ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,487, issued on July 29.
"Current transformer with current branches on primary conductor" was invented by Chirag Shah (Vadodara, India) and Chetas Parikh (Vadodara, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein comprise a current transformer having a primary winding with multiple primary parallel branches that divide the primary current, and a secondary winding which is placed in any one, or more, branches. The current thus divided in the primary branches produces an alternating magnetic flux which induces alternating current in the secondary winding for an end user application. The invention disclosed herein reduc...