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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:
Feb. 20, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven A Oliver, Dedham, MA (US);
Charles A DiMarzio, Cambridge, MA (US);
Stephen W McKnight, Needham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ; G02F / ; G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324209 ; 3242441 ; 356 355 ; 359282 ;
Abstract
A sensor system including a magnetooptic sensing element, a light source, at least one polarizer and at least one detector disposed about the sensing element. The sensing element has a first characteristic such that the sensing element provides a response to an applied external stress.