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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joel Richard Goergen, Soulsbyville, CA (US);
Chad M. Jones, Doylestown, OH (US);
Christopher Daniel Bullock, Round Rock, TX (US);
Dylan T. Walker, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2020.01); G01R 31/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/083 (2013.01); G01R 31/088 (2013.01); G01R 31/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method generally comprises monitoring real-time electrical data for Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) transmitting power over a cable to a Powered Device (PD), and identifying changes in the real-time electrical data indicating strain on one or more wires in the cable due to stretching in the one or more wires.