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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Quanta Associates, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Benjamin James Harvey, Langley, CA;
Assignee:
Quanta Associates, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 5/04 (2006.01); G01L 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 5/047 (2013.01); G01L 5/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for calculating line sag in a span of a conductor is provided. The method includes using a portable smart device having one or more accelerometers and running a line sag application on the processing device. The line sag application enables acceleration data of return waves generated on the conductor to be collected using the smart device and to be plotted as a function of time for display on the smart device. The method further includes placement of time markers on the plotted data displayed on the smart device to determine elapsed time and calculating line sag using the elapsed time.