ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,244, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Quanta Associates LP (Houston).

"Method for replacing sections of electrically conductive phases in a DC two phase power system" was invented by Daniel Neil O'Connell (Burnaby, Canada), David Karl Wabnegger (Burnaby, Canada), Phillip Howard Quaedvlieg (Burnaby, Canada) and Robert Wayne Palmer (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to replacing conductors in a high-voltage power transfer system. The method provides, for example, a method for maintaining sections of electrically conductive phases in a direct current (DC) two phase power conductor line, wherein the t...