# US 12,191,667 B2 · Appliance level battery-based energy storage

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- Number: US 12,191,667 B2
- Document ID: US12191667B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/803,321
- Filed: 2024-08-13
- Published: 2024-12-05
- Granted: 2025-01-07
- Earliest claimed: 2021-03-11
- Assignees: Channing Street Copper Company
- Applicants: Channing Street Copper Company
- Inventors: Saul Thomas Griffith; Samuel Eli Calisch; Joshua Land; Tucker Gilman
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12191667B2

## CPC

- H02J 3/32: using batteries or super capacitors with converting means
- H01M 10/4207: {for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially}
- H01M 50/204: Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells
- H01M 50/251: specially adapted for stationary devices, e.g. power plant buffering or backup power supplies
- H02J 3/14: by switching loads on to, or off from, the networks, e.g. progressively balanced loading
- H02J 3/381: {Dispersed generators}
- 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 7/40: characterised by the exchange of charge or discharge related data
- H02J 7/50: acting upon multiple batteries simultaneously or sequentially
- H02J 7/855: {with circuits adapted for supplying loads from the battery}
- H02J 13/10: characterised by displaying of information or by user interaction, e.g. supervisory control and data acquisition [SCADA] systems
- H02J 13/14: the power network being locally controlled, e.g. home energy management systems [HEMS]
- F24C 7/00: Stoves or ranges heated by electric energy (stoves or ranges specially adapted for the use of two or more kinds of fuel or energy supply F24C1/02)
- H01M 2220/10: Batteries in stationary systems, e.g. emergency power source in plant
- H02J 7/35: with light sensitive cells
- H02J 2101/24: Photovoltaics
- H02J 2105/12: supplying households or buildings
- H02J 2105/42: Home appliances
- H02J 2105/50: for selectively controlling the operation of the loads
- H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- F24C: DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES (exclusively for solid fuels F24B); DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION

## Abstract

An inductive stove appliance that includes a stove housing; a minimum of three cooking zones, with at least two of the cooking zones comprising induction coils; an electric oven; a set of cooktop and oven controls configured for operation of the inductive stove appliance, including operation of the minimum of three cooking zones and the electric oven; a power cord with a plug configured to couple with a standard 120V, 15A-30A, electrical power receptacle of a power distribution system; and a battery system disposed within the stove housing of the inductive stove appliance with one or more batteries integrated into the stove housing configured to: store power obtained from the power cord with the plug coupled with the electrical power receptacle of the power distribution system, power the minimum of three cooking zones of the inductive stove appliance, and power the electric oven of the inductive stove appliance.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A powered building system comprising:
a building having an electric power distribution system that receives electrical power from an electrical grid and/or one or more solar panels, the electrical power distribution system comprising a plurality power lines running through walls of the building that distribute electrical power about the building to a plurality of receptacles at different locations about the building;
one or more load sources disposed at one or more of the different locations about the building, the load sources comprising one or more of a heat pump, an electric stove, a refrigerator, and a water heater; and
one or more battery systems disposed at one or more of the different locations about the building, with each of the one or more battery systems associated with respective receptacle of the plurality of receptacles and integrally disposed within one of the load sources, the one or more battery systems including:
a first battery system that is an integral component of and disposed within a housing of a first load source of the one or more load sources, the first load source comprising a first power cord plugged into a first receptacle of the plurality of receptacles, the first battery system comprising a first battery configured to obtain and store power from the first receptacle, the first load source being configured to at least be fully powered by power obtained from the first receptacle and configured to be partially powered by both the first battery and power obtained from the first receptacle,
wherein the first battery system further comprises:
a processor,
a memory,
a battery control system,
an interface, and
an electrical power bus.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The powered building system of claim 1, wherein the first battery system further comprises a communication system configured to allow the first battery system to:
communicate via a wireless network;
communicate with a remote battery server; and
communicate with at least one user device.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The powered building system of claim 1, wherein the battery control system of the first battery system is configured to:
obtain current power use data associated with the first load source associated with the first battery system;
obtain current power output capacity of the first battery of the first battery system;
determine a new power output configuration that prioritizes use and storage of energy from one or more renewable energy sources over use of power from the electrical grid; and
replace a current power output configuration with the new power output configuration to:
stop use of power from the electrical grid, and
cause storage of power obtained from the one or more renewable energy sources at the first battery of the first battery system and/or cause the first load source associated with the first battery system to be powered by power obtained from the one or more renewable energy sources.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The powered building system of claim 1, wherein the first load source is a stove appliance, the stove appliance comprising:
a stove housing;
a plurality of induction cooktops disposed on a top face of the stove housing;
an oven comprising an oven door disposed on a front face of the stove housing;
the first power cord;
the first battery system that is an internal and integral component of the stove appliance, the first battery system disposed within the stove housing of the stove appliance; and
a stove electrical receptacle disposed on an external face of the stove housing, the stove electrical receptacle configured to share power stored by the first battery with one or more home appliances by plugging the one or more home appliances into the stove electrical receptacle, the stove electrical receptacle configured to provide electrical power to the one or more home appliances and fully power the one or more home appliances, the one or more home appliances including at least one of a refrigerator, a heat pump and a water heater.

