US 11,946,732 B2
Methods of wrapping optical fiber around a fluid conduit
Arne Dankers, Calgary (CA); and Seyed Ehsan Jalilian, Calgary (CA)
Assigned to HIFI ENGINEERING INC., Calgary (CA)
Appl. No. 17/429,220
Filed by Hifi Engineering Inc., Calgary (CA)
PCT Filed Feb. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CA2020/050146
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 6, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/160663, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/802,613, filed on Feb. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0146253 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. G01B 11/16 (2006.01); E21B 47/01 (2012.01); B65H 59/40 (2006.01); E21B 47/113 (2012.01); F17D 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC G01B 11/165 (2013.01) [E21B 47/01 (2013.01); B65H 59/40 (2013.01); B65H 2701/32 (2013.01); E21B 47/114 (2020.05); F17D 5/06 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wrapping optical fiber around a fluid conduit, comprising:
wrapping optical fiber at least partially around the fluid conduit; and
securing the optical fiber relative to the fluid conduit at one or more securing locations, thereby defining a sequence of multiple optical fiber portions, each optical fiber portion comprising a portion of the optical fiber, wherein each securing location delimits a given optical fiber portion from a subsequent optical fiber portion in the sequence of optical fiber portions,
wherein wrapping the optical fiber comprises:
wrapping a first optical fiber portion around the fluid conduit in one of a clockwise direction and a counter-clockwise direction; and
wrapping a second optical fiber portion around the fluid conduit in the other of the clockwise direction and the counter-clockwise direction, wherein:
relative to the first optical fiber portion, the second optical fiber portion is the subsequent optical fiber portion in the sequence of optical fiber portions; and
one of the one or more securing locations delimits the first optical fiber portion from the second optical fiber portion.