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Optical fibre pressure sensor

US5515459A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 15, 1994
Grant dateMay 7, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01L11/025
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical fibre pressure sensor in which two or more lengths of side-hole fibre (1, 2) are joined together at their ends, in which at a joint (3) the two pieces are rotated relative to one another around their common longitudinal axis, in which one or more lengths of side-hole fibre have their holes (5) sealed, and in which one or more lengths of side-hole fibre have their holes (4) exposed to the same pressure as is external to that length of fibre.

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