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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2018
United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, San Diego, CA (US);
Stephen Charles Cox, San Marcos, CA (US);
United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A smart part comprising: a body, manufactured by a three dimensional (3D) additive manufacturing (AM) process, having high-stress and low-stress sections, wherein when the smart part is in operational use the high-stress section is subjected to higher stress than the low-stress section; a resistive strain gauge embedded within the body during the AM process at the high-stress section, wherein the strain gauge is configured to produce a variable output; and a temperature sensor embedded within the body during the AM process at the low-stress section, wherein the temperature sensor is configured to produce a variable output based on temperature.