US Patent Issued to CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO on July 28 for "Overhead power line fire prevention system" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,310, issued on July 28, was assigned to CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO (Fresno, Calif.).

"Overhead power line fire prevention system" was invented by Kerry McBee (Fresno, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, devices and system for detecting power line issues are described. A variety of sensors detect conductor movement, operating temperature, and remote line current. The data is analyzed based on a neural network to determine galloping or swinging conductors, broken jumpers or connectors, vegetation interference, a fallen line, and equipment failure. Once a determination is made about a line issue, appropriate measure...