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US 10,502,634 B2Granted
Temperature measuring head unit for a hot stick
AssigneeHastings Fiber Glass Products, Inc.
InventorsKevin Lynn Baum, Lewis Allender Shaw
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Abstract
A temperature sensing system including a head unit comprising a thermal sensor for acquiring thermal data from a surface, a wireless transmitter wirelessly transmitting the thermal data, and a mounting interface; and a non-conductive pole connected to the mounting interface of the head unit.
Claims32
A head unit comprising:
- a directional non-contact thermal sensor for acquiring thermal data from a surface within a field-of-view (FOV) of the non-contact thermal sensor;
- a direction pointing protrusion providing a visual aid for orienting the FOV towards a surface of interest;
- a wireless transmitter wirelessly transmitting the thermal data;
- and
- a mounting interface for mounting the head unit to another object;
- wherein the mounting interface comprises a universal hot-stick mount for attaching the head unit to a hot-stick.
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A head unit comprising:
- a directional non-contact thermal sensor for acquiring thermal data from a surface within a field-of-view (FOV) of the non-contact thermal sensor;
- a direction pointing protrusion providing a visual aid for orienting the FOV towards a surface of interest;
- a wireless transmitter wirelessly transmitting the thermal data;
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- a mounting interface for mounting the head unit to another object;
- a shielded enclosure to provide at least partial shielding from electric-power-line-frequency electric fields;
- wherein the shielded enclosure comprises a conductive enclosure with an opening for at least one of:
- the directional non-contact thermal sensor;
- an antenna for the wireless transmitter, wherein the antenna is proximal to the opening;
- and
- a battery compartment.
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A temperature sensing system comprising:
- a head unit comprising a thermal sensor for acquiring thermal data from a surface, a wireless transmitter wirelessly transmitting the thermal data, and a mounting interface;
- wherein the head unit includes a sliding cover covering a contact sensor, the sliding cover being configured to slide between a cover position wherein the contact sensor is covered and a measurement position wherein the contact sensor is exposed to the surface for measuring a temperature of the surface, engagement with the surface causing the sliding cover to move from the cover position to the measurement position.
A system comprising:
- a head unit comprising a thermal sensor and a wireless transmitter, said head unit acquiring thermal data with the thermal sensor and wirelessly transmitting the thermal data;
- wherein the head unit includes a sliding cover covering a contact sensor, the sliding cover being configured to slide between a cover position wherein the contact sensor is covered and a measurement position wherein the contact sensor is exposed to a surface for measuring a temperature of the surface, engagement with the surface causing the sliding cover to move from the cover position to the measurement position.
A method, comprising:
- attaching a head unit comprising a non-contact thermal sensor and a wireless transmitter to a pole;
- pointing the head unit towards ah object;
- receiving thermal data transmitted wirelessly from the head unit to a remote unit, the remote unit being located near an operator, the remote unit having a wireless receiver for receiving the thermal data, the remote unit having a display;
- displaying the thermal data on the display of the remote unit for the operator;
- determining a battery level value for the remote unit;
- receiving a head unit battery level value wirelessly from the head unit;
- displaying battery level information for the head unit based on the head unit battery level value;
- displaying the battery level information for the remote unit based on a remote unit battery level value;
- and
- indicating an error condition if at least one of the head unit and remote unit battery level values is below a threshold value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.