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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
May. 06, 2013
Applicants:
The Boeing Company, Seal Beach, CA (US);
University of Delaware, Newark, DE (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. DeLuca, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Christopher J. Felker, Downingtown, PA (US);
Dirk Heider, Newark, DE (US);
Gaurav Pandey, Newark, DE (US);
Ahmad Abu-Obaid, Newark, DE (US);
Erik T. Thostenson, Newark, DE (US);
John W. Gillespie, Jr., Hockessin, DE (US);
Assignees:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
University of Delaware, Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for use in monitoring a structure is provided. The system includes a strip of piezoresistive material including nano-elements, electrodes coupled to the strip, and a resistance detector configured to measure a resistance of the strip.