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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:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joachim Wottrich, La Grange Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
NTC, Inc., Morris, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/900 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an electronic system for identifying a single power line from a plurality of power lines having transmitting means for transmitting an identification signal on the single power line to produce a magnetic field with a strength around the single power line, sensing means for sensing the strength of a magnetic field around each of the plurality of power lines wherein the strengths of the magnetic fields range from a smallest value to a largest value, storing means for storing the largest value, and alert means for alerting a user when the sensing means senses the largest value. Also disclosed is a method of using the device.