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Patent No.:

US 12451689 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025

Filed:

May. 22, 2024

Meter adapter and systems

Applicant:

Neworld.energy Llc, Reno, NV (US);

Inventors:

Paul W. Donahue, Newport Beach, CA (US);

Ryan Paul Donahue, Newport Beach, CA (US);

Jeffrey Alan Dankworth, Reno, NV (US);

Assignee:

NEWORLD.ENERGY LLC, Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

Primary Examiner:

Carlos R Ortiz Rodriguez

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/53 (2019.01); G01R 19/165 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02J 4/00 (2006.01); H02J 9/06 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01); H02M 5/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/001 (2020.01); B60L 53/53 (2019.02); G01R 19/16547 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); H02J 3/32 (2013.01); H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02J 4/00 (2013.01); H02J 9/06 (2013.01); H02J 13/00002 (2020.01); H02J 13/00006 (2020.01); H02M 5/40 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2639 (2013.01); H02J 13/00036 (2020.01); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01); H02J 2300/28 (2020.01);
Abstract

A microgrid comprises a meter adapter for interconnection to the electric grid, facility loads, and renewable energy resources using connectors, bus bars, and switches. Adapter connectors and internal bus bars and can be stressed with excessive heat rise from heat losses that arise from carrying high currents due to constraints in the physical size and airflow restrictions. Exhaust ports and/or vents are arranged to achieve a chimney cooling effect in such conditions to meet stringent UL requirements against resultant heat rise within a meter adapter.

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