US Patent Issued to Hivoduct on June 3 for "Compact underground GIS for high-voltage gas-insulated substation (GIS), busbars and lines (GIL)" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,947, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hivoduct AG (Kemptthal, Switzerland).

"Compact underground GIS for high-voltage gas-insulated substation (GIS), busbars and lines (GIL)" was invented by Walter Holaus (Glattfelden, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a modular and compact arrangement (200) of three phases (A, B, C) of a gas-insulated apparatus (100), that is suitable for placement inside a tunnel or a pipe (106) or another confined space. According to the invention, the three phases (A, B, C) are arranged in a triangle or side-by-side on a fixation part (103, 104) which includes a roller system (10...