US 12,237,682 B2
Efficient hierarchical distributed power storage
Robert James Fanfelle, San Carlos, CA (US); and Ezra Robert Gold, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to BreakEats LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/772,982
Filed by BreakEats LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/057777
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/086994, PCT Pub. Date May 6, 2021.
Application 17/772,982 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/665,497, filed on Oct. 28, 2019, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2023/0040172 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 3/32 (2006.01); H02J 3/01 (2006.01); H02M 1/42 (2007.01)
CPC H02J 3/32 (2013.01) [H02J 3/01 (2013.01); H02M 1/4208 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a transformer in an alternating current (AC) power distribution grid, the AC power distribution grid comprising a first side and a second side; and
an energy storage device in parallel with each winding of the transformer, wherein the energy storage device comprises:
at least one first power port coupled to a first winding of the transformer and coupled to the first side of the AC power distribution grid; and
at least one second power port coupled to a second winding of the transformer and coupled to a second side of the AC power distribution grid.