ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,522, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GE GRID GMBH (Frankfurt, Germany).

"Systems and methods for self-derived auxiliary power for energy storage systems" was invented by Chester Stanley Jezierski Jr. (Amsterdam, N.Y.), Stephane Ouchouche (Rugby, Great Britain), Owen Jannis Samuel Schelenz (Berlin) and Hariram Patel (Madhya Pradesh, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery energy storage system (BESS) is provided. The BESS includes a plurality of battery strings, a plurality of battery switchgear units, an internal power supply configured to supply DC power from within the BESS, and a controller coupled in communication with ...