ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,904, issued on May 5, was assigned to South China University of Technology (Guangzhou City, China).

"Valve-level fault location method and system for conveters based on horizontal and vertical state differences of valves" was invented by Xiaohua Li (Guangzhou, China), Shanshan Yin (Guangzhou, China), Hao Li (Guangzhou, China), Yuchen He (Guangzhou, China) and Yixin Zheng (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve-level fault location method and system for converters based on horizontal and vertical state differences of valves are disclosed. The method includes: collecting current data of a converter; calculating a time wi...