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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2014
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Venkata Adiseshaiah Bhagavatula, Big Flats, NY (US);
Theresa Chang, Painted Post, NY (US);
Klaus Hartkorn, Painted Post, NY (US);
John Himmelreich, Horseheads, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A torque transmission assembly comprising: (i) an optical fiber coupled to an optical sensing component and capable of rotating and translating the optical sensing component and of transmitting light to and from the optical sensing component; and (b) an annular structure surrounding the optical fiber, the annular structure in conjunction with said optical fiber transmits torque from a rotating component to the optical sensing component, wherein the annular structure does not include a steel wire torque spring.