US Patent Issued to Integrated Roadways IP on Oct. 14 for "Sensor deployment for modular pavement slabs" (Kansas, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,143, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Integrated Roadways IP LLC (Kansas City, Mo.).

"Sensor deployment for modular pavement slabs" was invented by Tim Sylvester (Raytown, Mo.) and Mustafa Tekinay (Overland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A segment of roadway includes a body having a top surface and a sensor array with one or more optical fiber cables embedded in the body. The sensor array includes vehicle-strain sensors configured to detect strain on the body resulting from vehicles traveling across the top surface and a temperature sensor configured to detect temperature within the body. The temperature sensor is surrou...