, and a metallic component that includes a head and a body. At least a portion of the body of the metallic component is disposed ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8045181 | Inspection system and method with multi-image phase shift analysis An inspection system is provided. The inspection system comprises a light source, a grating, a phase shifting unit, an imager, and a processor. The light source is configured to generate light. The grating is in a path of the generated light and is configured to pro... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8037843 | Resin application and infusion system An application and infusion system for applying a resin to one or more fiber tows and for infusing the fiber tows with the resin, wherein each of the fiber tows is moving at a respective fiber speed. The application and infusion system includes a deposition and infu... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8022715 | Automated sensor specific calibration through sensor parameter download A sensor system for measuring a clearance parameter between a stationary component and a rotating component of a rotating machine is provided. The system includes a clearance sensor to output a clearance measurement signal. A sensor memory is attached to the sensor ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8022416 | Functional blocks for assembly A functional block for assembly includes at least one element and a patterned magnetic film comprising at least one magnetic region attached to the element. A wafer includes a host substrate comprising a number of elements. The wafer further includes a patterned mag... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8021491 | Method for selectively removing coatings from metal substrates A method for selectively removing an aluminum-poor overlay coating from a substrate of a component, which as a result of its low aluminum content is highly resistant to a selective stripping solution. The method entails diffusing aluminum into the overlay coating to... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020308 | Non-destructive inspection system having self-aligning probe assembly An inspection system comprises a sensor configured to acquire inspection data of the object, a motion control device, a joint assembly coupled to the motion control device, and a probe housing coupled to the joint assembly and configured to hold the sensor. The insp... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8018102 | Shielding of superconducting field coil in homopolar inductor alternator A superconducting field coil assembly includes a superconducting field coil disposed within a vacuum insulated electro-magnetic (EM) shielded cryostat. A water cooling jacket is thermally integrated with the outer surface of the EM shielded cryostat. ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010315 | Multi-modality inspection method with data validation and data fusion An inspection method is provided and includes acquiring at least one inspection data set. Each inspection data set comprises inspection data for a component. The inspection method further includes mapping the inspection data set onto a three-dimensional (3D) model o... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7994800 | Systems and methods for online phase calibration A system for online relative phase calibration is provided. The system includes at least one excitation source configured to generate multiple excitation signals. The system also includes at least two sensors coupled to respective ones of the at least one excitation... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7976694 | Apparatus and method for hybrid machining a contoured, thin-walled workpiece An apparatus and method for hybrid machining a workpiece is disclosed. The workpiece is powered as an anode, a cutter is powered as a cathode and a cutting fluid or coolant is circulated therebetween. The cutter is made of a conductive material and a non-conductive ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975554 | Wireless strain sensors, detection methods, and systems A strain sensor comprises a transmitting element; a receiving element wirelessly coupled to the transmitting element; and a modulating element located on a rotating component, wherein the modulating element modulates the wireless coupling between the transmitting el... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7969049 | High power density cooling of electrical machines using ceramic tubes of high thermal conductivity A high power density generator contains an armature structure having a plurality of conductors and at least one heat transfer tube thermally coupled to the conductors. The tube is hollow so as to allow a heat transfer fluid to pass through it. The tube is made of a ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7948233 | Omnidirectional eddy current array probes and methods of use Omnidirectional eddy current array probes for detecting flaws in a conductive test object generally includes semi-circular wave shaped continuous drive lines in two rows disposed in two layers that are multiplexed for omnidirectional inspection without blind spots. ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7933754 | System and method for damage propagation estimation A method to estimate damage propagation is disclosed. The method includes making available a set of input parameters to a computational model, executing the computational model with defined changes within a range of an input parameter of the set of input parameters ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930111 | Synthesized synchronous sampling and acceleration enveloping for differential bearing damage signature A system for detecting differential bearing damages includes a synthesized tachometer that generates a tachometer signal corresponding to the race speed difference of a bearing assembly such that the bearing damage speed difference dependency can be eliminated and t... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926176 | Methods for magnetically directed self assembly A fluidic assembly method includes dispersing a number of functional blocks in a fluid to form a slurry. Each of the functional blocks includes at least one element and a patterned magnetic film comprising at least one region. The fluidic assembly method further inc... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925075 | Inspection system and methods with autocompensation for edge break gauging orientation A method for inspecting a feature of a part is provided. The method includes obtaining a profile corresponding to the feature using a sensor and projecting the profile onto a compensation plane normal to the feature for generating an updated profile. The method also... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924439 | Method and system for parameter extraction of a cutting tool A method for extracting parameters of a cutting tool is provided. The method comprises positioning the cutting tool on a moveable stage, performing one or more rotary scans of a first section of the cutting tool to generate a scanning point cloud, indexing a plurali... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921350 | System and method for fault detection and localization in time series and spatial data A method for fault detection and localization calls for obtaining a data set, smoothing the data set, identifying a plurality of split points within the data set, fitting a piecewise linear function to the plurality of split points; and determining a residual betwee... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912572 | Calibration assembly for an inspection system A method of calibrating an inspection system is provided. The method includes contacting a test part with a run-out measurement device and rotating the test part and measuring a first run-out using the run-out measurement device. The method also includes moving the ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912328 | Optical waveguide EMI shield A circuit board assembly is configured to attenuate and prevent electro-magnetic fields from interfering with operation below a desired cutoff frequency, of electro-magnetic interference (EMI) susceptible circuit board electronics disposed within a shielded enclosur... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911205 | Electromagnetic resonance frequency inspection systems and methods A method of inspecting a test part is provided. The method includes positioning a coil on a surface of the test part and exciting the coil at a resonance frequency. The method also includes determining at least one of a resonance frequency shift and a quality factor... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909507 | Thermal inspection system and method A thermal inspection method is provided for a component comprising at least one complex internal passage arrangement defining at least one opening. The thermal inspection method includes flowing a fluid through the at least one complex internal passage arrangement. ... | 03/22/2011 |
