US Patent Issued to Lawrence Livermore National Security, Opcondys on Jan. 13 for "Power grid protection" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,789, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.) and Opcondys Inc. (Manteca, Calif.).

"Power grid protection" was invented by Stephen E. Sampayan (Manteca, Calif.) and Kristin C. Sampayan (Manteca, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, methods and techniques related to the suppression of electrical transients are disclosed. In one example aspect, an electrical transient protection device includes a sensor configured to monitor power transmission on a transmission line of a power system, a controller configured to generate a control signal in response to a detection of one o...