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Fiber-optic vibration sensor

US5063781A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 1989
Grant dateNov 12, 1991
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01H9/006
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The sensor comprises a vibrating sheet (1), mechanically connected to the body (5A) to be analyzed, and an optical triangulation recording system for recording the displacements of the movable part of the sheet, in particular the free end (1B) opposite to that which is restrained. The recording system comprises two optical fibers (7, 9) ending in microlenses (10, 12) having optical axes mutually inclined and converging in the movable part (1B) of the sheet.

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