ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,525, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to RECUBE AS (Oslo, Norway).

"Energy storage system using second life batteries" was invented by Trygve Burchardt (Howell, Mich.) and Harvey Mancey (Hampshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods herein are directed to the reuse of a plurality of complete battery packs for electric vehicles (EV) within an energy storage system. The system can include a plurality of battery interface units that are each operably coupled to each of the plurality of battery packs. The system can include a central battery controller operably coupled to each of the battery interface units. ...