ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,646, issued on April 7, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Energy device control system" was invented by Ajith Kuttannair Kumar (Erie, Pa.), Bret Worden (Erie, Pa.), Neil Burkell (Erie, Pa.), Taral Shah (Wattsburg, Pa.) and Matthew Ferguson (Erie, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy device control system may include an energy source enclosure that can be coupled with external loads via first external connectors outside of the energy source enclosure. The system also may include an external control device coupled with the energy source enclosure via second external connectors such that the exter...