US 12,087,961 B2
Battery-centric virtual grid (VG) system
George Henry Remington, Bay Village, OH (US); Evan Painter, Cleveland, OH (US); Zack Simmering, Mansfield, OH (US); Scott Colosimo, Cleveland, OH (US); and Garvin Seto, Cleveland, OH (US)
Assigned to LAND ENERGY, INC, Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed by LAND ENERGY, INC, Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/931,329.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/242,819, filed on Sep. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0077449 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 50/258 (2021.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B60L 53/80 (2019.01); B62J 43/30 (2020.01); B62J 45/20 (2020.01); B62J 50/22 (2020.01); B62M 11/02 (2006.01); G01R 31/36 (2020.01); G01R 31/367 (2019.01); G01R 31/396 (2019.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/242 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/251 (2021.01); H01M 50/256 (2021.01); H02J 9/06 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 50/258 (2021.01) [B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B60L 53/80 (2019.02); B62J 43/30 (2020.02); B62J 45/20 (2020.02); B62J 50/22 (2020.02); B62M 11/02 (2013.01); G01R 31/3646 (2019.01); G01R 31/367 (2019.01); G01R 31/396 (2019.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/242 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/251 (2021.01); H01M 50/256 (2021.01); H02J 9/06 (2013.01); H02J 13/00022 (2020.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4278 (2013.01); H01M 2220/10 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery-centric Virtual Grid (VG) system, comprising:
a plurality of battery modules, each battery module from the plurality including:
one or more battery cells totaling at least 1 kWh,
one or more module processors operably connected to the one or more battery cells to obtain performance information from the one or more battery cells,
a wireless transmitter operably connected to the one or more module processors and configured to remotely transmit data including the performance information, and
an enclosure at least partially enclosing the one or more battery cells, the one or more module processors, and the wireless transmitter, the enclosure including a handle for a user to grab to transport the battery module, the battery module weighting 40 lbs. or less; and
a remote server configured to receive the data including the performance information, wherein the remote server or the one or more module processors is configured to identify respective devices being powered by each of the battery modules in the plurality based on the performance information.