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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:
Jan. 26, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2017
Applicant:

I.d. Systems, Inc., Woodcliff Lake, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Michael L. Ehrman, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);

James Gripp, Plano, TX (US);

Wojciech Grohman, Little Elm, TX (US);

Gaurav Sheth, Mahwah, NJ (US);

Assignee:

I.D. Systems, Inc., Woodcliff Lake, NJ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02J 7/35 (2006.01); G01R 31/36 (2020.01); G01R 31/44 (2020.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/382 (2013.01); G01R 31/3647 (2019.01); G01R 31/44 (2013.01); H02J 3/383 (2013.01); H02J 7/345 (2013.01); H02J 7/35 (2013.01); H02J 2300/00 (2020.01); H02J 2300/20 (2020.01); H02J 2300/22 (2020.01);
Abstract

A power source and power management system including: a controller configured to transmit tracking information of the power source and power management system; an energy harvesting power source; a non-degrading rechargeable power source electrically connected to the energy harvesting power source and configured to be recharged by energy generated by the energy harvesting power source; and a power manager configured to control switching of a system power source between the energy harvesting power source and the non-degrading rechargeable power source based on a power state of the energy harvesting power source and a power state of the non-degrading rechargeable power source.


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