Patents by Inventor Robert H. S. Hardy

Robert H. S. Hardy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4471355
    Abstract: Alternating current carried in a high voltage conductor is sensed by a toroidal coil to produce a first low level signal representative of the alternating current signal. Transmitter means operating at or near the potential of the conductor and remote from electrical ground receives the low level signal and in response produces a series of modulated pulses containing amplitude and phase angle replica information representative of the high voltage alternating current signal. Advantageously, the transmitter may be powered by a power supply deriving power from the high voltage conductor. The pulses produced by the transmitter may be transmitted to a receiver operating at or near ground potential, which receiver then converts the pulses into a second low level signal representative of the high voltage alternating current signal in both amplitude and phase angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1984
    Assignee: Saskatchewan Power Corporation
    Inventors: Robert H. S. Hardy, Jay E. Beattie