Patent ID: 9632199
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G01S,G01V

Claim:
1. An inductive clamp for use in utility locate operations, comprising: a head assembly including a base element and a plurality of arm elements coupled to the base element; wherein the arm elements are movably closable in response to contact with a utility line and the arm elements are further movably openeable and closable with information about a selected utility type displayed on the inductive clamp; a handle assembly including a utility selector element, including a magnetic sensor switch to detect a position of the selector and provide a corresponding output signal to a coupled utility locator transmitter, coupled to the head assembly; and a magnetic core subassembly disposed on or in the head assembly for generating a magnetic field for coupling to a targeted utility, the magnetic core subassembly including a plurality of ferrite elements and wire winding wrapped about one or more of the ferrite elements.