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US 8,075,181 B1Granted
Thermal monitoring device
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsPaul Rath Stauffer, Celestino John Gaeta, Richard Alan Forber, Doug Peder Bonnell
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Abstract
A thermal monitoring sheet measures surface temperature distributions of large areas, even over large, contoured surfaces. The sheet incorporates conduits that terminate or intersect at temperature measurement locations with a fixed relative arrangement to form a two-dimensional grid for sensing temperature distributions.
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A thermal monitoring device comprising:
- a first plurality of conduits for conveying electromagnetic radiation in a first predetermined direction;
- a second plurality of conduits for conveying electromagnetic radiation in a second predetermined direction, said second plurality of conduits intersecting said first plurality of conduits at a plurality of intersecting positions;
- a plurality of temperature sensing components, with a separate temperature sensing component located at each of the intersecting positions;
- a flexible component maintaining said first and said second plurality of conduits in a fixed relative arrangement with respect to each other;
- each of said first plurality of conduits having a portion that terminates in a first connector;
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- each of said second plurality of conduits having a portion that terminates in a second connector;
- wherein electromagnetic radiation can be input through said first connector via said first plurality of conduits to each said temperature sensing component, each said temperature sensing component providing an output through said second connector indicative of temperature substantially at said temperature sensing component.
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A thermal monitoring device comprising:
- a first plurality of conduits for conveying electromagnetic radiation in a first predetermined direction;
- a second plurality of conduits for conveying electromagnetic radiation in a second predetermined direction, said second plurality of conduits intersecting said first plurality of conduits at a plurality of intersecting positions;
- a plurality of temperature sensing components, with a separate temperature sensing component located at each of the intersecting positions;
- a flexible component maintaining said first and said second plurality of conduits in a fixed relative arrangement with respect to each other;
- electronic means for activating and interfacing with each said separate temperature sensing component;
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- said electronic means includes means for directing the electromagnetic radiation into at least one conduit of said first plurality of conduits in order to activate said temperature sensing components located along the at least one conduit, and means for accessing the outputs from said temperature sensing components located along the one conduit through said second plurality of conduits in order to determine temperature at various locations of the temperature sensing components along the one conduit.
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A method of sensing temperature at a plurality of locations, comprising the steps of:
- providing a first plurality of conduits for conveying electromagnetic radiation in a first predetermined direction;
- providing a second plurality of conduits for conveying electromagnetic radiation in a second predetermined direction, said second plurality of conduits intersecting said first plurality of conduits at a plurality of intersecting positions;
- providing separate temperature sensing components, each temperature sensing component located at one of the intersecting positions;
- maintaining said first and said second plurality of conduits in a fixed relative arrangement with respect to each other;
- directing electromagnetic radiation into one conduit of said first plurality of conduits in order to activate the temperature sensing components located along the one conduit;
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- accessing outputs from the temperature sensing components located along the one conduit through the second plurality of conduits in order to determine temperature at various of the temperature sensing components along the one conduit.
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A thermal monitoring device comprising:
- a plurality of waveguides for conveying electromagnetic radiation in a series of predetermined directions;
- a plurality of temperature sensing components, with a separate temperature sensing component located at each of said plurality of conduits;
- a flexible component maintaining said conduits in a fixed relative arrangement with respect to each other;
- each of said plurality of conduits having a portion that terminates in a first connector;
- and a second connector removably affixed to said first connector;
- wherein electromagnetic radiation can be input through said second connector via said first connector to said plurality of conduits to each said temperature sensing component, each said temperature sensing component providing an output indicative of temperature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.