US 11,794,551 B2
Optimized power distribution to transport climate control systems amongst one or more electric supply equipment stations
Ryan Wayne Schumacher, Bloomington, MN (US); Matthew Srnec, Minnetonka, MN (US); Philip Lewis Lavrich, Mooresville, NC (US); Wallace Stephen Hubbard, Chanhassen, MN (US); Matthias Gorski, Bochum (DE); and Eckardt Augenstein, Essen (DE)
Assigned to THERMO KING LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by THERMO KING LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/15,190.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/897,833, filed on Sep. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0070141 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); H02J 1/10 (2006.01); H02J 1/14 (2006.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00428 (2013.01) [H02J 1/106 (2020.01); H02J 1/14 (2013.01); H02J 3/007 (2020.01); H02J 3/32 (2013.01); H02J 2310/40 (2020.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for optimizing power distribution amongst one or more electrical supply equipment stations at a power distribution site for supplying power to one or more vehicles and one or more transport climate control systems docked at the one or more electrical supply equipment stations, the method comprising:
obtaining infrastructure data about the power distribution site;
obtaining vehicle/transport climate control system data from the one or more transport climate control systems and one or more vehicles demanding power from the one or more electrical supply equipment stations, wherein each of the one or more transport climate control systems is configured to provide climate control within a climate controlled space of the vehicle or a transport unit towed by the vehicle;
obtaining external data from an external source that can impact power demand from the one or more transport climate control systems;
generating an optimized power distribution schedule based on the infrastructure data, the vehicle/transport climate control system data and the external data;
distributing power to the one or more transport climate control systems docked at the one or more electrical supply equipment stations based on the optimized power distribution schedule; and
generating a feedback notification to a user of a particular transport climate control system of the one or more transport climate control systems docked at the one or more electrical supply equipment stations regarding the optimized power distribution schedule, wherein the feedback notification includes a notification when power is being distributed to the particular transport climate control system.