US 12,111,708 B2
Uninterruptible power supply with integrated docking station
Ramesh Menon, Cary, NC (US); Joseph Scarci, McMurray, PA (US); Brian Hockensmith, Columbus, OH (US); Jeremy Ruff, Columbus, OH (US); Jeanne Simeone, Narragansett, RI (US); Marek Stuczynski, Garrards Cross (GB); and Jerry K. Green, Ostrander, OH (US)
Assigned to Vertiv Corporation, Westerville, OH (US)
Filed by Vertiv Corporation, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,750.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/194,388, filed on May 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0382350 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); H02J 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/266 (2013.01) [G06F 1/189 (2013.01); G06F 1/263 (2013.01); G06F 13/4004 (2013.01); H02J 9/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An integrated docking station and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system, the system comprising:
a housing comprising outer walls, said housing defining an interior having a first compartment, a second compartment, and a third compartment;
docking station circuitry enclosed within the first compartment of the housing;
one or more battery modules enclosed within the second compartment of the housing, wherein the one or more battery modules are configured to either accept supplied power from a UPS circuitry or supply power to the UPS circuitry;
the UPS circuitry enclosed within the third compartment of the housing and comprising a plurality of power rails, the UPS circuitry configured to:
supply power to the docking station circuitry;
supply power to the one or more battery modules to increase a state of charge of the one or more battery modules;
receive supplied power from the one or more battery modules;
supply power to a plurality of ports disposed on at least one of the outer walls of the housing, wherein each power rail of the plurality of power rails is associated with one or more ports of the plurality of ports;
separately control a power state of each port of the plurality of ports via a corresponding power rail of the plurality of power rails, wherein said UPS circuitry and said docking station circuitry cooperate to enable one or more of smart shutdown, load shedding, or remote management functions; and
prioritize and shed power load of the mobile computing device by reading a state of charge of the mobile computing device; and
a controller enclosed within the housing configured to:
coordinate function between the docking station circuitry and the UPS circuitry, wherein the docking station circuitry and the UPS circuitry are enclosed in the same housing as the controller;
reset to power cycle the mobile computing device and connected peripherals; and
provide usage and notifications of the state of charge and telemetry of the mobile computing device and the connected peripherals.