ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,562, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to PXF Holding LLC (Findlay, Ohio).

"Energy storage systems and methods" was invented by Jereme Kent (Findlay, Ohio) and Amir Sohrabi Mollayousef (Northfield, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technical description relates to energy storage systems and methods. Specific examples described herein relate to methods of selectively discharging electrical energy from an energy storage system. An example method includes initializing an energy storage system, evaluating demand for electricity, evaluating tank temperatures, and updating the operational status of the energy storage system."

The pa...