US Patent Issued to G & W ELECTRIC on July 28 for "Microgrid" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,309, issued on July 28, was assigned to G & W ELECTRIC COMPANY (Bolingbrook, Ill.).

"Microgrid" was invented by Patrick M. Avery (Orland Park, Ill.), John T. Pederson Jr. (Batavia, Ill.), Katherine M. Cummings (Steger, Ill.), Erich M. Keller (Plainfield, Ill.), Amin Zamani (Mississauga, Canada) and Rahim Jafari (St. Catherines, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Microgrids and methods for controlling a microgrid. In one example, a microgrid includes a microgrid controller, a primary junction, a high-voltage supply line, a high-voltage output line, one or more switchgear connecting the primary junction to at least one other compone...