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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:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2002
Applicants:
Larry Miller, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Paul Drew Ehrensberger, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Larry Miller, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Paul Drew Ehrensberger, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Zircon Corporation, Campbell, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R019/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A transmitter that is electrically connected to a circuit and an associated receiver is used to identify an element of that circuit in the presence of other circuits. This may be used in AC or DC systems that are powered or not to identify or trace circuit elements such as lines, junctions, switches, fuses, or breakers. One version that identifies the circuit breaker of the circuit connected to the transmitter in a powered AC distribution system.