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. 12,312,749, 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 including a body and a strain sensor array embedded in the body. The strain sensor array includes vehicle-strain sensors configured to detect strain on the body resulting from vehicles traveling across the top surface. The strain sensor array includes an optical fiber cable comprising the plurality of vehicle-strain sensors, and the optical fiber cable is embedded in a ...