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Patent No.:

US 8981710 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2010
Applicants:

Andrew Stephen Hintz, Avon, IN (US);

Quentin Wayne Kramer, Carmel, IN (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Stephen Hintz, Avon, IN (US);

Quentin Wayne Kramer, Carmel, IN (US);

Assignee:

Indy Power Systems LLC, Carmel, IN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01); B60L 11/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/1582 (2013.01); B60L 11/005 (2013.01); B60L 11/1805 (2013.01); B60L 11/1842 (2013.01); B60L 11/1844 (2013.01); B60L 11/1864 (2013.01); B60L 11/1887 (2013.01); H02J 7/0054 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0059 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7022 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7061 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7088 (2013.01); Y02T 90/127 (2013.01); Y02T 90/128 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/163 (2013.01); Y02T 90/34 (2013.01); Y04S 10/126 (2013.01); Y02E 60/721 (2013.01);
Abstract

An energy management system and method connecting a load to multiple energy sources. The system includes a load connection, source connections for each energy source, a control unit and at least one energy management module having an inductor and four switches. The first source is in parallel with the load. The first switch couples the first source positive terminal to the first inductor end, second switch couples the first source negative terminal to the first inductor end, third switch couples the second source positive terminal to the second inductor end, and fourth switch couples the second source negative terminal to the second inductor end. The control unit controls the four switches of each module to transfer energy between the energy sources through the module inductor. The system can have more than two sources. Modes including one or two switch, synchronous or asynchronous, and buck or boost can be used.


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Hintz, Andrew. (2015). Energy management system (U.S. Patent No. 8981710). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8981710

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