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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2014
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Ghislain Despesse, Saint Egreve, FR;
Mikael Carmona, Tencin, FR;
Jean-Michel Leger, Villard Bonnot, FR;
Alexandre Paleologue, Bordeaux, FR;
Abstract
A system including: a cable including: a core capable of transporting at least one useful electric signal; a sheath surrounding said core; at least one conductive wear detection strand embedded in the sheath and substantially extending along the entire length of the cable; and at least one reference conductive element which is not connected to said at least one wear detection strand and substantially extends along the entire cable length; and a control unit capable of measuring the capacitance or the resistance formed between said at least one strand and the reference conductive element.