Patent ID: 8167204

Claim:
A wireless damage location sensing system, comprising: an electrical conductor having first and second ends, and shaped to form a geometric pattern between said first and second ends; said conductor in said geometric pattern defining an open-circuit that can store and transfer electrical and magnetic energy; said conductor resonating in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field to generate a harmonic response, wherein said harmonic response changes when said conductor experiences a change in said geometric pattern; a magnetic field response recorder (MFRR) for wirelessly transmitting said time-varying magnetic field and for wirelessly detecting said harmonic response; and means coupled to said MFRR for comparing said harmonic response so-generated to a plurality of predetermined harmonic responses with each of said predetermined harmonic responses being associated with a severing of said conductor at a corresponding known location along said conductor such that said severing changes said geometric pattern of said conductor, wherein a match between said harmonic response and one of said predetermined harmonic responses defines said known location of said severing associated therewith.