Patents Assigned to Sopha Praxis
  • Optical device for strain detection, method for the measurement of strain by means of the said device and their application to scales
    Patent number: 4781056
    Abstract: An optical device and method for strain detection. The device is provided with at least one optical fiber arranged so as to form a network. A light emitting device is arranged at one end of the fiber and a receiver is arranged at the other end, enabling the generation of information relative to the light intensity transmitted by the fiber or fibers in the presence of strain, and a measurement corresponding to the strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1988
    Assignee: Sopha Praxis
    Inventors: Jacques Noel, Jean-Claude Bocquet