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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2018
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Brandon M. Courter, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Nam V. Ngo, Summerville, SC (US);
Scott C. Farner, Daniel Island, SC (US);
Joseph M. Dray, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Terrance Lee Thomas, Woodinville, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for wire connectivity testing includes receiving wiring data indicating at least a length of a wire segment of a vehicle from a design database. The method further includes receiving spread-spectrum time-domain reflectometry (SSTDR) data associated with the wire segment from an SSTDR device coupled to an endpoint of the wire segment. The method also includes calculating a distance-to-fault based on the SSTDR data. The method includes comparing the distance-to-fault to the length of the wire segment. The method further includes, in response to the distance-to-fault being less than the length of the wire segment, generating fault data indicating a failure within the wire segment. The method also includes sending the fault data to a user output device.