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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2010
Jim Michael Castelaz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jessica Riley, Mountain View, CA (US);
Steven Diamond, San Mateo, CA (US);
Sam Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
Vishal Parikh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Benson Tsai, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jim Michael Castelaz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jessica Riley, Mountain View, CA (US);
Steven Diamond, San Mateo, CA (US);
Sam Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
Vishal Parikh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Benson Tsai, Mountain View, CA (US);
Motiv Power Systems, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the system for managing a power system with a plurality of power components that includes power source components and power consumption components includes a central power bus, a plurality of adaptable connectors that each electrically couple to a power component and to the central power bus, and a control processor that receives the state of each power component from the respective adaptable connector and is configured to balance the voltage and current output from each power source component to provide a desired power to a power consumption component based on the received states.