Chad Holcomb

Title: Chad Holcomb and Innovations in Electric Vehicle Charging

Introduction

Chad Holcomb is an inventor based in Salt Lake City, Utah, whose work focuses on systems for managing electric vehicle charging and distributed energy resources. He is associated with Powerflex Systems, Inc. His patent portfolio includes 2 patents.

Latest Patents

Holcomb’s recent patent work addresses interoperability and management across electric vehicle charging systems.

“Standardized Management of Distributed Energy Resources” describes an electric vehicle computing platform that receives charging data from an edge gateway using different communication protocols and converts the data into a common protocol. The system creates session records and calculates charges for energy assets based on their use of charging stations.

“Network Edge-Based Multimodal Communication Architecture for Controlling Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment” presents an approach for managing charging stations with different communication capabilities. It uses communication controllers and an adapter to relay messages between a central control system and charging equipment, translating between application protocols as needed.

Career Highlights

Holcomb’s disclosed inventions address practical challenges in coordinating charging equipment, energy assets, and control systems. His work emphasizes protocol conversion and communication at the network edge, supporting the management of charging stations with varied technical capabilities.

Collaborations

Holcomb is associated with Powerflex Systems, Inc. His listed coworkers include So Trinh and Kodie Nathaniel Toro.

Conclusion

Chad Holcomb’s patent work centers on making electric vehicle charging systems more interoperable and manageable, particularly when equipment and energy resources use different communication protocols.