ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,687, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Power management system and method for managing power distribution" was invented by Martin Kopp (Offenbach/Am Main, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power management system, comprises a power generating unit, a power output unit to distribute the electrical power generated by the power generating unit to a household and to a receiving unit, different from the household, wherein the receiving unit is a battery and/or a power grid, a grid power output unit to output electrical power supplied from a power grid to the household and/or to the receiving unit, a ...