公开(公告)号：US07440644B2

公开(公告)日：2008-10-21

申请号：US10506559

申请日：2003-03-03

申请人： Jonathan James Westhall ,  David John Hill ,  William Malcolm Babb ,  Philip John Nash ,  Steven Robert Thomson

发明人： Jonathan James Westhall ,  David John Hill ,  William Malcolm Babb ,  Philip John Nash ,  Steven Robert Thomson

IPC分类号： G02B6/00 ,  G01L1/24

CPC分类号： G01V1/201 ,  G01H9/004

摘要： An optical sensor assembly comprising a plurality of optical fibre sensor coils optically coupled by optical fibre; and an elongate support element, on which said plurality of optical fibre sensor coils and optically coupling optical fibre are mounted is disclosed. The support element has an elastic limit such that when said support element is bent from the elongate axis, the optical fibre fracture limit is reached before the elastic limit is reached. An array of these optical sensor assemblies, the mandrel on which the sensing coils are mounted and their method of manufacture are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 一种光学传感器组件，包括通过光纤光耦合的多个光纤传感器线圈; 并且公开了一种细长的支撑元件，其上安装有所述多个光纤传感器线圈和光学耦合光纤。 支撑元件具有弹性极限，使得当所述支撑元件从细长轴线弯曲时，在达到弹性极限之前达到光纤断裂极限。 还公开了这些光学传感器组件的阵列，其上安装有感测线圈的心轴及其制造方法。