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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:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Gary Kappenman, Duluth, MN (US);
David Lee Van House, Duluth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Metatech Corporation, Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39550038 ; 39550025 ; 39550026 ;
Abstract
A method for remotely tracking and analyzing lightning induced electric power disturbances to determine whether the disturbances were caused by malfunction of a specified transmission line and or asset of a selected segment of the impacted electric power transmission system or by lightning induced voltage or current levels on the specified transmission line and or asset that exceed voltage or current threshold levels for specified line and or asset.