Patent ID: 9423369
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: B66B,D07B,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A monitoring system for a tensile support structure, comprising: a voltage input node to supply a voltage, the voltage applied to the tensile support structure; a resistance circuit connected to an effective resistance of the tensile support structure, the resistance circuit having a first set of resistors and a second set of resistors, the second set of resistors being coupled to the voltage input and configured to provide a reference voltage; the first set of resistors including at least two resistors in series and coupled to the voltage input, the at least two resistors in series being in parallel with the effective resistance of the tensile support structure; and an interface circuit directly coupled to the resistance circuit and having two or more comparators, each comparator being configured to directly compare a voltage across at least one of the at least two resistors with the reference voltage and generate an output signal corresponding to the comparison, the interface circuit being configured to monitor the effective resistance of the tensile support structure based on the output signals.