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Patent No.:

US 9194690 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2014
Applicant:

Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);

Inventors:

Venkata Adiseshaiah Bhagavatula, Big Flats, NY (US);

Theresa Chang, Painted Post, NY (US);

Klaus Hartkorn, Painted Post, NY (US);

John Himmelreich, Horseheads, NY (US);

Assignee:

Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02091 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/687 (2013.01); A61B 5/6873 (2013.01); A61B 5/6876 (2013.01); A61B 2562/12 (2013.01); A61B 2562/223 (2013.01); G02B 6/3624 (2013.01);
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.


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