Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fiber-optic sensor assembly
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Application No.: US15076286Application Date: 2016-03-21
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Publication No.: US09976919B2Publication Date: 2018-05-22
- Inventor: Corneliu Ioan Rablau
- Applicant: Kettering University
- Applicant Address: US MI Flint
- Assignee: KETTERING UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: KETTERING UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Flint
- Agency: Dickinson Wright PLLC
- Main IPC: G01L1/24
- IPC: G01L1/24 ; G01P15/093

Abstract:
A fiber-optic force and displacement sensor includes a mirror comprising a plurality of sectors extending from a center point to a peripheral edge. Each of the sectors has a high reflectance corresponding to only one of a plurality of single wavelength light beams having different wavelengths transmitted from a laser light source. A method of measuring force and displacement includes measuring the radiant flux between each of a plurality of reflected single wavelength light beams that change as the area of the sectors are displaced towards and away from a center of projection of a combination light beam that comprises the plurality of single wavelength light beams projected towards the center point of the mirror when the mirror is in a rested position. Forces acting upon the mirror are measured as a function of the displacement of the mirror and the transverse and the axial stiffness of a connector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160282207A1 FIBER-OPTIC SENSOR ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2016-09-29
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