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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2018
Seescan Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Mark S. Olsson, La Jolla, CA (US);
Jesse O. Casares, El Cajon, CA (US);
Jan Soukup, San Diego, CA (US);
Stephanie M. Bench, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Justin W. Taylor, Bend, OR (US);
Ray Merewether, La Jolla, CA (US);
David A. Cox, San Diego, CA (US);
SEESCAN, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Buried utility transmitters and associated locator devices, systems, and methods used for locating utility lines, pipes, and/or other conductors that are obscured from view are disclosed. In one embodiment a buried utility transmitter includes a module generating an output current for provision to the utility so as to generate a magnetic field for detection by a utility locator, with the output current signal having modulated signaling. The transmitter system may include a tray apparatus configured to be removably dockable to the transmitter module or element or a body or frame of the transmitter system.