Patent ID: 9356458
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H02J

Claim Text:
1. An energy cycling apparatus comprising: two or more energy storage units, including at least a first energy storage unit and a second energy storage unit, each of the two or more storage units connected to a ground and capable of being activated, deactivated, discharged and recharged independently from one another; a control board connected to each of the two or more energy storage units and operable for controlling an operational status of each of the two or more energy storage units and of selectively cycling each of the two or more energy storage units between an inactive state, an active-discharging state, where at least a first portion of the energy being discharged is provided for use by a load outside of the apparatus, and an active-recharging state; and at least one sensor configured to monitor at least one of the following measured values: total remaining charge in each of the two or more energy storage units, the percentage of full charge remaining in each of the of the two or more energy storage units, the temperature of each of the two or more energy storage units, the amperage of each of the two or more energy storage units, the voltage of each of the two or more energy storage units, and a malfunction in the apparatus, and wherein the sensor is configured to return a sensed value to the control board as a signal; wherein the control board is programmed to, at a first time period, set the first energy storage unit to the active-discharging state and the second energy storage unit to the active-recharging state, wherein a second portion of the energy being discharged from the first energy storage unit is delivered to and recharges the second energy storage unit; to receive the signal from the at least one sensor; and, at a second time period following the first time period, automatically in response to the signal at the control board sent from the at least one sensor determining whether the signal has reached a preprogrammed set point, and cycling the charging state of the first and second energy storage units when the preprogrammed set point is reached to different charging states according to a looping pattern.