# US 11,077,766 B2 · Vehicle-to-grid energy for use with hydrogen generation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,077,766 B2 - Document ID: US11077766B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/515,744 - Filed: 2019-07-18 - Published: 2020-03-05 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-30 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jeremy Whaling; Robert M. Uyeki; Ryan Douglas Roy Harty; Sruthi Raju Nadimpalli - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11077766B2 ## CPC - B60L 53/64: Optimising energy costs, e.g. responding to electricity rates - B60L 50/60: using power supplied by batteries (in combination with fuel cells B60L50/75) - B60L 50/70: using power supplied by fuel cells (in combination with batteries B60L50/75) - B60L 53/305: {Communication interfaces} - B60L 53/60: Monitoring or controlling charging stations - B60L 53/62: in response to charging parameters, e.g. current, voltage or electrical charge - B60L 53/63: in response to network capacity - B60L 53/66: Data transfer between charging stations and vehicles - B60L 53/67: Controlling two or more charging stations - B60L 53/68: Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control - B60L 55/00: Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements - B60L 58/30: for monitoring or controlling fuel cells - G06Q 30/0201: Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data - H01M 8/04298: Processes for controlling fuel cells or fuel cell systems - H01M 8/06: Combination of fuel cells with means for production of reactants or for treatment of residues (regenerative fuel cells H01M8/18) - H01M 8/18: Regenerative fuel cells, e.g. redox flow batteries or secondary fuel cells - H02J 3/38: Arrangements for feeding a single network from two or more generators or sources in parallel; Arrangements for feeding already energised networks from additional generators or sources in parallel - H02J 3/466: Scheduling or selectively controlling the operation of the generators or sources, e.g. connecting or disconnecting generators to meet a demand - B60L 2260/54: Energy consumption estimation - H02J 2101/30: Fuel cells - H02J 2101/40: Hybrid power plants, i.e. a plurality of different generation technologies being operated at one power plant - Y02E 60/00: Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation - Y02E 60/50: Fuel cells - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations - Y02T 90/16: Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles - Y02T 90/167: Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV] - Y02T 90/40: Application of hydrogen technology to transportation, e.g. using fuel cells - Y04S 10/126: the energy generation units being or involving electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV], i.e. power aggregation of EV or HEV, vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G] - Y04S 30/14: Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing - Y04S 50/14: Marketing, i.e. market research and analysis, surveying, promotions, advertising, buyer profiling, customer management or rewards - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION - Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS ## Abstract A fleet management system includes a market component that monitors a hydrogen market and identifies one or more hydrogen parameters associated with the hydrogen market, an electric vehicle component that analyzes the hydrogen parameters and selectively instructs one or more electric vehicles to provide electricity for generating hydrogen based on the hydrogen parameters, and a hydrogen vehicle component that selectively instructs one or more hydrogen vehicles to obtain at least a portion of the hydrogen generated from the electricity provided by the electric vehicles. The fleet management system enables a fleet of vehicles using a plurality of fuel types to be effectively and efficiently managed. Moreover, the fleet management system allows a hydrogen economy to grow in an economical and pragmatic manner. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fleet management system for managing a plurality of vehicles including one or more electric vehicles and one or more hydrogen vehicles, the fleet management system comprising: a market component that, upon execution by one or more processors, communicates with a plurality of hydrogen providers to determine one or more hydrogen supply parameters associated with a hydrogen market; an electric vehicle component that, upon execution by the one or more processors, analyzes the one or more hydrogen supply parameters to determine a hydrogen supply associated with the hydrogen market, and, on condition that the hydrogen supply is less than a predetermined supply level, selectively instructs the one or more electric vehicles to provide electricity for generating hydrogen; and a hydrogen vehicle component that, upon execution by the one or more processors, selectively instructs the one or more hydrogen vehicles to obtain at least a portion of the hydrogen generated from the electricity provided by the one or more electric vehicles. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fleet management system of claim 1, wherein the market component is configured to identify one or more hydrogen demand parameters associated with the hydrogen market. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fleet management system of claim 1, wherein the market component is configured to identify one or more hydrogen demand parameters associated with a first section of the hydrogen market, wherein the one or more hydrogen supply parameters are associated with a second section of the hydrogen market. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fleet management system of claim 1, wherein the market component is configured to identify a plurality of demand parameters and a plurality of supply parameters associated with the hydrogen market over a period of time, and determine one or more trends in the hydrogen market based on the plurality of demand parameters and the plurality of supply parameters, the plurality of supply parameters including the one or more hydrogen supply parameters. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The fleet management system of claim 1, wherein the market component is configured to determine one or more hydrogen demand parameters associated with the hydrogen market, and the electric vehicle component is configured to analyze the one or more hydrogen demand parameters to determine a hydrogen demand, and, on condition that the hydrogen demand is greater than a predetermined demand level, selectively instruct the one or more electric vehicles to provide the electricity. