US Patent Issued to DRS Naval Power Systems on Oct. 21 for "Method and system for distributed ground detection" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,466, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to DRS Naval Power Systems Inc. (Menomonee Falls, Wis.).

"Method and system for distributed ground detection" was invented by Eric M. Waydick (Saint Francis, Wis.) and Timothy Carlson (Fox Point, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some aspects, a ground detection system may measure a difference from a tie point of the ungrounded electrical system and a ground point to determine if a grounded condition exists. The ground detection system may measure a plurality of signals at a plurality of distributed overload protection devices. The ground detection system may compare the plurality of signals ...