ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,699, issued on Sept. 16.
"Transformer monitoring apparatus" was invented by Claudio Santiago Ribeiro (Evanston, Ill.), Elliott Earl Murray (Plantation, Fla.) and Patrick Stuart Claeys (Weston, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transformer monitor includes a housing and at least two connectors. The housing has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. A first connector is positioned proximate the housing's first end and configured for connection to a first cable assembly that outputs signals representative of a primary input current to the transformer. A second connector is positioned proximate the housing's second end...