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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2009
Applicant:
John George Witzel, Alexandria, VA (US);
Inventor:
John George Witzel, Alexandria, VA (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon UTD, Inc., Springfield, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for tracing wire includes an electrical exciter adapted to apply a voltage to a ground-laid wire to generate a corona at an outer surface of the ground laid wire, at least a portion of the corona including ultraviolet c-band radiation, and an ultraviolet c-band detector to detect the ultraviolet c-band radiation to trace at least a portion of the path of the ground-laid wire.