ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,945, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SEK-AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH (Ruhen, Germany).

"Method and device for power consumption and/or power input control in an electrical power supply network" was invented by Thomas Muhlbach (Ruhen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for power consumption and power input control in an electrical power supply network, wherein a control signal with an item of tariff information is generated by a signal station at a power supply and unidirectionally output via the power supply network, wherein the control signal is received by at least one receiving unit arranged in t...