{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9719356","patent":{"patent_number":"US-9719356","title":"Method of finishing a blade","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2014-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2017-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["G05B","G05B","G05B","G05B","G05B","G05B","G05B"],"num_claims":16,"abstract":"An automated technique for finishing gas turbine engine blades or vanes by generating a bespoke tooling path for each blade or vane. The bespoke tooling path is generated by scanning the aerofoil surface to generate a 3-D electronic representation of the surface. The 3-D electronic surface is then analyzed to identify imperfections or defects, and then a machining path a generated through which the imperfections can be removed. The machining path is determined so as to smoothly blend the surface back to the underlying surface where the imperfections had been present. In this way, the resulting aerofoil, once machined, has optimized aerodynamic performance."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Method of finishing a blade","description":"An automated technique for finishing gas turbine engine blades or vanes by generating a bespoke tooling path for each blade or vane. The bespoke tooling path is generated by scanning the aerofoil surf","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9719356","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9719356","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Method of finishing a blade\" (US-9719356). https://patentable.app/patents/US-9719356","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9719356","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-9719356","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-06-06T06:06:35.435Z"}