US Patent Issued to S&C Electric Company. on April 7 for "Spiral core current transformer for energy harvesting applications" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,558, issued on April 7, was assigned to S&C Electric Co. (Chicago).

"Spiral core current transformer for energy harvesting applications" was invented by Alejandro Montenegro (Chicago), Raphael Guio (Barrington, Ill.) and Claire Schauble (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current transformer assembly for harvesting power from a primary conductor, such as a power line, for operating electronics, where the assembly is secured to the conductor while the conductor is connected. The assembly includes a current transformer having a transformer structure with a central opening that accepts the primary conductor and a spindle member fo...