ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,085, issued on Dec. 9.
"Apparatus, system, and method for detecting optical events associated with distribution transformers" was invented by Gustavo Dario Leizerovich (Aventura, Fla.) and Steven G. Hemmer (Lake Worth, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distribution transformer system includes a distribution transformer and a distribution transformer monitoring device (DTM). The DTM includes an optical sensor operable to generate an output signal (e.g., an output voltage) in response to incident light, a communication interface, non-transitory memory storing processor-executable instructions, and a processor operably coupled to the...