US Patent Issued to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology on May 5 for "Methods for detecting defects in an anisotropic rotor blade using a phased array ultrasound system" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,808, issued on May 5, was assigned to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Methods for detecting defects in an anisotropic rotor blade using a phased array ultrasound system" was invented by Manoj Kumar KM (Bengaluru, India), Sivaramanivas Ramaswamy (Bengaluru, India), Prasad Thapa (Bengaluru, India) and Thomas Earnest Moldenhauer (Burnt Hills, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes positioning a probe of the phased array ultrasound system on the mounting portion of the anisotropic rotor blade at the axial centerline. The method further includes scanning a sector of the anisotropic rotor blade ...