Patents by Inventor Archan Padmanabhan Rao
Archan Padmanabhan Rao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230396069Abstract: The system includes a plurality of branch circuits including a plurality of branch relays, the plurality of branch relays coupled to at least one busbar and configured to be coupled to a plurality of circuit breakers, a deadfront arranged in front of the plurality of branch relays, and a neutral busbar arranged in front of the deadfront and coupled to the plurality of circuit breakers through openings in the deadfront. The deadfront may be an installer deadfront.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Archan Padmanabhan Rao, Chadwick Conway, Jack Jester Weinstein, Ian Dimen
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Patent number: 11770006Abstract: The system includes one or more busbars couple to an AC line, branch relays each coupled to a busbar and to a respective circuit breaker, and current sensors each corresponding to at least one respective branch relay of the plurality of branch relays. The system also includes a deadfront arranged in front of the plurality of branch relays, and including openings corresponding to the branch relays allowing an electrical terminal of each branch relay to protrude forward through a respective opening. A circuit breaker is engaged with each respective branch relay, on the deadfront to create an array of branch circuit breakers. The combination of relay and circuit breaker allows each branch circuit to be controllable. The relays may include current sensors, such as a shunt, used to determine a branch circuit current and control the relay. Control circuitry manages the relay on-off operation and monitors branch circuit operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Span.IO, Inc.Inventors: Archan Padmanabhan Rao, Chadwick Conway, Jack Jester Weinstein, Ian Dimen
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Publication number: 20230179015Abstract: A system for managing electrical loads includes a plurality of branch circuits, a sensor system, and control circuitry. The sensor system is configured to measure one or more electrical parameters corresponding to the plurality of branch circuits, and transmit one or more signals to the control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to determine respective electrical load information in each branch circuit based on the sensor system, and control the electrical load in each branch circuit using controllable elements based on the respective electrical load information. The control circuitry transmits usage information, generates displays indicative of usage information, accesses stored or referencing information to forecast electrical load, and manages electrical load in response to identified events.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Archan Padmanabhan Rao, Chadwick Conway, Jack Jester Weinstein, Ian Dimen
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Publication number: 20230120453Abstract: A system includes control circuitry configured to manage faults of an electrical system. The system is configured to monitor consumption for a plurality of electrical circuits, such as branch circuits, and generate device information about a device based on an electrical current measurement from at least one electrical circuit of the plurality of electrical circuits to which the device is coupled. The system is also configured to determining that an event has occurred based on the device information and interrupt current of the at least one electrical circuit, generate a notification, communicate a control signal to the device in response to the event occurring to mitigate the event, actuate a second device in response to the event, or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Archan Padmanabhan Rao, Jack Jester Weinstein, Julia Sachs
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Publication number: 20230120740Abstract: A system includes control circuitry configured to determine a maximum electrical load for one or more electrical circuits on one or more electrical panels, determine preference information for allocating the maximum electrical load, automatically set a charge rate for charging the electric vehicle using current from at least one of the one or more electrical circuits based on the maximum electrical load and on the preference information, and cause the electric vehicle to be charged at the charge rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Stephen Lewchuk, Jack Jester Weinstein, Dhanur Grandhi, Ryan Kroeze, Cole Ashman, Julia Sachs, Archan Padmanabhan Rao, Chadwick Conway
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Patent number: 11552500Abstract: A system for managing electrical loads includes a plurality of branch circuits, a sensor system, and control circuitry. The sensor system is configured to measure one or more electrical parameters corresponding to the plurality of branch circuits, and transmit one or more signals to the control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to determine respective electrical load information in each branch circuit based on the sensor system, and control the electrical load in each branch circuit using controllable elements based on the respective electrical load information. The control circuitry transmits usage information, generates displays indicative of usage information, accesses stored or referencing information to forecast electrical load, and manages electrical load in response to identified events.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Span.IO, Inc.Inventors: Archan Padmanabhan Rao, Chadwick Conway, Jack Jester Weinstein, Ian Dimen
