US Patent Issued to OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES on Oct. 21 for "Device for acoustic detection of an electric arc" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,469, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES (Palaiseau, France).

"Device for acoustic detection of an electric arc" was invented by Frank Simon (Palaiseau, France) and Delphine Sebbane (Palaiseau, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for acoustic detection of an electric arc, including a tubular probe suitable for being arranged next to a piece of electrical equipment on which an electric arc is likely to form. An interior space, circumscribed by a wall of the probe, extends along the length of the probe. This interior space is filled with a fluid and acoustically isolated...