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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 19, 2014
Applicants:

Ravi Annavajjhala, San Jose, CA (US);

Srinivasan Sivaram, Monte Sereno, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ravi Annavajjhala, San Jose, CA (US);

Srinivasan Sivaram, Monte Sereno, CA (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 4/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/35 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/35 (2013.01); H02J 7/0024 (2013.01); H02J 7/0026 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49117 (2015.01); Y10T 307/383 (2015.04);
Abstract

The various embodiments herein provide an energy efficient DC off-grid home system and a method for operating the same. The system generates, stores and delivers the solar energy to the connected equipments in a controlled and efficient manner. The system has several solar panels, a battery bank, a home control unit, several appliances and equipments which run on electric power and a remote terminal unit. The solar panels are used to capture maximum solar energy from the sun. The battery bank has several batteries arranged in series and parallel combinations to store maximum electrical energy. The home control unit is a central control station which assists in storing energy in the battery bank, delivering optimum energy to the electrical appliances and monitoring the healthy operating status of the entire system.


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