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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. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2005
Applicant:
John Houldsworth, Reston, VA (US);
Inventor:
John Houldsworth, Reston, VA (US);
Assignee:
Powerprecise Solutions, Inc., Herndon, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/416 (2006.01); H02J 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting a change in an electrical property between contacts. A one-time operating state detection device includes a member coupling a pair of contacts and a detector for detecting a change in the coupling between the pair of contacts when the member is removed.