System and method for monitoring structures

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5754122
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08546352

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A system is disclosed for monitoring strain on a structure, such as a bridge. A plurality of battery powered wireless monitoring units are adapted for attachment to the structure, each or the units including: a sensing transducer for producing signals representative of strain, processing circuitry for processing strain-representative signals, the processing circuitry including a rain flow counter, storage for storing, as processed signals, accumulated rain flow counts of predetermined magnitudes, and a transmitter for wireless transmission of the processed signals to a receiver.

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COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES INCWESTPORT CT 06880

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  • 1995 Application Filing Year
  • G08C Class
  • 163 Applications Filed
  • 92 Patents Issued To-Date
  • 56.45 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cao, Qinghong Bethlehem, PA 10 186
Li, Weiping Bethlehem, PA 97 1480

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