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5221894 Weld current sensor  
A weld current switch includes a channel-shaped core, a shunt, and a magnetic reed switch. The magnetic reed switch and shunt are placed across the core poles. An electrical conductor carrying high...
5180970 Mechanically adjustable current sensor and method for making same  
A current sensor is provided with a flux concentrator which is made of two or more annular laminae. The laminae, or lamina plate, each are provided with a gap formed in its circumferential length....
5177433 Current-voltage transformer for electronic house-service meter  
The current transformer of an electronic house-service meter has a ferromagnetic core which, except for an air gap, is closed. A measuring coil is inserted in the air gap and is fastened, and...
5172052 Current sensor assembly and method  
An electric current sensor assembly and method. A housing containing a Hall effect device is provided with at least one curved, concave surface for placement against a wire carrying a current. The...
5151649 Pair of electrically shielded triaxial magnetic sensors for determination of electric currents in conductors in air with distance and angle compensation  
Two groups of magnetic field transducers shielded from electric fields and at a known distance from each other are contained in a portable instrument. Each group consists of 3 magnetic field...
5146156 Current intensity transformer device for measuring a variable electric current  
In the present current intensity transformer device, a magnetic circuit having an air-gap provided with a Hall cell, is coupled with a conductor for the current to be measured and with a measuring...
5136235 Rugged fiber-optical current sensor based on the Faraday effect  
A fiber-optical current transformer including a sensor coil, operated in reflection mode, with a sensor fiber (5) for detecting a current utilizing of the Faraday effect. A light source (1) couples...
5136236 Arrangement for voltage measurement in a GIS installation  
In a gas-insulated switchgear having an isolated-phase bus, a current-carrying bus (2) with a given external radius R 1 is arranged coaxially in a cylindrical enclosure with a given external...
5134362 Apparatus for detecting failure in power system  
At both ends parts of a specified section of a high tension line and close to it, a first Faraday device and a second Faraday device are disposed, and an output end of the first Faraday device is...
5134361 Opitcal system for linearizing non-linear electro-optic  
A device for rapidly measuring voltages by electro-optic or magneto-optic ans which exhibits a substantially linear response over much of its operating range. The device employs the Pockels effect...
5132608 Current measuring method and apparatus therefor  
A current measuring method in which a magnetic sensor is a torodial core having a conductor for carrying a current to be measured passing through the hollow portion of the toroid. A coil on the...
5128608 Optical instrument transformer  
An optical instrument transformer can measure both current and voltage of the primary conductor. Measurement of current is made through modulation effect of a light signal by the optical...
5124634 Ring optical current transducer  
An optical current transducer for measuring current in a high voltage transmission line includes a temperature compensated light source of nominal predetermined intensity and wavelength, a Faraday...
5124642 Power line post insulator with dual inductor current sensor  
A power line post insulator has a housing that encloses two inductive sensors that transversely straddle a recess which receives the power conductor. Wires connect the sensors additively with...
5105146 Current sensor and method for determining the current flow in conductors to be evaluated  
The invention relates to a current sensor which works with a toroidal body, through which at least one conductor to be evaluated is extended and from which a measuring signal is taken. The toroidal...
5103164 Optical current transformer  
An optical current transformer particularly useful for a fault location system for a power supply system and substation, including a casing which can be detachably secured to a plurality of wire...
5097202 Faulted current indicators with improved signal to noise ratios  
In a sensor for sensing current in a conductor, a magnetic laminar arrangement adapted to surround the conductor passes through a coil. Inside the coil the laminar arrangement forms a gap with two...
5057769 AC current sensor  
An AC current sensor comprising a generally C-shaped main coil with a fixed gap between its ends. A pair of compensating coils are positioned at fixed locations in the main coil's gap. The...
5053695 DC current monitor  
A non-intrusive DC current monitor is presented which emulates the theoretical operation of an AC transformer. A conductor, carrying the current to be measured, acts as the primary of a DC current...
5049809 Sensing device utilizing magneto electric transducers  
A sensing device for measuring electric current and electric power including a plurality of magneto-electric transducers for detecting a magnetic field about a conductor carrying the electric...
5041780 Integrable current sensors  
A current conductor is provided with opposing notches to produce a restricted section and with magnetic flux sensors on opposite sides of the restricted current section. The flux sensors are...
5034679 Polarization feedback control of polarization rotating sensor  
A measuring system (40) for measuring a magnitude of a quantity in accordance with the invention includes a light source (52) for providing a light beam (58); a polarization controller (44),...
5015945 Current sensor for measuring current in a semiconductor switch  
A current sensor for measuring relatively high currents in a semiconductor power switching device includes a coil wound around a nonmagnetic toroidal core situated about the conductor through which...
5008612 Current sensor  
A current sensing apparatus includes a first transformer having a core which is cyclically driven into forward and reverse saturation, and a second transformer having a separate core. The sensing...
5004974 Electric current sensing device  
A current sensing device is disclosed for measuring a current flowing in a primary conductor. The primary conductor is coupled with a magnetic circuit, and a device for measuring the magnetic flux...
4999571 Current and/or voltage detector for a distribution system  
A current and voltage detector for a distribution system is provided with a lower section, an upper section and a fastener for combining the lower and upper sections into one body. The lower...
