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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:
Jun. 05, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard G Wheeler, Robbinsville, NJ (US);
Roy Robinson, Hook Bathingstoke, GB;
Assignee:
Simmonds Precision Product, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9610 ; 25022711 ; 350 9623 ;
Abstract
An optical fiber mounting device and method of installation and monitoring of a structure using the device. The device includes an optical fiber connected to a support sheet. The support sheet is readily adapted to be connected to a structure. The method of installation of the device includes affixing the support sheet to a structure. The fabricated structure is monitored by propagating light through the installed optical fiber and continuously monitoring the light to detect changes in temperature, pressure, stress and/or strain in the structure.