ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,252, issued on April 29, was assigned to HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY AS (Alesund, Norway).

"Multi-element sensor for monitoring composite structure" was invented by Brian Burks (Parker, Colo.), Zack Prather (Englewood, Colo.), John Eihusen (Lincoln, Neb.), Joel R. Johnson (Lincoln, Neb.) and Tyler Perkins (Parker, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a sensor for monitoring a composite structure. The sensor includes multiple sensing elements of different sizes, each configured for different respective monitoring tasks. Also disclosed are methods of fabricating the sensor, designing and manufacturing the sensor, and attaching the s...