US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Aug. 11 for "Short-circuit current control in power systems" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,454, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Short-circuit current control in power systems" was invented by Ricardo Jose Guerra Castillo (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Nabil El Halabi Fares (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Luis De Andrade De Freitas (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Ahmed Al-Shammari (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example methods and systems for short-circuit current control in power systems are disclosed. One example method includes determining a respective maximum short-circuit current (SCC) value at each piece of equipment in the power system. A respective SCC rating ...