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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2010
Applicants:
Brian Stanley Aikins, Everett, WA (US);
Greg Edward Foisy, Everett, WA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Stanley Aikins, Everett, WA (US);
Greg Edward Foisy, Everett, WA (US);
Assignee:
Fluke Corporation, Everett, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for calibrating a test instrument and a set of leads having proximal ends coupled with the test instrument is described. The method includes shorting the distal ends of the set of leads during calibration and zeroing the test instrument during the shorting. The shorting includes coupling an electrical conductor with at least two of the distal ends.