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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2023
Element Energy, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Seth Marshall Kahn, Sonoma, CA (US);
Corrado Cammi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Element Energy, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for augmenting one or more batteries in an energy storage system includes exchanging energy between one or more first batteries of the energy storage system and a source/load via a plurality of battery power buses. Each of the one or more first batteries is electrically coupled to the plurality of battery power buses without use of a power converter electrically coupled between the first battery and the plurality of battery power buses. The method further includes (a) augmenting the one or more first batteries via one or more augmentation batteries of an augmentation node, where the one or more augmentation batteries are electrically coupled to the plurality of battery power buses via at least one augmentation power converter, and (b) controlling operation of the at least one augmentation power converter at least partially based on state of health of the one or more first batteries.