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US 2026/0298997 A1Published application
Device for locating electrical faults in underground cables
OwnerPaul Anthony Thomasinventor
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Abstract
A device for locating cable fault damage in a cable located underground comprises an RF signal generator which creates an RF signal, a transmitter transmitting the RF signal to the cable, wherein an output RF signal is transmitted in response to receiving the RF signal when the cable has the cable fault damage, and a receiver adapted to receive the output RF signal and establish a location of the cable fault damage.
Claims8
A device for locating cable fault damage in a cable located in the ground comprises, in combination:
- an RF signal generator which creates an RF signal;
- a transmitter transmitting the RF signal to the cable, wherein an output RF signal is transmitted in response to receiving the RF signal when the cable has the cable fault damage;
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- a receiver adapted to receive the output RF signal and establish a location of the cable fault damage, wherein the receiver is located on a motor vehicle adapted to move along the cable, and the receiver is electrically isolated from the transmitter.
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