ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,200, issued on May 12, was assigned to OneSubsea IP UK Ltd. (London).

"Offshore electrical power grid systems" was invented by Audun Magne Askeland (Aksdal, Norway), Bernt Helge Torkildsen (Bergen, Norway), Arill S. Hagland (Bergen, Norway) and John Olav Floisand (Radal, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical power grid may include generator circuitry, a motor, and a variable speed drive (VSD). The generator circuitry may include a turbine that may generate mechanical power based on a movement of a fluid, a generator coupled to the turbine that may generate electrical power based on the mechanical power, and the motor cou...