ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,173, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TPI Inc. (Warren, R.I.).
"Sensor-embedded composites" was invented by Addis Tessema (East Providence, R.I.), John Perraut (Somerset, Mass.), McKevin Veloso (Lincoln, R.I.), Paul Roehm (Wyoming, Mich.), Jonathan M. Cabot (Warren, R.I.), Michael Lerman (Providence, R.I.), Scott Larson (Somerset, Mass.) and Satya Immani (Cranston, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for structural health monitoring of a panel includes a panel of a composite laminate structure. The system further includes a plurality of sensors disposed on at least a surface of the panel each configured to measure at least a...