Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Weldable FBG strain sensor arrangement
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Application No.: US16464990Application Date: 2017-07-24
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Publication No.: US10584959B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Jochen Maul , Tobias Kipp , Bernd Günther , Maria Marta Cabral Bobião Girão , Francisco Manuel Moita Araújo
- Applicant: HOTTINGER BALDWIN MESSTECHNIK GMBH
- Applicant Address: DE Darmstadt
- Assignee: Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH
- Current Assignee: Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Darmstadt
- Agency: Henry M. Feiereisen LLC
- Priority: DE102016014280 20161130
- International Application: PCT/DE2017/000225 WO 20170724
- International Announcement: WO2018/099501 WO 20180607
- Main IPC: G01B11/16
- IPC: G01B11/16 ; G01L1/24 ; G02B6/02 ; G01D5/353

Abstract:
A FBG strain sensor arrangement includes a sensor carrier of steel sheet to which a FBG strain sensor is fastened. A protective cover has a first part configured thin and narrow and bonded to the sensor carrier along an optical fiber so that the optical fiber lying underneath is fixed with a fiber Bragg grating on the sensor carrier. The protective cover is enlarged at each end portion of the optical fiber to thereby form a cavity underneath, with edges of the enlarged second part of the protective cover being bonded to the sensor carrier. Arranged in the cavity is an elastic filler which embeds the coupling points in a vibration damping manner. The protective cover with elastic filler accommodates thermal expansions and functions for dynamic measurements by the vibration damping.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190277627A1 WELDABLE FBG STRAIN SENSOR ARRANGEMENT Public/Granted day:2019-09-12
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