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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...
5134359 Apparatus for measuring electrolytes including optical measurements  
Apparatus for measuring electrolyte concentrations in fluid samples. The apparatus includes an ion selective electrode capable of generating a voltage differential having a magnitude related to the...
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...
5130641 Eddy wheel edge sensor  
A sensor for detecting the rotation of an eddy wheel in an electric power meter is described. The sensor includes a pair of light sources arranged to focus light on the edge of the wheel, and a...
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...
5126661 Optical probing method and apparatus  
An integrated circuit (11) is tested at a high microwave frequency through the use of a laser beam (19) having a repetition rate much lower than the test frequency. Electric fields of the test...
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...
5124635 Voltage imaging system using electro-optics  
A two-dimensional image of the voltage distribution across a surface at a large plurality voltage test points of a panel under test is extracted by illuminating the surface with an input beam of...
5119426 Linear array level meter displaying multiple audio characteristics  
A linear display device provides a floating bar type of display for instantaneous peak values and instantaneous average values of an audio signal. Pairs of respective peak and average comparators...
5115127 Optical fiber sensor for measuring physical properties of fluids  
A physical property of a fluid or of any optical fiber is measured using an ptical fiber interferometer. A conductive material is disposed upon the surface of a region of a light tranmitting...
5113131 Voltage measuring device having electro-optic sensor and compensator  
An apparatus and method for measuring an unknown voltage using electro-optic materials includes a beam transmitter, voltage sensor, and a receiver. The beam transmitter generates an...
5111135 Method for optically measuring electric field and optical voltage/electric-field sensor  
A method for optically measuring an AC electric field or an AC voltage is disclosed. According to the method, a light beam emitted from a light-emitting portion is transmitted through a sensing...
5109189 Single crystal electro-optic sensor with three-axis measurement capability  
A sensor utilizing a single electro-optic crystal for simultaneously measuring an electric field in three directions. By providing three light beams aligned along specific crystallographic...
5107202 Fiber optic current monitor for high-voltage applications  
A current monitor which derives its power from the conductor being measured for bidirectionally measuring the magnitude of current (from DC to above 50 khz) flowing through a conductor across which...
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...
5095265 Circuit status indicator having liquid crystal display  
An indicator for instantaneously indicating the presence of voltage on a monitored electrical conductor of an AC power distribution system utilizes a high impedance liquid crystal display component...
5089771 Reading device for a watt-hour meter  
In a watt-hour meter for metering electricity consumption of the type including: a disc mounted to a rotation shaft and a register mechanism. The watt-hour meter is further provided with a reading...
5087810 Fiber optic magnetic field sensor  
Light from source (10) is transmitted along an optical fiber (12) to a free end (20). Light emitted from the optical fiber free end is transmitted to a target (22), such as the free end of a second...
5067044 Sensor for detecting a quench in a superconductor using an optical coupling  
A quench detector for a superconducting coil is provided which utilizes an optical coupling and a rotary encoder. The presence of a resistive voltage in the superconducting coil created by a quench...
5066903 Optical current transformer  
An optical current transformer, which uses a Faraday cell for detecting the intensity of a magnetic flux induced in a circular iron core, has plural windings having the same number of turns...
5059894 Electro-optic voltage measuring appartaus with single ended optics  
A voltage measuring system utilizes an electro-optic voltage transducer (EOVT) in which two beams of polarized light injected into one end of an electro-optic crystal parallel to its fourfold axis...
5057771 Phase-locked timebase for electro-optic sampling  
A phase-locked timebase for electrical and electro-optic sampling has an offset phase-locked loop for controlling the delay between a stimulus reference signal and a sample strobe signal. A...
5057767 Optical communications light shield for energy meter  
An optical communications shielded link assembly is provided from outside the cover of an electronic power meter to the register assembly without connecting cables and including an optical coupler...
5057768 Measuring device with variable color display  
A measuring device includes a variable color display for indicating measured values of an input signal. A comparator and a color control circuit are provided for controlling the color of the...
5055770 Method and apparatus for detecting voltage  
A voltage in a selected area of an object is measured by launching an input light beam into an electrooptic material whose refractive index is changed in accordance with an electric field created...
5055772 High voltage ignition system monitor for spark initiated internal combustion engines  
A method and device for continuously monitoring the distributed high voltage pulses from an ignition coil of an electrical system of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The device is a...
5053617 Instrument for concurrently optically measuring thermal and electric quantities  
An instrument including a light-emitter for emitting a light beam, a sensing head portion through which the light beam is transmitted, a light-detective element receiving the beam from the head...
