US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on May 20 for "Automated turbine blade to shroud gap measurement" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,648, issued on May 20, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Automated turbine blade to shroud gap measurement" was invented by Clark A. Bendall (Skaneateles, N.Y.) and Matthew W. Pankow (Camillus, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Data is received which can characterize a two-dimensional image and a set of three-dimensional surface points. The two-dimensional image can characterize at least a tip of a blade and a portion of a shroud, and the three-dimensional surface points can characterize the tip of the blade and the portion of the shroud. A first location of an edge of the blade and a second location ...