4998060 Fault indicator with hot stick clamping mechanism  
In the disclosed fault detector, a casing has a u-shaped portion for receiving a cable and a portion extending from the u-shaped portion. A screw is mounted on said portion. A pressure device is...
4992656 Rotation, acceleration, and gravity sensors using quantum-mechanical matter-wave interferometry with neutral atoms and molecules  
The invention is a neutral atom (and/or molecule) matter-wave interferometer (and/or set of interferometers) that can be used as an inertial sensor with a sensitivity exceeding that of conventional...
4973899 Current sensor and method utilizing multiple layers of thin film magneto-optic material and signal processing to make the output independent of system losses  
A sensor (1) for sensing the magnitude of current flowing in a conductor (12) based upon the Faraday effect. The sensor (10) includes a light source (14) for emitting a beam of light which is...
4972140 Current detection device and core for detection of magnetic flux  
The present invention provides a current detection device comprising a core skirt for accommodating therein a core, a core stopper for fixing the core and a magnetic-sensitive element mounted on a...
4967145 Active current transformer  
An active current transformer has a primary conductor in which a current is to be measured and a secondary conductor in which a measuring current is generated in use. A feedback sensor provides an...
4963818 Current sensor having an element made of amorphous magnetic metal  
A current sensor having an element made of amorphous magnetic metal is disclosed herein. The current sensor includes an element located near a conductor and made of amorphous magnetic metal whose...
4956610 Current density measurement system by self-sustaining magnetic oscillation  
A system for measuring parameters in an environment having a metallic body positioned in an electrolytic medium includes a current density sensing device positioned adjacent the metallic body in a...
4952869 Dual purpose probe for simultaneous voltage and current sampling  
A dual purpose probe for the simultaneous sampling of the voltage and curt at a test point. The device includes a capacitive probe for measuring voltage, and a small solenoid type inductor for...
4949038 Optical fiber having a helical core for sensing a magnetic field  
A sensor for sensing magnetic fields. A single mode optical fiber has a core which is wound into a helical shape. The fiber is formed with a former and a core, and the core is preferably attached...
4947107 Magneto-optic current sensor  
A sensor (10) for sensing the magnitude of current flowing in a conductor (12) based upon the Faraday effect is disclosed. The invention utilizes a magneto-optic material having one or more layers...
4939449 Electric current sensing device of the magnetic field compensation type  
An electric current sensing device for measuring a primary current of relatively high intensity. The device includes a magnetic circuit that is coupled with a primary conductor and with a measuring...
4939448 Electric current sensing device of the magnetic field compensationtype  
A magnetic circuit is coupled with a primary conductor in which flows the current to be sensed. The magnetic circuit has an air gap with a magnetic field detector and is coupled with a measuring...
4937521 Current detecting device using ferromagnetic magnetoresistance element  
A current detecting device comprises a substrate, a magnetism sensing member made of ferromagnetic magnetoresistance element, an insulating member, and a conducting member, and these members are...
4935693 Line secured current and voltage sensing apparatus  
A combined current and voltage measuring sensor for measuring voltage and current on a primary conductor, the sensor including a cast resin body having therein a aluminum support, the support...
4933630 System for measuring phase currents in a 3-phase installation  
The invention relates to a system using Rogowski coils to measure the phase currents in a three-phase installation. Each coil (1, 2, 3) is connected firstly to a corresponding operational amplifier...
4926116 Wide band large dynamic range current sensor and method of current detection using same  
A wide band large dynamic range current sensor operable to measure current leakage in an external conductor utilizing a magnetostatic spin wave delay line (MSW) device is described. The measurable...
4922123 Supply circuit for a hall sensor multiplication circuit  
Supply circuit SC for a Hall sensor multiplication circuit HSC makes it possible to produce both circuits in monolithic technology on a common substrate and yet accomplish the polarity reversal of...
4916387 Optical system for a Faraday effect current sensor  
A system for monitoring an alternating current including: a current transducer (10) having first and second optical ports (12,14) and a component for causing optical radiation to travel between the...
4914381 Direct-coupled fluxgate current sensor  
A direct-coupled fluxgate current sensor which is driven to hard saturation to achieve a sudden change in magnetic properties of the sensor, has: (a) a first closed loop core of ferromagnetic...
4914383 Non-contact ammeter  
A non-contact ammeter for measuring direct current in a conductor has a core capable of carrying a magnetic flux. The core surrounds the conductor so that the latter serves as a primary winding for...
4912396 Circuit for the detection of an asymmetry in the magnetization current of a magnetic modulator  
Circuit for detection of an asymmetry in the magnetization current, generated by a reference alternating voltage, in a magnetic modulator, in particular a magnetic modulator for zero-flux...
4904926 Magnetic motion electrical generator  
A magnetic motion electrical generator includes an electrical winding defining a magnetically conductive zone having bases at each end, the winding including elements for the removing of an induced...
4901010 Current-measuring device  
A current-measuring device in accordance with the invention comprises an annular magnetic circuit having separate first and second magnetic circuit portions (1, 2) with ends suitable for coming...
4901008 Circuit arrangement for testing the correct functioning of circuit(s)  
There is disclosed a circuit arrangement including a load (7) and a current source (1) for supplying current to the load via a current path with a winding (3). A core of magnetizable material (2)...