Patents Assigned to Koolbridge Solar, Inc.
  • Rotary solar converter
    Patent number: 10033302
    Abstract: An advantageous method of converting solar energy from a photovoltaic array into alternating current for feeding into the electricity grid is described based on the use of an inventive rotary machine. The inventive rotary machine has a rotor and a set of stator coils which are excited in a first mode by a polyphase current derived from the solar array and simultaneously in a second, orthogonal mode by a polyphase voltage derived from the electricity grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Koolbridge Solar, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Wilkinson Dent
  • Smart appliances
    Patent number: 9793953
    Abstract: Smart Appliances are defined that assist in reducing energy consumption or cost. The Smart Appliances communicate with Smart Energy sources via the power lines and in particular by injecting communications signals between the live plus neutral power lines on the one hand and the ground line on the other hand, the communications protocol allowing a power source to identify the electrical circuit to which an appliance is connected and thereby to route a selected type of power to the appliance on the correct electrical circuit for that appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Koolbridge Solar, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Wilkinson Dent
  • Addressable electrical outlets
    Patent number: 9785213
    Abstract: Smart Appliances are defined that assist in reducing energy consumption or cost. The Smart Appliances communicate with Smart Energy sources via the power lines and in particular by injecting communications signals between the live plus neutral power lines on the one hand and the ground line on the other hand, the communications protocol allowing a power source to identify the electrical circuit to which an appliance is connected and thereby to route a selected type of power to the appliance on the correct electrical circuit for that appliance. An addressable electrical outlet is also disclosed as one form of Smart Appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Koolbridge Solar, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Wilkinson Dent, Lawrence D. Zirbel
  • Smart appliances
    Patent number: 9614588
    Abstract: Smart Appliances are defined that assist in reducing energy consumption or cost. The Smart Appliances communicate with Smart Energy sources via the power lines and in particular by injecting communications signals between the live plus neutral power lines on the one hand and the ground line on the other hand, the communications protocol allowing a power source to identify the electrical circuit to which an appliance is connected and thereby to route a selected type of power to the appliance on the correct electrical circuit for that appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Koolbridge Solar, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Wilkinson Dent