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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bernard M Oliver, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 35 ; 361 38 ; 361111 ; 361159 ;
Abstract
A polyphase electric power distribution system is protected from the effects of geomagnetic storms by countering the difference of potential between spaced grounding points in the system, and or by altering the magnetic circuits of transformers in the system to reduce half-cycle saturation and associated high peak currents.