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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2014
Universite DE Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, FR;
Mersen France Amiens Sas, Amiens, FR;
Valery Bourny, Amiens, FR;
Jerome Fortin, Saint-Quentin, FR;
Thierry Capitaine, Essigny-le-Grand, FR;
Aurelien Lorthois, Beaurevoir, FR;
Veronique Da Ros, Boulay, FR;
UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE, Amiens, FR;
MERSEN FRANCE AMIENS SAS, Amiens, FR;
Abstract
A method for monitoring the quality of a communication channel supported by a sliding contact is provided. The method includes controlling application of a continuous electrical signal onto one of elements of the sliding contact, receiving measured values of electrical signals measured on other of the elements of the sliding contact, estimating from the measured values, a variance parameter value, comparing the variance parameter value with a threshold and, on the basis of a result of the comparison, generating a signal representative of a quality of the communication channel.