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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nathan N Haese, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
David R Pedersen, Clayton, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; H01J / ; G01D / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9629 ; 350 9634 ; 25022714 ; 25023119 ; 73655 ; 73800 ; 428160 ; 4284231 ;
Abstract
The invention is a pressure sensing device utilizing a polymer optical fiber with a core comprised of a flexible thermoplastic aliphatic segmented polyurethane. The use of an optical fiber based pressure sensor eliminates the electromagnetic interference problems associated with conventional electronic pressure sensors. Use of polyurethane as the core material for the optical fiber results in an optical fiber with high flexibility, thus making the inventive pressure sensing device more rugged and durable than other optical fiber based pressure sensors.