ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,214, issued on July 21, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Load control device, central device, load control system, load control method, and storage medium" was invented by Nobuhiko Itaya (Tokyo) and Shunsuke Kawano (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load control device controls a load belonging to a small-scale electrical grid capable of autonomous operation using a power storage system during a power outage in an electrical grid. The load control device includes: a voltage measurement unit that measures a voltage at a power reception point of a consumer corresponding to the load; a load control information st...