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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
May. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Anthony Joseph Peyton, Bolton, GB;
Paul Colton, Lancaster, GB;
Robert Mackin, Ingleton, GB;
John Anthony Kelly, Morecambe, GB;
Inventors:
Anthony Joseph Peyton, Bolton, GB;
Paul Colton, Lancaster, GB;
Robert Mackin, Ingleton, GB;
John Anthony Kelly, Morecambe, GB;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of determining the state of a cable including at least one electrical conductor, uses a generated test signal and applies it to at least one conductor by a non-contact coupling transmitter. The resulting signal is propagated along the at least one conductor and a non-contact electrical coupling receiver picks up a reflected signal, and compares the reflected signal to expected state signal values for the cable to determine its current state.