Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method, system and apparatus for non destructive testing (NDT) of electrical power line systems
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Application No.: US16876526Application Date: 2020-05-18
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Publication No.: US11054372B2Publication Date: 2021-07-06
- Inventor: James Ronald Hill , Donald Dodds , Jeffrey Victor Rogers , Calvin Edward Stock , Benjamin John William Nesbitt
- Applicant: Quanta Associates, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Quanta Associates, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Quanta Associates, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Oathout Law Firm
- Agent Mark A. Oathout; Antony C. Edwards
- Priority: CACA2982679 20171017
- Main IPC: G01N23/00
- IPC: G01N23/00 ; G01N23/083 ; G01N23/18 ; G01N23/04

Abstract:
A system for non-destructive testing of an overhead energized electrical component. The system has a base, an X-ray source, an X-ray digital imager, and an imager controller. The system also has a removable electrically conductive flexible shield which is adapted to be operatively coupled to, and to encapsulate, at least the base, the X-ray source, the X-ray digital imager and the imager controller so as to form a shrouded system. In a use position, when the shrouded system is positioned adjacent the energized electrical component so as to non-destructively test the energized electrical component, the shield protects at least the base, the X-ray source, the X-ray digital imager and the imager controller from electric fields around the energized electrical component while allowing signal communication between at least the X-ray source and the energized electrical component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200278306A1 METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING (NDT) OF ELECTRICAL POWER LINE SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2020-09-03
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