US Patent Issued to Chevron U.S.A. on April 14 for "Power control system for power transmission equipment using solid state switching devices" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,500, issued on April 14, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Power control system for power transmission equipment using solid state switching devices" was invented by Carlos Mauricio Martinez (Houston), Gregory Joseph Clement (Sugar Land, Texas) and Masoud Hajiaghajani (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing power control for power transmission equipment may include multiple solid state on-load tap changers (SSOLTCs) electrically coupled to a phase of the power transmission equipment. The system may also include a sensor device configured to measure a parameter associated with power flow...