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US 12,683,205 B2Granted
Energy storage canopy
AssigneeLt350, LLC
InventorJeffrey Thramann
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Abstract
An energy storage canopy associated with a local building is provided. The energy storage canopy includes support members that can support compartments, which may be integral with or removable from the energy storage canopy. Each compartment includes a plurality of high capacity batteries to store electrical energy, at least one power conditioner to allow coupling high capacity batteries to an external unit. The external unit may be a power grid, a building, other loads, or the like.
Claims12
An energy storage canopy comprising:
- at least one vertical support and at least one horizontal support coupled together;
- a solar array comprising a plurality of photovoltaic panels coupled to the roof of the energy storage canopy;
- at least one compartment coupled to at least one of the at least one vertical support and the at least one horizontal support of the energy storage canopy, the compartment comprising:
- at least one high capacity battery that can store at least 10 kilo-watt hours of electrical energy;
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- at least one opening between the solar array and the least one compartment configured to dissipate heat;
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- a junction box on the energy storage canopy operationally coupled to the at least one high capacity battery, wherein the junction box is configured to couple to local loads.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.