Patent 9909971 was granted and assigned to GE Aviation Systems on March, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An aircraft including a jet engine including a core having a compressor and combustion chamber, and a particulate sensor located within the core and a particulate detection method for an aircraft having a jet engine where the method includes sensing particulates within the core and providing a corresponding value for the sensed particulates and providing an indication related thereto.