US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on Feb. 24 for "Fiber optic profiler for early damage warning" (Texas, North Carolina, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,547, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Fiber optic profiler for early damage warning" was invented by Chen Feng (Mount Laurel, N.J.), Moin Shafai (Richardson, Texas) and Suresh Venkatarayalu (Waxhaw, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example apparatus, method, and computer program product for detecting a change (e.g., deformation) in a surface using optical fibers are provided. The example apparatus may include an optical fiber having a first end and a second end, wherein the optical fiber is positioned in a two-dimensional pattern on a surface. An illumination source is position...