US Patent Issued to OneSubsea IP UK on June 30 for "Directional overcurrent monitoring in substation transformers" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,554, issued on June 30, was assigned to OneSubsea IP UK Ltd. (London).

"Directional overcurrent monitoring in substation transformers" was invented by Audun Magne Askeland (Sandsli, Norway) and Kristiansen Baricuatro (Sandsli, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides techniques and apparatus for fault monitoring for a substation transformer. An example substation includes a transformer coupled to a plurality of generators, and a monitoring circuit. The transformer includes a core and a monitoring winding disposed on the core. The monitoring circuit is coupled to the monitoring winding. The monitoring circ...