US Patent Issued to ABB SCHWEIZ on June 23 for "System and method for transfer switch utilizing recloser operations" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,410, issued on June 23, was assigned to ABB SCHWEIZ AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"System and method for transfer switch utilizing recloser operations" was invented by Hany Habib (Richmond, Va.), Veerakumar Bose (Richmond, Va.) and Thomas Anthony Kendzia III (Henrico, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for performing recloser operations at a transfer switch includes obtaining an input from a first sensor measuring characteristics at an electrical conductor connecting a main power source to a load, comparing the input to one or more thresholds, cycling a first switch between an OFF and ON position for one or more cycles, determini...