18499937. ACTIVELY DRIVEN REMOTE MOUNT OPTICAL PROBE (RTX CORPORATION)
ACTIVELY DRIVEN REMOTE MOUNT OPTICAL PROBE
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Bryan James Hackett of Berlin CT US
ACTIVELY DRIVEN REMOTE MOUNT OPTICAL PROBE
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18499937 titled 'ACTIVELY DRIVEN REMOTE MOUNT OPTICAL PROBE
Original Abstract Submitted
A gas turbine engine includes a fan duct, an engine casing, and a gaspath casing. A thermal imaging device is integrated with the gas turbine engine. The thermal imaging device includes: a main body comprising processing circuitry, where the main body is mountable to the fan duct or a mounting structure separate from the fan duct. The thermal imaging device includes a probe mounted to the engine casing. The probe includes one or more sensors configured to detect thermal energy, and the probe is configured to transmit an optical signal based on the detected thermal energy, to an aperture of the main body, over an air gap between the probe and the main body. The processing circuitry is configured to provide temperature information in response to processing the optical signal.