ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,711, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to PSLC LLC (Sheridan, Wyo.).

"Power source load control" was invented by James Carl Cooper (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for controlling the total load presented to an AC power source such as a generator or inverter used to provide backup or portable power. The frequency of the output AC power is controlled in response to the loading on the power source, thereby providing information about that loading of the power source which is carried by the AC power itself, thus reducing or eliminating the need for traditional wired and wireless communications. By controll...