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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
Applicant:
First Texas Products, Llc, El Paso, TX (US);
Inventor:
David E. Johnson, El Paso, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/15 (2006.01); G01V 3/10 (2006.01); H02J 17/00 (2006.01); G01V 3/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/10 (2013.01); G01V 3/15 (2013.01); G01V 3/165 (2013.01); H02J 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pulse induction metal detector with a quasi-resonant transmitter and associated method is provided. The metal detector may be of the type such as is typically moved over the ground surface for the purpose of detecting buried metal objects. The quasi-resonant transmitter may include circuit apparatus to capture and recycle flyback energy and to transmit a pulsed magnetic field for energizing metal object to be detected.