US Patent Issued to Simmonds Precision Products on Aug. 11 for "Sensors for measuring pressure and temperature" (Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,428, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Simmonds Precision Products Inc. (Vergennes, Vt.).

"Sensors for measuring pressure and temperature" was invented by Kristen Brosnan (Colchester, Vt.) and Peter J. Carini (Underhill, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Fabry-Perot sensor assembly includes an optical element defining a Fabry-Perot optical cavity therein. A sensor ferrule is affixed to the optical element. The sensor ferrule is configured to physically connect to an optical fiber, aligning the optical fiber optically with the cavity. The optical element includes a LaGd doped hafnium or zirconium oxide ceramic or Nd:YAG ceramic or...