ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,359, issued on May 13, was assigned to Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Method for determining the overload capacity of a high-voltage device" was invented by Stefan Boschert (Neubiberg, Germany), Ryad Boucherit (Mannheim, Germany), Ronny Fritsche (Hartenstein OT Rupprechtstegen, Germany), Matthias Kustermann (Nuremberg, Germany) and Johannes Raith (Passail, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method determines an overload capacity of at least one high-voltage device. In which method, measurement values are continuously recorded by sensors located in or on the high-voltage device. The measurement values and/or valu...