L Zhang, F Jabbari, S Samuelsen - US Patent 10,065,520, 2018 - Google Patents
A method of optimizing electricity use from an electric grid is disclosed. The method includes formulating a target load using a cost function for the electric grid, broadcasting a cost signal …
H Takatsuka, J Wada, K Kasai - US Patent 10,650,444, 2020 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A battery reservation device (10) comprises a battery state acquisition component (12), a scheduled return time acqui sition component (13c), a remaining battery …
H Takatsuka, J Wada, K Kasai - US Patent 10,600,116, 2020 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A reservation management device (50) is a reservation management device configured to manage reservations for the exchange of battery packs (10) at a …
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for extracting maximal frequency response potential in controllable loads. In one example, a method includes assigning a fitness metric to at …
W Orgeldinger - US Patent 9,469,429, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A crate, includes a bottom, two end walls, and two side walls. Each of the side walls comprises a first lateral edge adjacent to the first end wall, a second lateral edge …
H Takatsuka, J Wada, K Kasai - US Patent 11,010,824, 2021 - Google Patents
A battery reservation device (10) includes an input acceptance component (11), a battery number acquisition component (12), and a rental number and capacity calculator (15). The …
Y Jian, Q Liao, Z Qian - US Patent 9,327,870, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A hinge system comprises a first component and a second component. Arranged on the first component, a first pin (314) and a second pin (324) are not on a same …