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US 2014/0239972 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for monitoring condition of a splice
AssigneeSmartKable, LLC
InventorsDouglas S. HIRSH, Michael M. MUEHLEMANN
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Abstract
A splice monitoring apparatus and method of use is capable of determining splice characteristics by means of dynamic reactance through waveform shifts and harmonic distortions in comparison to a base frequency.
Claims9
A method of monitoring a condition of a splice comprising:
- a) establishing a baseline for a splice of defined construction in terms of phase shift and harmonic shift;
- b) determining the phase shift and/or the harmonic shift for a splice that has been in service;
- c) comparing the phase shift and/or the harmonic shift of step (b) with the baseline of step (a) to determine based on differences between the values of phase shift and/or the harmonic shift for the splice in service and the baseline values whether the splice in service is experiencing degradation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.