US Patent Issued to INTEGRATED ROADWAYS on May 27 for "Sensor deployment for modular pavement slabs" (Kansas, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,750, issued on May 27, was assigned to INTEGRATED ROADWAYS INC. (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 strain sensor array comprising one or more optical fiber cables embedded in the body. The strain sensor array includes an integrity sensor and vehicle-strain sensors. The vehicle-strain sensors are configured to detect strain on the body resulting from vehicles traveling across the top surface. Each of the vehicle-strain sensor...