US 12,142,930 B2
Portable hybrid generator
Walker Ford, Holladay, UT (US); Sterling Robison, Cottonwood Heights, UT (US); Hank Howell, Herriman, UT (US); Preston Evan Price, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Norm Krantz, Draper, UT (US); and Keyvan Vasefi, Lehi, UT (US)
Assigned to GOAL ZERO LLC, Bluffdale, UT (US)
Filed by Goal Zero LLC, Bluffdale, UT (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/887,744.
Application 17/887,744 is a continuation of application No. 15/469,330, filed on Mar. 24, 2017, granted, now 11,444,464.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/313,637, filed on Mar. 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0393478 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01); H02J 5/00 (2016.01)
CPC H02J 5/00 (2013.01) [G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G05B 23/0272 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable hybrid generator system comprising:
a first unit including:
a first housing;
a first output port; and
a primary energy source disposed within the first housing, the primary energy source electrically coupled to the first output port, the primary energy source including an engine, a fuel tank, and a generator driven by the engine;
a second unit separate from the first unit, the second unit including:
a second housing;
an input port;
a second output port; and
an energy storage device disposed within the second housing, the energy storage device electrically coupled to the input port and the second output port, the energy storage device including at least one battery;
wherein the input port and the first output port facilitate selectively electrically coupling the first unit to the second unit to charge the energy storage device using electricity generated by the generator;
wherein the primary energy source is specifically calibrated or calibratable to charge the energy storage device based on the at least one battery; and
wherein the second unit is configured to be able to be selectively decoupled from the first unit and transported to a location remote from the first unit to power or charge an external device via the second output port using stored energy in the energy storage device.