US 12,474,382 B2
Sensor-based energy management enclosure and distributed energy resource management based on sensor data
Stefan Matan, Novato, CA (US); and Fred C. Horton, Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Assigned to Apparent Labs, LLC, Novato, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/414,264
Filed by Apparent Labs, LLC, Novato, CA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/066998
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/131973, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/780,879, filed on Dec. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0043038 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G01R 19/25 (2006.01); G01R 21/133 (2006.01); H02J 3/16 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 19/2513 (2013.01) [G01R 21/1331 (2013.01); H02J 3/16 (2013.01); H02J 13/00002 (2020.01); H02J 13/00036 (2020.01); H02J 2310/60 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a circuit breaker enclosure;
a conducting plate mounted in the circuit breaker enclosure, the conducting plate having multiple contacts to connect to a grid-tied electrical supply including a contact to receive a circuit breaker to provide power to an electrical circuit;
an insulator layer mounted over the conducting plate; and
an integrated circuit (I/C) sensor mounted on the insulator layer proximate the contact to generate current sense data for the electrical circuit when the circuit breaker is connected, including data to indicate real and reactive power draw of the electrical circuit, the I/C sensor to be mounted above the conducting plate and below the circuit breaker.