Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas turbine engine drive system torsional health monitoring
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Application No.: US15788020Application Date: 2017-10-19
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Publication No.: US10590796B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Sheridon Everette Haye
- Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: G01M15/14
- IPC: G01M15/14 ; F01D21/00 ; F02K3/06 ; F02C7/00 ; F01D5/06 ; G01H1/10 ; F02C7/36 ; G01H1/00 ; F02C3/04

Abstract:
A drive system of a gas turbine engine includes at least one drive shaft operable to rotate within the gas turbine engine, a phonic wheel coupled to the at least one drive shaft, a speed sensor operable to detect rotation of the phonic wheel indicative of rotation of the at least one drive shaft, and a processing system coupled to the speed sensor. The processing system is operable to detect a phonic wheel pulse train indicative of rotation of the at least one drive shaft via the speed sensor, determine a torsional mode of the at least one drive shaft based on the phonic wheel pulse train, and record one or more trends of the torsional mode indicative of a health status of the drive system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190120078A1 DRIVE SYSTEM HEALTH MONITOR Public/Granted day:2019-04-25
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