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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2021
Applicant:
Salunda Limited, Oxfordshire, GB;
Inventors:
Alan Patrick John Finlay, Ross-on-Wye, GB;
Philip Samuel Pickles, Botley, GB;
John Mark Newton, Abingdon, GB;
Mathew William Davis, Stithians, GB;
Assignee:
SALUNDA LIMITED, Oxfordshire, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 31/02 (2006.01); G01L 5/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 31/02 (2013.01); G01L 5/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor assembly for a fastener assembly comprising a nut and a bolt comprises a sensor unit mounted in a cavity in the nut of the fastener assembly having an internal opening in the internal thread of the nut. The sensor unit comprises an optical flow sensor arranged to capture an image of the external thread of the bolt through the internal opening and to sense relative movement of the external thread of the bolt.