ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,093, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Aclara Technologies LLC (St. Louis).

"Integrated switched capacitor bank" was invented by Balaji Santhanam (Parsippany, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switched capacitor bank assembly may include a first capacitor. The switched capacitor bank assembly may include a first switch selectively connected between the first capacitor and a first phase line. The switched capacitor bank assembly may include a first voltage sensor integrated within a housing of the first switch and used to sense a. The switched capacitor bank assembly may include voltage of the first phase line, a controller inclu...