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Alternating current induction method using an annular magnetic coupling body for detecting the position of a buried submarine cable

US4540942A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 13, 1981
Grant dateSep 10, 1985
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Expiry dateJul 13, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02A90/30
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device for burying a submarine cable under the water by easily and accurately detecting the cable position and a method for guiding the same by utilizing the characteristics unique to submarine cables, by supplying an AC only to the portion of the cable between two arbitrary repeaters through a so-called transformer-coupling system to generate an AC magnetic field, and by detecting the magnetic field with a magnetic field detector.

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