US 12,337,705 B2
Module-based energy systems having converter-source modules and methods related thereto
Mikhail Slepchenkov, Lake Forest, CA (US); and Roozbeh Naderi, Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Assigned to TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Filed by TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/642,475.
Application 18/642,475 is a continuation of application No. 17/944,413, filed on Sep. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,964,573.
Application 17/944,413 is a continuation of application No. 17/886,243, filed on Aug. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,603,001, issued on Mar. 14, 2023.
Application 17/886,243 is a continuation of application No. 17/021,450, filed on Sep. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,884,167, issued on Jan. 30, 2024.
Application 17/021,450 is a continuation of application No. 16/832,474, filed on Mar. 27, 2020, granted, now 10,807,481, issued on Oct. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/906,007, filed on Sep. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,238, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,158, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2025/0100400 A1, Mar. 27, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/51 (2019.01); B60L 58/18 (2019.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 50/66 (2019.02) [B60L 1/00 (2013.01); B60L 50/51 (2019.02); B60L 58/18 (2019.02); B60L 58/26 (2019.02); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 7/0014 (2013.01); H02J 7/00712 (2020.01); H02J 7/1423 (2013.01); H02J 7/1492 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01); H02J 2310/48 (2020.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular battery pack system controllable to supply power, the modular battery pack system comprising:
at least three converter module arrays, each converter module array of the at least three converter module arrays comprising at least three arrayed converter modules electrically coupled together to output an AC voltage signal comprising a superposition of output voltages from each arrayed converter module of the at least three arrayed converter modules,
wherein each arrayed converter module comprises an energy source, an energy buffer, and a converter,
wherein, for each arrayed converter module, a first output of the converter is coupled to a first port of the arrayed converter module, and a second output of the converter is coupled to a second port of the arrayed converter module,
wherein each converter module array of the at least three converter module arrays has M arrayed converter modules, with M being a positive integer,
wherein, for each converter module array of the at least three converter module arrays, the second port of each converter module of a first arrayed converter module through an M−1 arrayed converter module is coupled to a first port of an adjacent arrayed converter module within the converter module array, and
wherein the first port of the M−1 arrayed converter module of a first converter module array is coupled to the second port of the M arrayed converter module of a third converter module array, the first port of the M−1 arrayed converter module of a second converter module array is coupled to the second port of the M arrayed converter module of the first converter module array, and the first port of the M−1 arrayed converter module of the third converter module array is coupled to the second port of the M arrayed converter module of the second converter module array.