ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,386, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to HITACHI VANTARA LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Storage apparatus, power supplying method, and program" was invented by Ryohei Oguro (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a storage apparatus in which of power stored by a battery, surplus power can be effectively used for a monitoring device in normal operation. A storage apparatus includes a power assist controller that monitors the load of a monitoring device selected as a power assist target device. The power assist controller has: a monitoring unit that monitors the load of the monitoring device; and an assist unit that assists the moni...