US 12,148,538 B2
Techniques for incorporating sensors into apparatuses and systems
Isabella J. van Rooyen, Idaho Falls, ID (US); and Piyush Sabharwall, Idaho Falls, ID (US)
Assigned to Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US)
Filed by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/089,922.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/930,865, filed on Nov. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0134472 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); F28D 1/02 (2006.01); G21C 17/10 (2006.01); G21C 17/112 (2006.01); H01L 23/473 (2006.01)
CPC G21C 17/102 (2013.01) [B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); F28D 1/02 (2013.01); G21C 17/112 (2013.01); H01L 23/473 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of placing a sensor in a structure, comprising:
placing first particles comprising a first material of a structure in a first region and in a transition region proximate to the first region on or above a support surface, the transition region proximate to a location where a sensor is to be supported by the structure;
dispersing second particles comprising a second, different material among the first particles at least within the transition region, such that a value of at least one material property within the transition region, once fused, is intermediate a first value of the at least one material property within the first region and a fourth value of the at least one material property of the sensor, the second particles exhibiting a coefficient of thermal expansion between a coefficient of thermal expansion of the first particles and a coefficient of thermal expansion of a material of the sensor;
placing the sensor in the location; and
fusing the first particles of the first material to one another and to the second particles of the second material to form the structure with the sensor supported by the structure.