US 12,081,059 B1
Systems and methods for providing a distributed battery architecture
Sachin Ramesh Chandra, Woodinville, WA (US); Karthik Kadirvel, Cupertino, CA (US); and Ankur Gupta, Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/577,352.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/228,804, filed on Aug. 3, 2021.
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 7/00712 (2020.01) [H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 7/0063 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a plurality of electronic components;
a plurality of charger battery modules, wherein each charger battery module includes:
at least one battery configured to drive a subset of electronic components within the plurality of electronic components;
at least one battery charger configured to charge the battery;
a machine learning module configured to train a machine learning model that is specific to the subset of electronic components managed by the charger battery module; and
a microcontroller configured to control the charging and discharging of the battery, wherein the microcontroller controls charging for specific electronic components among the subset of electronic components according to a determined priority, such that more heavily used electronic components receive higher prioritized charging over other electronic components based on patterns of usage; and
a central controller configured to control the plurality of charger battery modules through the charger battery module's associated microcontroller.