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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2010
Nadir Shah, North Potomac, MD (US);
William Keith Chandler, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Christopher Madsen, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Donald R. Way, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Nadir Shah, North Potomac, MD (US);
William Keith Chandler, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Christopher Madsen, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Donald R. Way, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Cleveland Electric Laboratories, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Abstract
A measurement device including a fastener for use in attaching a first member to a second member, in which the fastener has an aperture extending through a length of the fastener, and a first optical fiber located within the aperture, in which the first optical fiber includes at least one fiber Bragg grating sensor. At least a portion of the first optical fiber can be secured within the aperture. A first end of the first optical fiber can be connected to an associated first optical connector and a second end of the first optical fiber can be connected to an associated second optical connector.