Patent ID: 6721470
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: G01B,G01D

Abstract:
An optical measurement device for an electrical appliance having a base body with at least one slot having two slot side walls and at least one electrical conductor having a longitudinal face facing away from the two slot side walls and a plurality of conductor elements insulated from one another, the conductor pressed into the at least one slot, the optical measurement device comprising:at least one Faser-Bragg grating sensor; at least one optical waveguide: having a part adjacent said at least one Faser-Bragg grating sensor; and being connected to said at least one Faser-Bragg grating sensor; said at least one Faser-Bragg grating sensor to be interrogated by a light signal through said at least one optical waveguide; an evaluation unit optically connected to said at least one Faser-Bragg grating sensor; said at least one Faser-Bragg grating sensor and said part to be disposed in a region of the slot at the longitudinal face; and at least one protective strip to be disposed at the longitudinal face.