ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,967, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY (Xi'an, China).

"Device and method for live detecting partial discharge of overhead line in distribution network and equipment along line" was invented by Yuan Yan (Xi'an, China), Hongjie Li (Xi'an, China), Lei Jin (Xi'an, China) and Yinsong Zhao (Xi'an, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a device and a method for live detecting a partial discharge of an overhead line in a distribution network and equipment along the line, including: acquiring a second synchronous pulse signal and a first partial discharge signal via a master detection unit; acquiring a ...