ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,878, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Aurtra Pty Ltd (Brisbane, Australia).

"Sensor for transformer condition assessment" was invented by Richard Allen Harris (Brisbane, Australia) and Junhyuck Seo (Brisbane, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor assembly for monitoring an internal condition of a transformer. The assembly includes: a body for location outside a tank of the transformer, the body housing an electronics assembly including body sensors coupled to a processor; a probe extending from the body for insertion into a tank of the transformer; a number of probe sensors coupled to the processor disposed at or toward...