US 12,088,087 B2
Smart grid interface relay and breaker
Mark Holveck, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Randol Aikin, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Mark Daniel Goldman, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); and Kyle Breuning Evans, Auburn, CA (US)
Assigned to Lunar Energy, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Lunar Energy, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/368,852.
Application 18/368,852 is a continuation of application No. 18/085,947, filed on Dec. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,862,962.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/293,014, filed on Dec. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0154403 A1, May 9, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H02H 5/04 (2006.01); H02H 1/00 (2006.01); H02H 3/02 (2006.01); H02H 3/093 (2006.01); G01R 31/317 (2006.01)
CPC H02H 5/041 (2013.01) [H02H 1/0061 (2013.01); H02H 3/021 (2013.01); H02H 3/093 (2013.01); G01R 31/31726 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A controllable main breaker, comprising:
a main breaker sized to fit within an existing panel slot of an electrical panel, wherein the main breaker comprises a trigger to open the main breaker in response to a thermal fault or an overcurrent condition;
a controllable actuator that controllably opens the main breaker; and
a microcontroller configured to control the controllable actuator, wherein prior to commanding closing of the main breaker, the microcontroller is configured to facilitate synchronization between an onsite power source and a grid.