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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2015
Applicant:

Neah Power Systems, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);

Inventors:

Derek Reiman, Lynnwood, WA (US);

Chris D'Couto, Edmonds, WA (US);

Saroj Sahu, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Neah Power Systems, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/35 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01); H02S 40/34 (2014.01); H02S 40/36 (2014.01); H02S 30/20 (2014.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/355 (2013.01); H01M 10/465 (2013.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01); H02J 7/0052 (2013.01); H02J 7/0055 (2013.01); H02J 7/35 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0059 (2013.01); H02S 30/10 (2014.12); H02S 30/20 (2014.12); H02S 40/34 (2014.12); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for simultaneously charging an energy storage device from multiple energy input devices includes energy input devices in the form of solar and non-solar modules and an energy storage device in the form of a rechargeable battery, which is part of an energy storage module. A first solar module is able to generate solar power and delivers this power to the energy storage module, while the non-solar module delivers, for example, electrochemically generated electricity to the energy storage module via the first solar module, which acts as a backplane. The system may also include additional solar modules that can be connected to the first solar module in collapsed or expanded states to adjust the amount of electricity generated from solar power.


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