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Method and apparatus for measuring acceleration and vibration using freely suspended fiber sensor

Patent 6008898 Issued on December 28, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject April 25, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

3602037

Flat tactile sensor
Patent #: 4886361
Issued on: 12/12/1989
Inventor: Furstenau

Temperature compensated fiber fabry-perot filters
Patent #: 5289552
Issued on: 02/22/1994
Inventor: Miller, et al.

Interferometric fiber optic displacement sensor Patent #: 5420688
Issued on: 05/30/1995
Inventor: Farah

Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 637872 filed on 04/25/1996

US Classes:

356/519, Having partially reflecting plates in series (e.g., Fabry-Perot type)250/227.19, With coherent interferrometric light356/477Using fiber or waveguide interferometer

Examiners

Primary: Turner, Samuel A.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0 456 681 B1 EP. 03/12/1994
  • 39 39 573 A1 DE. 06/12/1991
  • 63-236925 JP. 10/12/1988
  • 2-150703 JP. 06/12/1990
  • 5-45566 JP. 06/12/1993
  • 5-44967 JP. 07/12/1993

International Class

G01B 009/02

Foreign Application Priority Data

1995-04-26 DE

Abstract

An arrangement for measuring acceleration and vibration employs a fiber-optic interferometer comprising a monomode optical fiber through which light is guided and, having exited the fiber, is then reflected back therethrough, the exit end of the fiber being capable of transverse vibrations.

Other References

  • Quadrature phase-shifted, extrinsic Fabry-Perot optical fiber sensors, Feb. 15, 1991, vol. 16, No. 4 Optics Letters
  • High-sensitivity fiber-optic accelerometer, Feb. 15, 1989, vol. 14, No. 4 Optics Letter
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