ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,282, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Xerox Corp. (Norwalk, Conn.).
"System for applying pre-strain to an optical sensor" was invented by Jacob N. Chamoun (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus has a chassis having a base. A first wall extends substantially perpendicularly from the base at a first edge of the base. The first wall is configured to be a first attachment point for an optical cable comprising one or more optical sensors. An opposing second wall extends substantially perpendicularly from the base at a second edge of the base. A mobile attachment point is configured to be a second attachment point...