US Patent Issued to HUBBELL on July 7 for "Apparatuses and methods for improved switchgear sensor data communication" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,271, issued on July 7, was assigned to HUBBELL Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Apparatuses and methods for improved switchgear sensor data communication" was invented by Balaji Santhanam (Parsippany, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems and methods are provided to improve communication of switch sensor and status signals between a medium voltage overheard switchgear and an intelligent electronic device (IED). A switchgear interface device is deployed proximally to a switchgear and/or junction box situated at a distal end of a utility pole. The switchgear interface device (SID) receives, processes and combines sensor signals an...