ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,280, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Brembo S.p.A. (Bergamo, Italy).

"Method and system for interrogating a birefringent Fiber Bragg Grating sensor, employing heterodyne optical detection" was invented by Stefano Faralli (Bergamo, Italy), Yonas Seifu Muanenda (Bergamo, Italy), Fabrizio Di Pasquale (Bergamo, Italy), Lorenzo Tozzetti (Bergamo, Italy) and Francesco Camozzi (Bergamo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for measuring physical parameters using sensors of the birefringent Fiber Bragg Grating type is provided. In some embodiments, a method and a system for querying a sensor of the birefringent Fiber B...