US 11,837,411 B2
Hypercapacitor switch for controlling energy flow between energy storage devices
Anthony Macaluso, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Anthony Macaluso, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/870,667.
Application 17/870,667 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/541,159, filed on Dec. 2, 2021.
Application 17/541,159 is a continuation of application No. 17/332,088, filed on May 27, 2021, granted, now 11,222,750, issued on Jan. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/164,474, filed on Mar. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0359120 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H01G 4/228 (2006.01); B60L 53/38 (2019.01); B60L 50/40 (2019.01)
CPC H01G 4/228 (2013.01) [B60L 50/40 (2019.02); B60L 53/38 (2019.02); H02J 7/345 (2013.01); H02J 2207/50 (2020.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for managing energy storage, the system comprising:
an ultracapacitor configured to:
electrically couple to a power grid via a diode to receive a first energy from the power grid, wherein the diode is biased toward the ultracapacitor;
receive the first energy from the power grid during a power outage, wherein the first energy includes a residual transient energy; and
store the first energy as an electric field of the ultracapacitor;
a battery configured to electrically couple to the ultracapacitor and configured to receive energy therefrom to store as an energy of the battery;
one or more switches configured to:
operate in an open state or a closed state;
electrically couple the battery to the ultracapacitor when in the closed state to conduct an energy between the ultracapacitor and the battery; and
electrically disconnect the battery from the ultracapacitor when in the open state to prevent conducting an energy between the ultracapacitor and the battery; and
a controller in electrical communication with the one or more switches and configured to:
generate a notification to a mobile computing device of a user, the notification comprising information relating to a charge status of the battery and a remaining operating time of the battery;
receive a user request from the user responsive to the notification, said user request relating to charging the battery;
cause the one or more switches to transition between the open state and the closed state based on at least the user request;
generate a billing charge to the user based on at least causing the one or more switches to transition between the open state and the closed state;
maintain a log of historical data relating to an operation of the system; and
analyze one or more trends of the historical data to predict a future operation of the system.