ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,232, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to U.S. WELL SERVICES LLC (Willow Park, Texas).

"Microgrid electrical load management" was invented by Brandon N. Hinderliter (Houston) and Jared Oehring (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for completing a well, including a generator, and a plurality of electric load components, each electric load component powered by the generator. The system further includes a load shedding control panel that monitors the generator and, if the generator loses functionality, is capable of deactivating one or more of the plurality of electric load components to reduce the electric load."

The patent ...