Utility pole having underground battery housing
AssigneeComptek Technologies, LLC
InventorsJames D. Lockwood, Kenneth Michael Hoganson, Dana Anthony Castronova
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Abstract
Utility pole system having a battery storage housing defining a top portion, a bottom portion, and an interior volume with an access opening extending through the top portion; a pole with an upper end and a lower end attached to the top portion of the battery storage housing; and means for moving the pole from the first position where the lower end of the pole covers the access opening of the battery housing, and a second position where the lower end exposes the access opening. The utility pole system might also include electrical components powered by a battery provided in the battery storage housing, such battery charged by utility power.
Claims17
A battery storage pole system comprising:
- a battery storage housing for disposition at least partially below a ground surface, the battery storage housing having an upper end, a lower end and interior volume with an access opening extending through the upper end of the battery storage housing;
- a plurality of batteries disposed within the interior volume of the housing;
- a pole having an upper portion and a lower portion configured for attachment proximate to the upper end of the battery storage housing, the pole movable between a first position where the lower portion covers the access opening and a second position where the lower portion exposes the access opening;
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- a controller configured to charge the batteries from an electrical grid and discharge the batteries to the electrical grid.
A battery storage pole system comprising:
- a battery storage housing for disposition at least partially below a ground surface, the battery storage housing having an upper end, a lower end and interior volume with an access opening extending through the upper end of the battery storage housing;
- a pole having an upper portion and a lower portion configured for attachment proximate to the upper end of the battery storage housing, the pole movable between a first position where the lower portion covers the access opening and a second position where the lower portion exposes the access opening, wherein a longitudinal axis of the pole between the upper portion and the lower portion of the pole, when the pole is in the first position, defines a vertical axis of the system;
- a track disposed proximate to the upper end of the battery storage housing, wherein the lower portion is connected to the track and the pole moves along the track between the first position and the second position in a direction that is transverse to the vertical axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.