ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,493, issued on April 15, was assigned to Enphase Energy Inc. (Petaluma, Calif.).

"Storage system configured for use with an energy management system" was invented by Mohammad Chehreghani Bozchalui (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage system configured for use with an energy management system is provided and includes a single-phase AC coupled battery or a three-phase AC coupled battery, a plurality of microinverters that are configured to connect to one or more battery cells that form a local grid, a controller configured to detect when to charge or discharge the single-phase AC coupled battery or the three-phase A...