US 11,794,599 B2
Systems, devices, and methods for rail-based and other electric vehicles with modular cascaded energy systems
Mikhail Slepchenkov, Lake Forest, CA (US); Roozbeh Naderi, Foothill Ranch, CA (US); and Mohammad Mousavi, Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch (CA)
Filed by TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,184.
Application 17/967,184 is a continuation of application No. 17/319,947, filed on May 13, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/084,293, filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/029,368, filed on May 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/025,099, filed on May 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0044052 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 53/22 (2019.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01)
CPC B60L 53/22 (2019.02) [B60L 2200/26 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2210/30 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular energy system controllable to supply power to a load, comprising:
a plurality of modules connected together to output an AC voltage signal comprising a superposition of first output voltages from each module,
wherein each module comprises:
an energy source;
a first converter connected to the energy source and configured to generate the first output voltage at a first port of the module, wherein the first converter is a DC-AC converter; and
a second converter connected between a second port of the module and the energy source, wherein the second converter is a DC-DC converter configured to receive an input signal and convert the input signal into a second output voltage.