Optical fiber coil and method of winding

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PATENT NO 5841932
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08668485

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A fiber optic sensor coil is wound from a length of optical fiber with the mid-point of the optical fiber at the mid-point of the innermost layer of the coil and subsequent layers of the coil each have alternating turns of the two sections of the fiber emanating from the mid-point. The layers of alternating turns are formed by first winding a portion of one segment in such a fashion that adjacent turns are spaced apart by a distance equivalent to the diameter of the optical fiber. The layer is completed by winding a portion of the other segment such that the turns of the other segment are disposed between adjacent turns of the one segment. The number of turns in adjacent layers are unequal such that the turns of a next layer are arranged in grooves formed between two adjacent turns of optical fiber in the previous layer.

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SMITHS INDUSTRIES AEROSPACE & DEFENSE SYSTEMS INCSUITE 125 101 LINDENWOOD DRIVE MALVERN PA 19355

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bina, David R Comstock Park, MI 3 38
Milliman, Douglas Hastings, MI 10 140
Page, Jerry L Alto, MI 12 201

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