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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:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mario B. Ignagni, Roseville, MN (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 9/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 9/06 ;
Abstract
A pipeline distortion monitoring system equipped with an inertial system measures geometric characteristics of the pipeline, and generates signals representative of the characteristics. Additional sensor means are used to aid in correcting the signals. Corrected signals along with other characteristics yield pipeline profile characteristics used to assess pipeline distortions.