US 12,405,329 B2
Split toroid configuration for a current cable trap
Victor Taracila, Orange Village, OH (US); Jana Michelle Vincent, Aurora, OH (US); Meghan Blanks, Beavercreek, OH (US); Fraser John Laing Robb, Aurora, OH (US); and Robert Steven Stormont, Hartland, WI (US)
Assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed by GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/131,419.
Prior Publication US 2024/0337713 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. G01R 33/36 (2006.01); G01R 33/34 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 33/3685 (2013.01) [G01R 33/34007 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A current cable trap, comprising:
a first body half having a first end and a second end;
a second body half having a third end and a fourth end, wherein the first body half and the second body half are configured to be snapped together about a cable to form a toroid body disposed about the cable;
a first wire wrapped around the first body half from the first end to the second end;
a second wire wrapped around the second body half from the third end to the fourth end;
a first printed circuit board disposed within a first receptacle formed between the first and third ends when the first body half and the second body half are snapped together; and
a second printed circuit board disposed within a second receptacle formed between the second and fourth ends when the first body half and the second body half are snapped together, wherein the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board each provide electrical connection points with wire ends of both the first wire and the second wire.