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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:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 2/118 ; G01J 5/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 2/118 ; G01J 5/10 ;
Abstract
The underground-laying depth of an electric power cable is obtained on the basis of temperature data of the electric power cable laid underground, ambient temperature data of a place where the electric power cable is laid underground, calorific power data of the electric power cable, thermal resistivity of soil where the electric power cable is laid underground, and radiation thermal resistivity of the surface of the electric power cable. The ambient temperature means the temperature of a place which is not influenced by the heat of the electric power cable.