ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,259, issued on Nov. 4.
"Integrated and compact combined heat and power systems and related methods" was invented by Scott Jorda (Westminster, Md.), William V. Meyers Jr. (Sherwood Forest, Md.) and Steven Niswander (Boyce, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Integrated, relatively lightweight and compact combined heat and power systems supported within a single chassis and related methods are disclosed. One system includes one or more batteries, an engine, one or more electrical converters and a control section integrated on a single chassis. Other systems include one or more generators for generating electrical power."
The patent was ...