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US 9,544,023 B2Granted
Cable assembly for providing power through inductive coupling
AssigneeSyscor Controls & Automation Inc.
InventorsNikolay Nikolov Tzonev, Dale John Shpak, David William Sime
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Abstract
A Cable Assembly for supplying power includes wiring for carrying alternating electrical current, a plurality of Source Inductive Elements spaced at intervals along the wiring to provide power by induction; and an encapsulation layering that provides electrical insulation.
Claims10
A Cable Assembly for supplying power, comprising:
- an elongated cable body having a length of from several meters to several kilometers, the cable body comprising in combination:
- wiring for carrying alternating electrical current;
- a plurality of Source Inductive Elements spaced at intervals along the wiring to provide power by induction, and the spacing of the plurality Source Inductive Elements creating distinct induction sites, along the length of the cable body, capable of providing power by induction to a plurality of distinct power consuming nodes located at spaced intervals;
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- an encapsulation layering that provides electrical insulation;
- a monitoring system having a plurality of Monitoring Nodes, each of the Monitoring Nodes is powered by inductive coupling of a Sink Inductive Element to one of said Source inductive Elements, and each of the Monitoring Nodes monitors signals from at least one sensor, the at least one sensor including a chemical sensor for detecting hydrocarbons.
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A cable Assembly for supplying power, comprising:
- an elongated cable body from several meters to several kilometers in length, the cable body comprising in combination:
- wiring for carrying alternating electrical current;
- a plurality of Source Inductive Elements spaced at intervals along the wiring to provide power by induction, the spacing of the plurality Source Inductive Elements creating distinct induction sites along the length of the cable body capable of providing power by induction to a plurality of distinct power consuming nodes located at spaced intervals;
- an encapsulation layering that provides electrical insulation;
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- a monitoring system having a plurality of Monitoring Nodes, each of the Monitoring Node is powered by inductive coupling of a Sink Inductive Element to one of said Source Inductive Elements, and each of said Monitoring Node monitors signals from at least one sensor, the monitoring system additionally comprises a location device selected from one of a GPS receiver or RFID device that is used to provide positional information.
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A Cable Assembly for supplying power, comprising:
- an elongated cable body from several meters to several kilometers in length, the cable body comprising in combination;
- wiring for carrying alternating electrical current;
- a plurality of Source Inductive Elements spaced at intervals along the wiring to provide power by induction, the spacing of the plurality Source Inductive Elements creating distinct induction sites along the length of the cable body capable of providing power by induction to a plurality of distinct power consuming nodes located at spaced intervals;
- an encapsulation layering that provides electrical insulation;
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- a monitoring system having a plurality of Monitoring Nodes, each of the Monitoring Nodes is powered by inductive coupling of a Sink Inductive Element to one of said Source Inductive Elements, and each of the Monitoring Nodes monitors signals from at least one sensor, the monitoring system additionally comprises means for transmission of a communications signal along wires that are dedicated to the purpose of communications wherein said communications signal is inductively coupled between said Monitoring Node and said wires.
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A Cable Assembly for supplying power, comprising:
- an elongated cable body from several meters to several kilometers in length, the cable body comprising in combination;
- wiring for carrying alternating electrical current;
- a plurality of Source Inductive Elements spaced at intervals along the wiring to provide power by induction, the spacing of the plurality of Source Inductive Elements creating distinct induction sites along the length of the cable body capable of providing power by induction to a plurality of distinct power consuming nodes located at spaced intervals;
- an encapsulation layering that provides electrical insulation;
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- a monitoring system having a plurality of Monitoring Nodes, each of the Monitoring Node is powered by inductive coupling of a Sink Inductive Element to one of said Source Inductive Elements, and each of the Monitoring Nodes monitors signals from one or more sensors, wherein the one or more sensors includes an accelerometer monitoring at geological displacement and vibrational events.
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A Cable Assembly for supplying power, comprising:
- an elongated cable body from several meters to several kilometers in length, the cable body comprising in combination:
- wiring for carrying alternating electrical current;
- a plurality of Source Inductive Elements spaced at intervals along the wiring to provide power by induction, the spacing of the plurality Source Inductive Elements creating distinct induction sites along the length of the cable body capable of providing power by induction to a plurality of distinct power consuming nodes located at spaced intervals;
- an encapsulation layering that provides electrical insulation;
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- a monitoring system having plurality of Monitoring Nodes, each of the Monitoring Nodes is powered by inductive coupling of a Sink Inductive Element to one of said Source Inductive Elements, and each of the Monitoring Nodes monitors signals from at least one sensor, the monitoring system additionally comprises means for transmission of a communications signal along said wiring, said communications signal is inductively coupled between said Monitoring Node and any of said wires that carry alternating electrical current, wherein data transmission along said wiring is realized using frequency-division multiplexing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.