ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,552, issued on March 31, was assigned to LS CABLE & SYSTEM LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Central tension line for overhead power transmission cable having damage detection function and overhead power transmission cable comprising same" was invented by Seung Hyun Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Min Seok Kwon (Songpa-gu, South Korea), Seung Hwan Eun (Dongjak-gu, South Korea) and Jee Yong Park (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a central tension line for an overhead power transmission cable having a damage detection function and an overhead power transmission cable comprising same, ...