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The fleet management system of claim 1, wherein the hydrogen vehicle component is configured to instruct the one or more hydrogen vehicles to obtain the at least the portion of the hydrogen on condition that the hydrogen supply is less than the predetermined supply level. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The fleet management system of claim 1, wherein the market component is configured to identify one or more electricity parameters associated with an electricity market, and wherein the electric vehicle component is configured to analyze the one or more electricity parameters. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The fleet management system of claim 1, further comprising a hydrogen manager component configured to manage the hydrogen generated from the electricity provided by the one or more electric vehicles. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The fleet management system of claim 1, further comprising a hydrogen manager component configured to identify one or more hydrogen storage parameters associated with the hydrogen generated from the electricity provided by the one or more electric vehicles, and analyze the one or more hydrogen storage parameters to determine a hydrogen storage level. ### Claim 10 A computer-implemented method for managing a plurality of vehicles including one or more electric vehicles and one or more hydrogen vehicles, the method comprising: communicating with a plurality of hydrogen providers over a communication network to identify one or more hydrogen supply parameters associated with a hydrogen market; analyzing the one or more hydrogen supply parameters to determine a hydrogen supply associated with the hydrogen market; and on condition that the hydrogen supply is less than a predetermined supply level, generating a plurality of computer-executable instructions in accordance with a hydrogen generation protocol; transmitting a first instruction of the plurality of computer-executable instructions to the one or more electric vehicles such that the one or more electric vehicles are instructed to provide electricity for generating hydrogen; and transmitting a second instruction of the plurality of computer-executable instructions to the one or more hydrogen vehicles such that the one or more hydrogen vehicles are instructed to obtain at least a portion of the hydrogen generated from the electricity provided by the one or more electric vehicles. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising analyzing one or more hydrogen demand parameters associated with the hydrogen market, wherein the plurality of computer-executable instructions are generated based at least in part on the one or more hydrogen demand parameters. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein analyzing the one or more hydrogen demand parameters comprises analyzing the one or more hydrogen demand parameters associated with a first section of the hydrogen market; and wherein analyzing the one or more hydrogen supply parameters comprises analyzing the one or more hydrogen supply parameters associated with a second section of the hydrogen market. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein monitoring the hydrogen market comprises: identifying a plurality of demand parameters and a plurality of supply parameters over a period of time, wherein the plurality of supply parameters includes the one or more hydrogen supply parameters; and determining one or more trends in the hydrogen market based on the plurality of demand parameters and the plurality of supply parameters, wherein the plurality of computer-executable instructions are generated based at least in part on the one or more trends in the hydrogen market. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: identifying one or more electricity parameters associated with an electricity market; and analyzing the one or more electricity parameters, wherein the plurality of computer-executable instructions are generated based at least in part on the one or more electricity parameters. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising managing the hydrogen generated from the electricity provided by the one or more electric vehicles. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: identifying one or more hydrogen storage parameters associated with the hydrogen generated from the electricity provided by the one or more electric vehicles; analyzing the one or more hydrogen storage parameters to determine a hydrogen storage level; and determining whether the hydrogen storage level is greater than a predetermined hydrogen storage level, wherein the plurality of computer-executable instructions are generated on condition that the hydrogen storage level is greater than the predetermined hydrogen storage level. ### Claim 17 A computing system for use in managing a plurality of vehicles including one or more electric vehicles and one or more hydrogen vehicles, the computing system comprising: one or more computer storage media including data associated with the plurality of vehicles, one or more charging stations, and one or more hydrogen stations, and computer-executable instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to: identify one or more hydrogen supply parameters associated with a hydrogen market; analyze the one or more hydrogen supply parameters to determine a hydrogen supply associated with the hydrogen market; on condition that the hydrogen supply is less than a predetermined supply level, generating a plurality of computer-executable instructions in accordance with a hydrogen generation protocol; transmitting a first instruction of the plurality of computer-executable instructions to selectively instruct the one or more electric vehicles to provide electricity for generating hydrogen; and transmitting a second instruction of the plurality of computer-executable instructions to selectively instruct the one or more hydrogen vehicles to obtain at least a portion of the hydrogen generated from the electricity provided by the one or more electric vehicles. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The computing system of claim 17, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to: identify one or more electricity parameters associated with an electricity market; and analyze the one or more electricity parameters. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The computing system of claim 17, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to: identify one or more hydrogen storage parameters associated with the hydrogen generated from the electricity provided by the one or more electric vehicles; and determine whether the one or more hydrogen storage parameters satisfy a predetermined threshold.