Utility locating transmitter apparatus and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9880309
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14229813

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A high-Q human-portable, battery-powered self-correcting tunable resonator in a transmitter apparatus for inducing alternating currents of high quality in buried conductors to facilitate their location is disclosed. The transmitter apparatus may employ an FET-driven capacitive tuning circuit and a coil design that achieves high precision, high-quality transmission signals, and which may be equipped with a high-voltage booster for facilitating fault-localization applications.

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SEESCAN INC3855 RUFFIN ROAD LEGAL SAN DIEGO CA 92123

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Cox, David A San Diego, US 102 2241
Levin, Ryan B San Diego, US 43 566
Merewether, Ray S La Jolla, US 1 15
Olsson, Mark S La Jolla, US 393 6858
Soukup, Jan San Diego, US 54 760

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