ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,287, issued on June 17, was assigned to XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY (Xi'an, China).

"Vacuum degree detection device, monitoring system, and vacuum arc extinguishing chamber thereof" was invented by Yi Wu (Shaanxi, China), Hailong He (Shaanxi, China), Chunping Niu (Shaanxi, China), Mingzhe Rong (Shaanxi, China), Hongrui Ren (Shaanxi, China) and Xiaolong Chen (Shaanxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a vacuum degree detection device, a monitoring system and a vacuum arc-extinguishing chamber thereof, wherein, in the vacuum degree detection device, a ceramic insulating housing is sealingly fixed to an...