Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electric current locator
- Patent Title (中): 电流定位器
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Application No.: US12695197Application Date: 2010-01-28
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Publication No.: US08111059B1Publication Date: 2012-02-07
- Inventor: Paul E. King , Charles Rigel Woodside
- Applicant: Paul E. King , Charles Rigel Woodside
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
- Current Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agent James B. Potts; Mark P. Dvorscak; John T. Lucas
- Main IPC: G01R15/18
- IPC: G01R15/18

Abstract:
The disclosure herein provides an apparatus for location of a quantity of current vectors in an electrical device, where the current vector has a known direction and a known relative magnitude to an input current supplied to the electrical device. Mathematical constants used in Biot-Savart superposition equations are determined for the electrical device, the orientation of the apparatus, and relative magnitude of the current vector and the input current, and the apparatus utilizes magnetic field sensors oriented to a sensing plane to provide current vector location based on the solution of the Biot-Savart superposition equations. Description of required orientations between the apparatus and the electrical device are disclosed and various methods of determining the mathematical constants are presented.
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