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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. 23, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2000
Michael S. Jansen, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Jonathan R. Schmidt, Wales, WI (US);
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting interruptions of continuity in a circuit is provided. The method includes transmitting a signal through a brush contacting a conductive band of a slipring, wherein the brush and the slipring have a relative motion. The apparatus is configured to determine a circuit interruption using a plurality of parameters of the signal transmitted through the brush and the slipring, and provide an indication of an interruption when the parameters of the signal transmitted through the brush and slipring are indicative of a circuit interruption.
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