US 11,916,378 B2
Power source communication with downstream device by changing output voltage on a power bus
Arne Ballantine, Palo Alto, CA (US); Prasad Pmsvvsv, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Rajesh Gopinath, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Ranganathan Gurunathan, Bangalore (IN); Robert Harris, Mebane, NC (US); Marshall Worth, Raleigh, NC (US); Chaitanya Mandela, Bangalore (IN); and Vishal Anand Gopalakrishnan, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US); and POWERSECURE INCORPORATED, Wake Forest, NC (US)
Filed by BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US); and POWERSECURE, INC., Wake Forest, NC (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/555,252.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/724,706, filed on Aug. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0076200 A1, Mar. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 8/04858 (2016.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02J 9/06 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01); H01M 8/12 (2016.01)
CPC H02J 13/0001 (2020.01) [H01M 8/04873 (2013.01); H01M 8/04932 (2013.01); H02J 3/38 (2013.01); H02J 9/06 (2013.01); H02J 13/00 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1293 (2013.01); H02J 2300/30 (2020.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a power source, comprising:
providing output power on a power bus from the power source to at least one of a load or a device; and
changing an output voltage of the power source on the power bus for the power source to communicate with the at least one of the load and the device while the power source provides the output power on the power bus.