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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. 21, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2006
Applicant:
Paolo F. Fantoni, Genoa, IT;
Inventor:
Paolo F. Fantoni, Genoa, IT;
Assignee:
Wirescan AS, Halden, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for monitoring a condition of an electrical cable, the method including: providing a reference signal CHand a signal CH, the signal CHbeing the reference signal CHafter amplitude and phase modulation by a cable impedance Zof the electrical cable; calculating the cable impedance Zas a function of the applied signal frequency based on the reference signal CHand the signal CH; and analyzing the cable impedance providing an assessment of the cable condition. A system performing the method is also disclosed.