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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2009
Applicants:

Hua Xia, Altamont, NY (US);

James Michael Storey, Houston, TX (US);

Aaron John Avagliano, Houston, TX (US);

Aditya Kumar, Schenectady, NY (US);

Kevin Thomas Mccarthy, Troy, NY (US);

Juntao Wu, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Cheryl Zhan, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Inventors:

Hua Xia, Altamont, NY (US);

James Michael Storey, Houston, TX (US);

Aaron John Avagliano, Houston, TX (US);

Aditya Kumar, Schenectady, NY (US);

Kevin Thomas McCarthy, Troy, NY (US);

Juntao Wu, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Cheryl Zhan, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A fiber sensor package is disclosed. The fiber sensor package includes an interconnection between a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber within a tubing such that the first and second optical fibers are at least partially disposed within that tubing. A bonding material is disposed across an edge of the interconnection around at least a part of the circumferential surfaces of the first and second fibers, holds rigid the interconnection of the first and second optical fibers. The methods of preparing the package, and the examples of systems benefiting from the fiber sensor package of this invention are also described.


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