ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,010, issued on June 30, was assigned to HITACHI ENERGY LTD (Zurich, Switzerland).

"Bent unit and gas-insulated transmission line" was invented by Wei Huang (Tianjin, China), Jieshen Nong (Xiamen, China), TianSong Chen (Xiamen, China), GuoZhu Meng (Xiamen, China) and Pei Peng (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bent unit and a gas-insulated transmission line having the same are provided. The bent unit includes: a bent housing including a cylindrical first housing section and a cylindrical second housing section, the first housing section and the second housing section being connected with each other at an angle Alpha; a tu...