ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,482, issued on March 18, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Plug-in type energy storage system" was invented by Dong Hwa Han (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yong Uk Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug-in type energy storage system is proposed. The system includes: a plurality of battery racks configured to store power; and a panel configured to control charging or discharging of the plurality of battery racks, where each battery rack includes: a plurality of battery modules configured to store the power; a control module connected to each battery module and the panel to control the charging ...