US Patent Issued to Smart Wires on Nov. 25 for "Modular facts devices with external fault current protection" (California, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,020, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Smart Wires Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Modular facts devices with external fault current protection" was invented by Haroon Inam (San Jose, Calif.), Debrup Das (Union City, Calif.) and Amrit Iyer (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) enabling distributed controls is a requirement for power transmission and distribution, to improve line balancing and distribution efficiency. These FACTS devices are electronic circuits that vary in the type of services they provide. All FACTS devices have internal circuitry to handle fault currents. Most of these ...