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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2007
Applicant:
Brian Gerald Herbst, Easley, SC (US);
Inventor:
Brian Gerald Herbst, Easley, SC (US);
Assignee:
AFL Telecommunications LLC, Franklin, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A strain sensing device has a sub-assembly with at least one optical fiber therein, and a metallic coating encasing the sub-assembly. The metallic coating is strain coupled to the sub-assembly. A strain sensing system and a method of anticipating failure in a structure are provided. The strain sensing system and method of anticipating failure in a structure use the strain on the strain sensing device to calculate the strain on a structure of interest.