ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,324, issued on July 1, was assigned to Smart Wires Inc. (Durham, N.C.).
"Direct impingement liquid cooling for static synchronous series compensator systems" was invented by Haroon Inam (San Jose, Calif.), Ali Farahani (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Mohammad Dehsara (Union City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid cooling static synchronous series compensator (SSSC) system with series connected inverter valve modules that have liquid cooling blocks is described. The inverter valve modules are operable to inject reactive power into a power transmission line. Inverter valve units are attached to liquid cooling blocks, where there ...