ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,720, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Richardson Electronics Ltd. (LaFox, Ill.).
"Hybrid capacitor energy storage" was invented by John Raymond Curran (LaFox, Ill.) and Brian Christopher Gumino (LaFox, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices including a plurality of hybrid capacitors for storing energy as both electrical potential and chemical potential. An energy storage bank comprising the plurality of hybrid capacitors is coupled to a battery management system configured to monitor parameters of the plurality of hybrid capacitors and selectively access at least a portion of the plurality of hybrid capac...