US Patent Issued to Shem on Nov. 11 for "Apparatus, system, and method for early insulation damage detection for high current cables" (American, South African Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,983, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Shem LLC (Highland Park, Ill.).

"Apparatus, system, and method for early insulation damage detection for high current cables" was invented by Marc Ryan De Smidt (Remlap, Ala.), Juan Higgs (Durbanville, South Africa) and Frederick J. Burkel (Highland Park, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In at least one embodiment, a system including a battery cable and at least one vehicle controller is provided. The battery cable includes a detection shield positioned over an inner conductor. The at least one vehicle controller is programmed to: receive a first signal indicative of current or voltage of th...