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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Inventors:
Kevin J. Sergott, Dunlap, IL (US);
Ronald C. Gayles, Peoria, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/32 (2013.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01); H02J 2300/30 (2020.01);
Abstract
A method of allocating power across a microgrid having a plurality of energy storage systems with different power and/or energy capacities, and different states of charge. The method includes allocating a total charge request and/or a total discharge request across the energy storage systems as a function of a usable energy capacity of each energy storage system.