ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,968, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Supercapacitor to electrochemical hybrid system with failsafe safety capability" was invented by John Cronin (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems and methods for energy management. A system, such as a vehicle, includes a plurality of energy storage units that include a supercapacitor and an electrochemical battery. The system includes an energy controller that identifies a safety threshold associated with at least a subset of the energy storage units. The energy controller tracks historical power ...