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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2016
Jinn Her Enterprise Co., Ltd., Kaohsiung, TW;
Yung-Yu Tsai, Kaohsiung, TW;
Chun-Chu Yang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Jinn Her Enterprise Co., Ltd., Kaohsiung, TW;
Abstract
An optical fiber sensing spring of the present invention includes a longer cylindrical tension coil spring, a shorter cylindrical compression coil spring and a longer cylindrical tension coil spring that are connected in series to form a spring having the same inner and outer diameters. A single-mode optical fiber manufactured with a long section of fiber grating is placed in the manufactured spring. This section of the fiber grating is tensed to two ends of the cylindrical compression coil spring having a predetermined gauge length, and the force applied is released. A pre-tensing method for providing a maximum tolerable compression strain and manufacturing technology for this sensing element are then achieved. Thus, the self-tensed optical fiber sensing spring structure satisfies a standard 0.9 mm outer diameter, is fully spring jacketed by the full spring jacketing and protection layer, and forms a linear stress-strain relationship in an elasticity stretched elastic region.