# US 12,602,097 B2 · Hybrid apparatuses for mining cryptocurrency and methods of operating the same

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- Number: US 12,602,097 B2
- Document ID: US12602097B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/738,477
- Filed: 2024-06-10
- Published: 2025-02-13
- Granted: 2026-04-14
- Earliest claimed: 2023-08-09
- Assignees: Hestia Heating Incorporated
- Applicants: Hestia Heating Incorporated
- Inventors: Joel Landry; Christopher Wayne Searle; Robert Walter Burton; Curtis John Doran
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12602097B2

## CPC

- G06F 1/206: {comprising thermal management}
- G06F 1/324: by lowering clock frequency
- G05D 23/1917: {using digital means}
- G06F 1/26: Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof (for memories G11C)
- G06F 1/3206: Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
- G06F 1/3296: by lowering the supply or operating voltage
- H05K 7/20: Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating
- Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
- Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations
- Y02T 90/167: 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]
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

A hybrid apparatus for charging electric vehicles and mining cryptocurrency is provided. The apparatus may comprise an electric power input associated with a rated maximum power capacity, an electric vehicle charger, a cryptocurrency miner and a power coordinator. The electric vehicle charger may have at least one vehicle power outlet and a maximum charger power draw from the electric power input. The cryptocurrency miner may have multiple cryptocurrency mining computers and a maximum miner power draw from the electric power input. Each mining computer may have an adjustable intensity level. The power coordinator may be configured to determine mining power availability within the rated maximum power capacity after prioritizing power demand by the electric vehicle charger, and to direct the cryptocurrency miner to continue mining cryptocurrency by adjusting the intensity levels of the mining computers such that the cryptocurrency miner consumes not more than the mining power availability.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A hybrid apparatus for charging electric vehicles and performing AI processing tasks, the apparatus comprising:
an electric power input associated with a rated maximum power capacity;
an electric vehicle charger electrically connected to the electric power input, the electric vehicle charger having at least one vehicle power outlet and a maximum charger power draw from the electric power input, the maximum charger power draw being associated with delivering a maximum charger output to the at least one vehicle power outlet and being less than the rated maximum power capacity;
an AI server electrically connected to the electric power input, the AI server having multiple server computers and a maximum server power draw from the electric power input,
each server computer having an adjustable intensity level, the maximum server power draw being associated with the multiple server computers each operating at their respective highest intensity level, the maximum server power draw being less than the rated maximum power capacity; and
a power coordinator configured to determine server power availability within the rated maximum power capacity after prioritizing power demand by the electric vehicle charger, and to direct the AI server to continue performing the AI processing tasks by adjusting the intensity levels of the server computers such that the AI server consumes not more than the server power availability, wherein the rated maximum power capacity is between 40% and 80% of a sum of the maximum charger power draw and the maximum server power draw.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said adjusting the intensity levels comprises adjusting one or more of an operating frequency, voltage, power, and temperature of the server computers.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multiple server computers includes a first server computer and a second server computer, and said adjusting the intensity level comprises:
adjusting the intensity level of the first server computer to a first intensity level; and
adjusting the intensity level of the second server computer to a second intensity level different from the first intensity level.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multiple server computers include a first server computer and a second server computer, and said adjusting the intensity level comprises:
reducing a power consumption of the first server computer by a first percentage; and
reducing a power consumption of the second server computer by a second percentage different from the first percentage.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The apparatus of claim 3, wherein each of the first server computer and the second server computer has a processing rate, and a maximum processing rate of the first server computer at the highest intensity level of the first server computer is less than 75% of a maximum processing rate of the second server computer at the highest intensity level of the second server computer.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said adjusting the intensity levels comprises staggering adjustment of the intensity levels of one or more of the multiple server computers based on a time delay associated with effecting a change to the intensity levels.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The apparatus of claim 6, wherein said staggering comprises initiating adjustment of the intensity levels of one or more of the multiple server computers based on the time delay and a predicted power draw of the electric vehicle charger.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said adjusting the intensity level comprises reducing power consumption and processing rate of the AI server and increasing a processing rate power efficiency of the AI server.