ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,230, issued on July 14.

"Energy management and control system" was invented by Eugene Xavier Bari (Hampshire, Great Britain) and Malcolm Padwick (Hampshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor and energy management control system for use with at least one rechargeable battery and at least one hydrogen fuel cell in an electric powered marine vessel. A processor is configured to receive: a drive signal from a throttle unit in response to an operator command; a signal from a sensor connected a hydrogen fuel cell to provide a status. The processor is use transmits the output drive signal to a motor controller w...