# US 12,015,295 B2 · Mobile generator charging system and method

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- Number: US 12,015,295 B2
- Document ID: US12015295B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/116,897
- Filed: 2023-03-03
- Published: 2023-10-26
- Granted: 2024-06-18
- Earliest claimed: 2021-09-23
- Assignees: Der-X Energy LLC
- Applicants: Fluidity Power LLC
- Inventors: Jeffrey James Ricketts
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12015295B2

## CPC

- H02J 7/82: Control of state of charge [SOC]
- B60L 53/53: Batteries
- B60L 53/57: Charging stations without connection to power networks
- B60L 53/62: in response to charging parameters, e.g. current, voltage or electrical charge
- B60L 55/00: Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements
- H02J 3/322: {the battery being on-board an electric or hybrid vehicle, e.g. vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G], power aggregation, use of the battery for network load balancing, coordinated or cooperative battery charging}
- H02J 7/342: {The other DC source being a battery actively interacting with the first one, i.e. battery to battery charging (with circuits for polarity protection H02J7/68)}
- H02J 7/42: with electronic devices having internal batteries, e.g. mobile phones
- H02J 7/44: between battery management systems and power sources
- H02J 7/933: {the cycle being controlled or terminated in response to electric parameters}
- B60L 2200/10: Air crafts
- B60L 2200/32: Waterborne vessels
- B60L 2210/30: AC to DC converters
- H02J 2105/32: {for aircrafts}
- 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 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles
- H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- 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
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

A system includes a first charger connected to one of an aircraft, a watercraft, and a vehicle having at least one vehicle battery, a second charger connected to an on board battery pack, and at least one programmable logic controller (PLC) to manage communication between the at least one vehicle battery and the first charger to ensure that the at least one vehicle battery reaches a preset state of charge (SOC), manage communication between the on board battery pack and the second charger to ensure that the on board battery pack reaches the preset SOC, and manage transfer of energy from the on board battery pack to the at least one vehicle battery.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system comprising:
a first charger connected to another device external from the system having at least one battery;
a second charger connected to an on board battery pack; and
at least one programmable logic controller (PLC) configured to:
manage communication between the at least one battery and the first charger to ensure that the at least one battery reaches a preset state of charge (SOC) comprising 90% state of charge;
manage communication between the on board battery pack and the second charger to ensure that the on board battery pack reaches the preset SOC and trigger the second charger to discontinue the charging session;
manage transfer of energy from the on board battery pack to the at least one battery;
adjust a flow of coolant to the at least one battery associated with the another device to maximize a speed of charge, adjust a flow of coolant to the on board battery pack to maximize the speed of charge, and manage transfer of energy from the on board battery pack to one of a building and a microgrid; and
stop a flow of electricity to the first charger and the second charger, cease output of power when output is below 75% of generator output, and shut down the system.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, further comprising a refueling system configured to provide fuel to the system using at least one of compressed natural gas (CNG), renewable natural gas (RNG), and ethanol.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the system is housed in one of a trailer and a container to be transported via one of a vehicle, rail, boat, and aircraft.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, further comprising a battery management system (BMS) configured to report a battery state of charge, temperature, and a rate of change in temperature.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the device external to the system comprises one of an aircraft, a watercraft, and a vehicle.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one battery comprises an aircraft battery.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one battery comprises a watercraft battery.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one battery comprises a vehicle battery.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the first charger is connected to an electric vehicle.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein the electric vehicle comprises an electric bus.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the system is housed in a trailer comprising a mobile trailer to be pulled by a vehicle comprising one of a pickup truck and a semi-tractor truck.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The system of claim 11, wherein the mobile trailer has a length comprising one of twenty-eight feet, thirty-two feet, thirty-four feet, forty feet, forty-five feet, forty-eight feet, and fifty-three feet.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The system of claim 12, wherein the mobile trailer has a height of thirteen feet, six inches.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The system of claim 13, wherein the mobile trailer has a width of one-hundred and two inches.

### Claim 15

A method, comprising:
managing, by at least one programmable logic controller (PLC), communication between an external device, a first charger, and a second charger, the external device external from the first charger and the second charger;
managing, by the at least one PLC, at least one power source to provide energy to the first charger and the second charger;
ensuring, by the at least one PLC, that the first charger provides the at least one battery associated with the external device with a preset state of charge (SOC) comprising 90% state of charge;
ensuring, by the at least one PLC, that the second charger provides the on board battery pack with the preset SOC, and triggering the second charger to discontinue the charging session;
initiating a connection, by the at least one PLC, to allow transfer of energy from the on board battery pack to the at least one battery associated with the external device;
adjusting a flow of coolant to the at least one battery associated with the external device to maximize a speed of charge, adjusting a flow of coolant to the on board battery pack to maximize the speed of charge, and managing transfer of energy from the on board battery pack to one of a building and a microgrid; and
stopping a flow of electricity to the first charger and the second charger, ceasing output of power when output is below 75% of generator output, and shutting down the system.

### Claim 16

A portable system comprising a container to house the system comprising:
a first charger connected to another device external from the system having at least one battery;
a second charger connected to an on board battery pack; and
at least one programmable logic controller (PLC) configured to:
manage communication between the at least one battery and the first charger to ensure that the at least one battery reaches a preset state of charge (SOC) comprising 90% state of charge;
manage communication between the on board battery pack and the second charger to ensure that the on board battery pack reaches the preset SOC and trigger the second charger to discontinue the charging session;
manage transfer of energy from the on board battery pack to the at least one battery;
adjust a flow of coolant to the at least one battery associated with the external device to maximize a speed of charge, adjust a flow of coolant to the on board battery pack to maximize the speed of charge, and manage transfer of energy from the on board battery pack to one of a building and a microgrid; and
stop a flow of electricity to the first charger and the second charger, cease output of power when output is below 75% of generator output, and shut down the system.
