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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Comptek Technologies, Llc, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth Michael Hoganson, Aurora, CO (US);
Assignee:
Comptek Technologies, LLC, Boulder, CO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 2/10 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H01M 50/20 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H01M 10/46 (2013.01); H01M 50/20 (2021.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01); H01M 2220/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to utility poles that house a vertical stack of batteries to store energy. The utility pole in one configuration is a small cell pole. In one arrangement, the small cell pole stores sufficient energy to operate for several day during a power failure. In a further arrangement, a plurality of battery storage poles operate as a source and/or sink for a local electricity grid to balance the operation of the grid.