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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 11, 2016
Applicant:

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Pullman, WA (US);

Inventors:

David E. Whitehead, Pullman, WA (US);

Shankar V. Achanta, Pullman, WA (US);

Henry Loehner, Spokane Valley, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/06 (2006.01); H03K 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/14 (2006.01); G01S 19/00 (2010.01); H02H 7/26 (2006.01); H02H 7/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/0688 (2013.01); G06F 1/14 (2013.01); H03K 3/01 (2013.01); H04J 3/0644 (2013.01); G01S 19/00 (2013.01); H02H 7/261 (2013.01); H02H 7/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for detecting the failure of a precision time source using an independent time source are disclosed. Additionally, detecting the failure of a GNSS based precision time source based on a calculated location of a GNSS receiver is disclosed. Moreover, the system may be further configured to distribute a time derived from the precision time source as a precision time reference to time dependent devices. In the event of a failure of the precision time source, the system may be configured to distribute a time derived from a second precision time source as the precision time signal during a holdover period.


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