### Claim 5

A powered building system comprising:
an electric power distribution system configured to distribute electrical power to a plurality of receptacles;
one or more load sources; and
one or more battery systems associated with:
a respective receptacle of the plurality of receptacles, and
a respective load source of the one or more load sources,
wherein the one or more battery systems include:
a first battery system that is disposed within a first load source of the one or more load sources and associated with a first receptacle of the plurality of receptacles, the first load source comprising a first power cord associated with the first receptacle of the plurality of receptacles, the first battery system comprising a first battery configured to obtain and store power from the first receptacle, the first load source being configured to operate with power drawn solely from the first receptacle and configured to operate with power drawn from both the first battery and the first receptacle.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The powered building system of claim 5, wherein the first battery system further comprises:
a processor,
a memory,
a battery control system,
an interface, and
an electrical power bus.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The powered building system of claim 5, wherein the first load source comprises a stove appliance, the stove appliance comprising:
a stove housing;
one or more cooktops disposed on a top face of the stove housing;
an oven comprising an oven door disposed on a front face of the stove housing;
the first power cord; and
the first battery system that is an internal and integral component of the stove appliance, the first battery system disposed within the stove housing of the stove appliance and configured to:
store power obtained from the first power cord,
power the oven, and
power the one or more cooktops.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The powered building system of claim 7, wherein the one or more cooktops are induction cooktops.

### Claim 9 (depends on 5)

The powered building system of claim 5, wherein the first battery comprises one or more lithium-based batteries.

### Claim 10 (depends on 5)

The powered building system of claim 5, wherein the first battery system further comprises:
a processor, and
a memory, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the first battery system to:
obtain current user power use data,
obtain current power output capacity data,
implement a power output configuration, including powering the first load source via power from the first receptacle and the first battery, and
implement a battery charging configuration, including charging or not charging the first battery via power from the first receptacle.

### Claim 11

A powered building system comprising:
an electric power distribution system configured to distribute electrical power to a plurality of receptacles;
one or more load sources; and
one or more battery systems associated with:
a respective receptacle of the plurality of receptacles, and
a respective load source of the one or more load sources,
wherein the one or more battery systems include:
a first battery system associated with a first load source and a first receptacle of the plurality of receptacles, the first battery system comprising a first battery configured to obtain and store power from the first receptacle of the plurality of receptacles, the first load source configured to operate with power obtained from both the first battery and the first receptacle and also configured to operate with power obtained solely from the first receptacle.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The powered building system of claim 11, wherein the first battery system is internally and integrally disposed within the first load source.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The powered building system of claim 11, wherein the first load source comprises a first power cord that obtains power from the first receptacle of the plurality of receptacles.

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

The powered building system of claim 11, wherein the first load source is further configured to operate with power drawn solely from the first battery and without power obtained from the first receptacle.

### Claim 15 (depends on 11)

The powered building system of claim 11, wherein the first load source is further configured to operate with power drawn solely from the first receptacle via direct power obtained from the first receptacle.

### Claim 16 (depends on 11)

The powered building system of claim 11, wherein the first load source comprises a stove appliance, the stove appliance including:
a stove housing;
one or more cooktops; and
an oven comprising an oven door.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The powered building system of claim 16, wherein the one or more cooktops are configured to operate with power drawn solely from the first battery and without power obtained from the first receptacle.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

The powered building system of claim 16, wherein the oven is configured to operate with power drawn solely from the first battery and without power obtained from the first receptacle.

### Claim 19 (depends on 16)

The powered building system of claim 16, wherein the one or more cooktops are induction cooktops.

### Claim 20 (depends on 11)

The powered building system of claim 11, wherein the first battery comprises one or more lithium-based batteries.