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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2005
Dan Goldwater, Emeryville, CA (US);
Saul Griffith, Emeryville, CA (US);
Eric Wilhelm, Oakland, CA (US);
Colin Bulthaup, Oakland, CA (US);
Dan Goldwater, Emeryville, CA (US);
Saul Griffith, Emeryville, CA (US);
Eric Wilhelm, Oakland, CA (US);
Colin Bulthaup, Oakland, CA (US);
Makani Power, Inc., Alameda, CA (US);
Abstract
A fibrous tension member comprises a plurality of structural threads and an indicator thread. The indicator thread modulates one or more electrical properties of the indicator thread based at least in part on the elongation of the indicator thread. A system for sensing elongation of a fibrous tension member comprises a plurality of structural threads, at least one indicator thread, and a sensing-processing device. The sensing-processing device is electrically connected to the at least one indicator thread to determine the elongation of the fibrous tension member.