ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,612, issued on July 22, was assigned to SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER (Blagnac, France).

"Device for detecting a short-circuit fault in a winding of an electric machine" was invented by Frederic Meer (Blagnac, France) and Eric De Wergifosse (Blagnac, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric machine including at least one phase including two electrical paths in parallel, each electrical path of one and the same phase including a winding, the first electrical paths of all the phases being connected to one and the same first electrical node and the second electrical paths of all the phases being connected to one and the same second...