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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2016
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Hai D. Pham, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Steve D. Huseth, Plymouth, MN (US);
Gina Marie Theisen, Blaine, MN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Abstract
A fall protection harness or fall protection static line includes one or more straps, an electrical sensing device coupled to the one or more straps, a computer processor coupled to the electrical sensing device, and a transmitter coupled to the computer processor. The one or more straps are made up of an electrically non-conducting thread and an electrically conducting thread. The electrically non-conducting thread and the electrically conducting thread are intertwined, or the electrically conductive thread is intertwined with itself. The electrical sensing device detects a disruption in current in the electrically conducting thread, a disruption in voltage in the electrically conducting thread, or a change in resistance in the electrically conducting thread, which indicates damage to the fall protection harness or a fall by a person wearing the fall protection harness.