ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,356, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER (Blagnac, France).

"Devices for monitoring and protecting power circuits" was invented by Vincent Chaperon (Blagnac, France) and Damien Elmaalouf (Blagnac, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for monitoring and protecting equipment powered by at least one solid-state power controller (SSPC) including at least one current measurement circuit having a current measuring transformer receiving at a primary at least three phases of a three-phase power supply of the equipment, a measuring and testing module including a controller for measuring a current at a secondar...