US Patent Issued to Modular Mining Systems on March 31 for "Power optimization through orchestration and prioritization of machines and functions" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,541, issued on March 31, was assigned to Modular Mining Systems Inc. (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Power optimization through orchestration and prioritization of machines and functions" was invented by Michael W. Lewis (Tucson, Ariz.) and Edward A. Branscombe (Oro Valley, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for managing power usage in mining environments. The amount of power needed to operate a set of electrical machines that are to run simultaneously is determined. Power usage by the electrical machines during a time period can be predicted based on how much power is expected to be needed by each machine. If t...