US 12,308,650 B2
Energy storage unit docking stations
Jonathan Edward Bellows, Waterbury, VT (US); Gregg Richard Noble, Saxtons River, VT (US); Stephen P. Hoskins, Waterbury Center, VT (US); Margaret May Dobroth, Bolton, VT (US); Samuel Andrew Gavett, Waitsfield, VT (US); and Alex David Perkins, North Ferrisburgh, VT (US)
Assigned to NOMAD TRANSPORTABLE POWER SYSTEMS, INC., Waterbury, VT (US)
Appl. No. 18/546,745
Filed by NOMAD TRANSPORTABLE POWER SYSTEMS, INC., Waterbury, VT (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 16, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/016623
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/178009, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/150,151, filed on Feb. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0313541 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. H02J 3/32 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 3/322 (2020.01) [H02J 7/00036 (2020.01); H02J 2207/20 (2020.01); H02J 2310/48 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
an enclosure to protect an interior space from weather elements;
an interface device disposed within the enclosure, the interface device connected to a power distribution network;
a bellows extending from the enclosure, wherein the bellows is connected to the enclosure at a first end;
a bellows connector disposed on a second end of the bellows, wherein the second end is opposite the first end, and wherein the bellows connector is to mate with a complimentary connector on a wall of an energy storage unit to form a weatherproof seal; and
a cable extending from the interface device through the bellows to connect the interface device to the energy storage unit to transfer energy between the power distribution network and the energy storage unit.