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Spring clips for use with locating transmitters

US8717028B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 2011
Grant dateMay 6, 2014
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Expiry dateJun 16, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/44376
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A high-Q human-portable, battery-powered self-correcting tunable resonator in a transmitter apparatus for inducing alternating currents of high quality in buried conductors to facilitate their location is disclosed. The transmitter apparatus may employ an FET-driven capacitive tuning circuit and a coil design that achieves high precision, high-quality transmission signals, and which may be equipped with a high-voltage booster for facilitating fault-localization applications.

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