US Patent Issued to University of Oregon on Sept. 29 for "Stress and displacement sensors and methods of sensing" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,002, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to University of Oregon (Eugene, Ore.).

"Stress and displacement sensors and methods of sensing" was invented by Keat Ghee Ong (Eugene, Ore.) and Michael McGeehan (Eugene, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sensors include an optical source configured to emit a beam directed to an opposing surface having a reflectance pattern, and an optical detector situated in relation to the optical source to detect a portion of the beam reflected by the opposing surface and to produce an output signal that varies based on (i) a relative displacement between the reflectance pattern and the optical detector a...