ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,118, issued on May 6, was assigned to BETA AIR LLC (Albany, N.Y.).

"System and method for managing residual energy in a charging component" was invented by Herman Wiegman (South Burlington, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for managing residual energy in a charging component is disclosed herein. Managing residual energy includes detecting an electrical parameter of the charging component and the electrically connected battery pack and generating a residual datum. The residual datum is transmitted to a computing device. The computing device identifies a residual element, generates an alert datum, and executes a s...