Real-time parameter sensor-transmitter
First Claim
1. In an apparatus for measuring at least one parameter on a real time basis and including an electrically energizing alternating current carrying conductor and a transmitter for transmitting a signal proportional to said parameter, the improvement comprising:
- means for receiving induced energy from said energized conductor for energizing said transmitter including a plurality of turns of wire wound around a mandrel, said plurality of turns of wire formed as the secondary winding of a transformer and said mandrel being at the same electrical potential as said conductor; and
means for coupling the output of said transmitter back to said conductor in the form of an induced current so that said conductor also functions as the transmission medium for said transmitter output.
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Abstract
A system for monitoring at least one parameter of either an energized electrical power line conductor or at least one parameter adjacent to the power line conductor, on a real-time basis and transmitting signals indicative of the parameter to a remote location where the power line conductor itself is the transmission medium for transmitting the signals to the remote location. The transmitter is powered by either the electric or the electromagnetic field of the energized power line conductor and the transmitter receives induced energy from the conductor via a plurality of turns of wire wound around a mandrel, with the plurality of turns of wire formed as the secondary winding of a transformer, and with the mandrel being at the same electrical potential as the conductor.
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37 Claims
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1. In an apparatus for measuring at least one parameter on a real time basis and including an electrically energizing alternating current carrying conductor and a transmitter for transmitting a signal proportional to said parameter, the improvement comprising:
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means for receiving induced energy from said energized conductor for energizing said transmitter including a plurality of turns of wire wound around a mandrel, said plurality of turns of wire formed as the secondary winding of a transformer and said mandrel being at the same electrical potential as said conductor; and means for coupling the output of said transmitter back to said conductor in the form of an induced current so that said conductor also functions as the transmission medium for said transmitter output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 36, 37)
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15. In an apparatus for measuring at least one parameter on a real time basis and including an electrically energized alternating current carrying conductor and a transmitter for transmitting a signal proportional to said parameter, the improvement comprising:
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first means for receiving only induced energy from said energized conductor for energizing said transmitter including a plurality of turns of wire wound around a mandrel and formed as the secondary winding of a transformer and said mandrel being at the same electrical potential as said conductor; and second means for coupling the output of said transmitter back to said conductor in the form of an induced current so that said conductor also functions as the transmission medium for said transmitter output. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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