Chest band assembly for crash test dummy
View Patent ↗A chest band assembly for a crash test dummy includes a chest band adapted to be disposed about a rib cage of the crash test dummy and a sensor cooperating with the chest band and the rib cage. The sensor is made of a carrier and a plurality of optical fibers bonded to the carrier, wherein each of the optical fibers has at least one sensor.
1. A chest band assembly for a crash test dummy comprising:
a chest band adapted to be disposed about a rib cage of the crash test dummy;
a sensor cooperating with said chest band; and
wherein said sensor is made of a metal material carrier and a plurality of optical fibers bonded to said carrier, wherein each of said optical fibers has at least one sensor.
2. A chest band assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said metal material is spring steel.
3. A chest band assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said optical fibers are Fiber Bragg Grating optical fibers.
4. A chest band assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said at least one sensor is a Fiber Bragg Grating.
5. A chest band assembly as set forth in claim 1 including an integrator communicating with said optical fibers to record a strain of said optical fibers.
6. A chest band assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said optical fibers have a diameter of approximately 0.1 millimeters.
7. A chest band assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein each of said optical fibers includes a plurality of said at least one sensor.
8. A crash test dummy comprising:
a body;
a rib cage assembly operatively attached to said body; and
a chest band assembly comprising a chest band disposed about said rib cage assembly and a sensor cooperating with said chest band, wherein said sensor is made of a carrier and a plurality of optical fibers bonded to said carrier, wherein each of said optical fibers has at least one sensor.
9. A crash test dummy as set forth in claim 8 wherein said carrier is made of a metal material.
10. A crash test dummy as set forth in claim 9 wherein said metal material is spring steel.
11. A crash test dummy as set forth in claim 8 wherein said at least one sensor is a Fiber Bragg Grating.
12. A crash test dummy as set forth in claim 8 wherein said optical fibers are Fiber Bragg Grating optical fibers.
13. A crash test dummy as set forth in claim 8 wherein each of said optical fibers has a plurality of said at least one sensor.
14. A crash test dummy as set forth in claim 8 including an integrator communicating with said optical fibers to record a strain of said optical fibers.
15. A crash test dummy as set forth in claim 8 wherein said optical fibers have a diameter of approximately 0.1 millimeters.
16. A crash test dummy comprising:
a body;
a rib cage assembly operatively attached to said body;
a chest band assembly comprising a chest band disposed about said rib cage assembly and a sensor cooperating with said chest band, wherein said sensor is made of a carrier and a plurality of Fiber Bragg Grating optical fibers bonded to said carrier, wherein each of said optical fibers has a diameter of approximately 0.1 millimeters; and
an integrator communicating with said optical fibers to record a strain of said optical fibers.
17. A crash test dummy as set forth in claim 16 wherein said carrier is made of a metal material.
18. A crash test dummy as set forth in claim 17 wherein said metal material is spring steel.