Magnetochemical Or Physical Chemistry Patents (Class 346/74.6)
  • Current sensors using magnetostrictive material
    Patent number: 9417294
    Abstract: A current sensor device. The current sensor device includes a strain distribution converter; an optical fiber coupled with the strain distribution converter; and a magnetostrictive material associated with the strain distribution converter such that a change in shape of the magnetostrictive material causes a change in length of the optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: UWM Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Chiu Tai Law, Rani El-Hajjar