ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,256, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Guardhouse Fire Solutions LLC (Miami).
"Arc fault detection using ultrasonic acoustic sensors" was invented by James L. Brown (San Clemente, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may include an acoustic sensor configured to detect one or more acoustic signals indicative of an arc fault. The device may include a timer configured to record a duration of the one or more acoustic signals detected by the acoustic sensor and a wireless communication interface configured to transmit an alarm signal when a threshold time has been exceeded. The device may communicate with a sensor hub configure...