ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,447, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Velvetwire LLC (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
"System and method for sensing high-frequency vibrations" was invented by Eric Oleg Bodnar (San Francisco) and Jacob Van Reenen Pretorius (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for reporting one or more events of interest in a structure, including an apparatus configured to be securely adhered to a surface of the structure, the apparatus having a flexible portion which conforms to a shape of the surface of the structure. The flexible portion containing a sensor to measure mechanical strain in the surface of the structure, and conductive trace...