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Publication number: 20220216697Abstract: The system includes one or more busbars couple to an AC line, branch relays each coupled to a busbar and to a respective circuit breaker, and current sensors each corresponding to at least one respective branch relay of the plurality of branch relays. The system also includes a deadfront arranged in front of the plurality of branch relays, and including openings corresponding to the branch relays allowing an electrical terminal of each branch relay to protrude forward through a respective opening. A circuit breaker is engaged with each respective branch relay, on the deadfront to create an array of branch circuit breakers. The combination of relay and circuit breaker allows each branch circuit to be controllable. The relays may include current sensors, such as a shunt, used to determine a branch circuit current and control the relay. Control circuitry manages the relay on-off operation and monitors branch circuit operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Archan Padmanabhan Rao, Chadwick Conway, Jack Jester Weinstein, Ian Dimen
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Patent number: 11342754Abstract: The system includes one or more busbars couple to an AC line, branch relays each coupled to a busbar and to a respective circuit breaker, and current sensors each corresponding to at least one respective branch relay of the plurality of branch relays. The system also includes a deadfront arranged in front of the plurality of branch relays, and including openings corresponding to the branch relays allowing an electrical terminal of each branch relay to protrude forward through a respective opening. A circuit breaker is engaged with each respective branch relay, on the deadfront to create an array of branch circuit breakers. The combination of relay and circuit breaker allows each branch circuit to be controllable. The relays may include current sensors, such as a shunt, used to determine a branch circuit current and control the relay. Control circuitry manages the relay on-off operation and monitors branch circuit operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Span.IO, Inc.Inventors: Archan Padmanabhan Rao, Chadwick Conway, Jack Jester Weinstein, Ian Dimen
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Patent number: 11309711Abstract: The system includes one or more busbars couple to an AC line, branch relays each coupled to a busbar and to a respective circuit breaker, and current sensors each corresponding to at least one respective branch relay of the plurality of branch relays. The system also includes a deadfront arranged in front of the plurality of branch relays, and including openings corresponding to the branch relays allowing an electrical terminal of each branch relay to protrude forward through a respective opening. A circuit breaker is engaged with each respective branch relay, on the deadfront to create an array of branch circuit breakers. The combination of relay and circuit breaker allows each branch circuit to be controllable. The relays may include current sensors, such as a shunt, used to determine a branch circuit current and control the relay. Control circuitry manages the relay on-off operation and monitors branch circuit operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Span.IO, Inc.Inventors: Archan Padmanabhan Rao, Chadwick Conway, Jack Jester Weinstein, Ian Dimen
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Publication number: 20210083506Abstract: A system for managing electrical loads includes a plurality of branch circuits, a sensor system, and control circuitry. The sensor system is configured to measure one or more electrical parameters corresponding to the plurality of branch circuits, and transmit one or more signals to the control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to determine respective electrical load information in each branch circuit based on the sensor system, and control the electrical load in each branch circuit using controllable elements based on the respective electrical load information. The control circuitry transmits usage information, generates displays indicative of usage information, accesses stored or referencing information to forecast electrical load, and manages electrical load in response to identified events.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Archan Padmanabhan Rao, Chadwick Conway, Jack Jester Weinstein, Ian Dimen
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Publication number: 20200259336Abstract: The system includes one or more busbars couple to an AC line, branch relays each coupled to a busbar and to a respective circuit breaker, and current sensors each corresponding to at least one respective branch relay of the plurality of branch relays. The system also includes a deadfront arranged in front of the plurality of branch relays, and including openings corresponding to the branch relays allowing an electrical terminal of each branch relay to protrude forward through a respective opening. A circuit breaker is engaged with each respective branch relay, on the deadfront to create an array of branch circuit breakers. The combination of relay and circuit breaker allows each branch circuit to be controllable. The relays may include current sensors, such as a shunt, used to determine a branch circuit current and control the relay. Control circuitry manages the relay on-off operation and monitors branch circuit operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Archan Padmanabhan Rao, Chadwick Conway, Jack Jester Weinstein, Ian Dimen
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Publication number: 20200112199Abstract: An integrated electrical management system includes an electrical panel, at least one busbar mounted to the electrical panel, at least one controllable breaker electrically coupled to the at least one busbar, and processing equipment configured to process electrical signals. The processing equipment includes control circuitry configured to control the at least one controllable breaker, and one or more current sensing modules configured to sense a respective current for each of the at least one controllable breakers. The system senses currents or otherwise electrical load in branch circuit, and is configured to control the breakers on or off to control electrical load in each branch circuit. The system may receive user input, input from devices, input from other systems or network entities, or inputs from sensors, and in response determines operating parameters. Operating parameters may include on-off schedules for breakers, temporal information, fault information, or other suitable operating parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventor: Archan Padmanabhan Rao