ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,295, issued on May 19, was assigned to UNIVERSITE DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE (Reims, France) and CETIM (Senlis, France).
"Method for detecting a change in the environment of a cable" was invented by Lanto Rasolofondraibe (Reims, France), Bernard Pottier (Reims, France) and Sylvain Acoulon (Montdidier, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for detecting a change in the environment near at least one portion of a hoisting, traction or boundary cable which conducts electricity. The change in the environment is linked to the relative movement of at least one person, animal or object with respect to the portion. The method includes t...