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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:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 18, 1994
Philippe Bonniau, Houilles, FR;
Bernard Estang, Chevreuse, FR;
Bernard Perrier, Viry Chatillon, FR;
Jean Chazelas, Paris, FR;
Jerome Lecuellet, Chatenay Malabry, FR;
Thomson-CSF, Puteaux, FR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a structure at least partially comprising a composite material, the material being made by means of sheets of fibers embedded in a matrix, the different sheets forming plies of the material, the material comprising intrinsic means for the detection and localization of a mechanical irregularity, these means comprising at least one polarization-maintaining birefrigent optical fiber having a so-called slow axis and a so-called fast axis, embedded in the matrix and describing a known path inside the material, wherein the optical fiber is included inside a casing with an internal diameter that is greater than the external diameter of the fiber.
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