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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2019
Applicant:
The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, Burlington, VT (US);
Inventors:
Jeff Frolik, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Paul Hines, Burlington, VT (US);
Assignee:
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, Burlington, VT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/14 (2006.01); H04L 12/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/14 (2013.01); H04L 12/6418 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for distributing electric energy in discrete power packets of finite duration are presented. Systems may include an aggregator for providing power packets to one or more nodes. An aggregator may receive requests for power packets from nodes. In other embodiments, an aggregator may transmit status broadcasts and nodes may receive power packets based on the status broadcasts.