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Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2021
Applicant:

Kidde Technologies, Inc., Wilson, NC (US);

Inventors:

Aswin Kumar Vallamkondu, Karnataka, IN;

Mark Sherwood Miller, Lakeville, MN (US);

Stefan Coreth, Roanoke Rapids, NC (US);

Assignee:

KIDDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Wilson, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 11/3206 (2021.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); G01K 1/14 (2021.01); G01H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 11/3206 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01); G01H 9/004 (2013.01); B64D 2045/009 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01);
Abstract

A detection system in an aircraft includes an optical fiber arranged along a structure of the aircraft and affixed to the structure with clamps that are spaced apart along the structure. The optical fiber includes two or more sets of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs). The system also includes a light source to generate light with two or more wavelengths for injection into the optical fiber, and processing circuitry to identify an overheat condition and monitor vibration experienced by the optical fiber based on reflected signals generated by the two or more sets of FBGs. Integrity of the clamps is indicated by monitoring the vibration.


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