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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2013
Applicant:
The Cleveland Electric Laboratories Company, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Inventors:
Mike McNeilly, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Scott V. Johnson, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
The Cleveland Electric Laboratories Company, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/35 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/3564 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure is of a fiber optic switch, where an actuated plunger causes a snap-action mechanism to change rapidly from a first state to a second state and place a loaded member from a first strain condition into a second strain condition where the two conditions are substantially different. A strain sensor mounted on the loaded member senses the strain of the loaded member and transmits a corresponding signal on a fiber optic cable.