Patents by Inventor William Malcolm Babb

William Malcolm Babb 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).

  • Optical fibre sensor assembly
    Patent number: 7440644
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Qinetiq Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan James Westhall, David John Hill, William Malcolm Babb, Philip John Nash, Steven Robert Thomson