ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,249, issued on June 30, was assigned to NTT Inc. (Tokyo).

"Connected DC power distribution system, power adjustment method and program" was invented by Naoki Hanaoka (Tokyo), Hidetoshi Takada (Tokyo), Toshimitsu Tanaka (Tokyo) and Naomichi Nakamura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection direct-current power distribution system including a first direct-current power distribution system having a first voltage range and a second direct-current power distribution system having a voltage range narrower than the first voltage range includes a switch and a converter between the first direct-current power distribution system and ...