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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Andrew John Phillips, Harrisburg, NC (US);
J. Mark Major, San Antonio, TX (US);
Robert Carlton Lynch, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Lester Ray Harrell, Concord, NC (US);
Assignee:
ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Charlotte, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 31/12 (2006.01); G01R 31/12 (2006.01); G01R 27/26 (2006.01); H01B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/1263 (2013.01); G01R 27/2617 (2013.01); H01B 17/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for evaluating an electrical insulator includes: a frame having a base and a pair of spaced-apart resilient arms each having a distal end; and a flexible probe disposed between the arms, the flexible probe being generally U-shaped and having a pair of distal ends, each distal end of the probe being connected to a respective distal end of one of the arms.