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(12) United States Patent ao) Patent No.: us 6,820,023 Bi
Klassen et al. (45) Date of Patent: Nov. 16,2004
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(75) Inventors: Allen Anthony Klassen, Loveland, OH
(US); Joseph Charles Zambito,
Cincinnati, OH (US); Paul Stephen
Manicke, West Chester, OH (US);
Robert John McElligott, Loveland,
OH (US); Catherine Mary Graichen,
Malta, NY (US); Christopher
Reynolds Hammond, Schenectady, NY
(US)
(73) Assignee: General Electric Company,
Schenectady, NY (US)
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 5 days.
(21) Appl. No.: 09/685,260
(22) Filed: Oct. 10, 2000
(51) Int. CI.7 G01N 29/06
(52) U.S. CI 702/83
(58) Field of Search 702/83, 51, 95;
73/600, 621, 602, 622, 610, 606, 866, 623, 866.5, 633; 359/505, 565; 250/559; 356/497, 638; 318/569; 700/110; 378/207; 364/571, 551, 413.25; 395/143, 162; 707/901; 367/13
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