Patents by Inventor Robert Patrick Kenny

Robert Patrick Kenny has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Strain sensor with optical fibre Bragg gratings
    Patent number: 6586722
    Abstract: Strain sensors, and in particular strain rosettes, are described and claimed, in which the strain sensing elements are fiber Bragg gratings. Strain sensors in accordance with the described invention comprise first and second fiber Bragg gratings, and a length of optical fiber connecting the gratings in series, each grating being substantially straight and the two gratings being non-parallel and having different nominal Bragg wavelengths, the connecting length of optical fiber having a bend, characterised in that a portion of the connecting length is tapered, the tapered portion including an elongate waist portion having a reduced cross sectional area and said bend is formed in the waist portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: European Community represented by Commission of the European Communities
    Inventors: Robert Patrick Kenny, Maurice Patrick Whelan, Alfredo Carlo Lucia