5053694 Device for measuring an electric field  
A device for measuring an electric field comprises three optical fiber sensors, which each have a piezoelectric sensor element, as well as an interferometer for generating a sensor signal. The...
5053696 Electro-electron oscilloscope  
A system for time-resolving ultra-short electrical waveforms of up to a few hundred gigahertz bandwidth is presented. The system utilizes a fast electro-optic modulator capable of subpicosecond...
5053693 Fibreoptical sensor  
In an interferometric fiberoptic sensor with homodyne detection for measuring electrical fields or voltages, the measurement signal is compensated separately from operating point control. The...
5051577 Faraday effect current sensor having two polarizing fibers at an acute angle  
In known Faraday effect current sensors, light is fed into a polarizer, through a coil of field-sensitive optical fiber, and into a polarization measuring device. Such a current sensor can provide...
5041779 Nonintrusive electro-optic field sensor  
Utilizing the property of electro-optic crystal which changes its index of refraction in the presence of electric field, such a crystal is placed inside the resonant cavity of a Fabry-Perot type...
5041783 Probe unit for an atomic probe microscope  
A probe unit includes a disk-like substrate made of transparent material, a transparent electrode coated on all over the substrate, and a metal wire whose sharp tip is projected vertically and...
5038103 Optical fiber magnetometer  
An optical fiber magnetometer having omnidirectional capability is disclo herein for measuring a total magnetic field independent of its physical orientation or the direction of the field or...
5038029 Optical sensor arrangement including polarization-altering sensor  
The invention relates to an optical sensor arrangement having a light emitting arrangement (2), which feeds a first emission light beam into a first emission optical waveguide (3) and a second...
5036270 Apparatus for detecting electrostatic surface potential  
A set of birefringent members disposed in a path of light has an input surface via which the light enters the set and an output surface via which the light exits from the set. The birefringent...
5034682 Method and apparatus for mounting disk sensing optics on electric energy register circuit board  
A disk sensing optics assembly is mounted directly on the register circuit board of an electronic energy meter. The molded optics assembly includes an central cavity adapted to receive a...
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),...
5029273 Integrated optics Pockels cell voltage sensor  
An integrated optics Pockels cell for use in a voltage sensor includes a crystal exhibiting the electro-optic effect in which an integratd straight line wave guide substantially aligned with a z...
5028865 Device having main and secondary optical sensors  
The device of the invention comprises a main optical sensor (3) suitable for measuring a changing physical parameter, and a secondary optical sensor (6) suitable for measuring a disturbance which...
5027056 Multifunction register enclosure for energy meter  
An electronic time of use or demand register is provided for selective addition to a watthour meter in an energy meter. The electronic register is configured for parallel mounting beside the...
5025209 Apparatus for detecting surface potential distribution  
An apparatus for detecting a distribution of a surface potential on a measured object comprises a reading head opposing the measured object. The reading head includes an optical modulator subjected...
5021647 Optical fiber sensor having function of compensating for all drifting components  
An optical fiber sensor, which has a detector section connected in a single optical path made of an optical-fiber cable and having a light-modulating element and an optical element connected in...
5021731 Thermo-optical current sensor and thermo-optical current sensing systems  
A thermo-optical current sensor includes a resistive or semiconducting sensing element that has an optical property that varies as a function of temperature. Current to be measured flows through...
5015944 Current indicating device  
A unitary, self-contained device for sensing and signalling the flow of current through a conductor includes a toroidal coil of electrically conductive wire having two ends, and an illuminating...
5015943 High power, high sensitivity microwave calorimeter  
A microwave calorimeter is disclosed for substantially measuring the total icrowave energy in an applied microwave pulse. The microwave calorimeter includes: a housing having a highly reflective...
5012183 Electrooptic effect element and electrical signal waveform measuring apparatus using the same  
An electrooptic effect element of this invention has first, second, and third electrodes. The first and second electrodes are formed on a substrate having an electrooptic effect, in order to form a...
5012182 Electrical measuring device  
The disclosed porcelain insulator has built-in optical transmission media extending therethrough from a base metal secured at one end thereof to a conductor-holding fixture at the opposite end...
5010335 Optical port multiplexer for electric metering equipment  
A single optical port in an electric meter is multiplexed between at least two internal systems by using a multiplexer circuit which has a set of data lines which can be connected to the optical...
5008611 Method of eliminating the effects of birefringence from the detection of electric current using Faraday rotation  
An improved method and apparatus for measuring a target electric current utilizing a Faraday effect in which an optical medium is magnetically coupled with the target electric current and light is...