Patents Assigned to PowerFlex Systems, LLC
  • Patent number: 12752662
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for system for providing an electric vehicle (EV) computing platform that includes an edge environment located at a site that causes the system to perform actions that include receiving first charge data from the edge gateway in a first communication protocol, receiving second charge data from the edge gateway in a second communication protocol, and converting the first charge data and the second charge data into a common protocol. The actions further including creating a first session entry for the first charge session and a second session entry for the second charge session and solving a charge curve associated with the first charge session and the second charge session to determine a first charge to the first energy asset for usage of the first charging station and a second charge of the second energy asset for usage of the second charging station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: PowerFlex Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Holcomb, Zachary Jordan Lee, So Trinh, Kodie Nathaniel Toro, Yazid Mazahreh
  • Patent number: 12746840
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for electric vehicle charging management. In some examples, a method includes detecting a charge session associated with a charging station; generating an encoded identification message that includes an identifier; sending the encoded identification message to the charging station, the encoded identification message configured to cause the vehicle connected to the charging station to alter a battery charging rate based on the identifier; receiving telematics data from the vehicle, the telematics data including the battery charging rate; decoding the identifier from the battery charging rate; and assigning the charge session to an account associated with the vehicle based on the decoded identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: PowerFlex Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Zachary Jordan Lee, John Horn
  • Patent number: 12743730
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for selecting and training a forecasting model for a distributed energy resource management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: PowerFlex Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Justin Roethle, Rajat Sethi, Loic Vallance
  • Patent number: 12734927
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for to managing electric vehicle fleets and management of charging infrastructure to support the electrical vehicle fleets. An example method for electric vehicle fleet management includes determining that an electric vehicle is in route to a charging site including a plurality of charging stations. The method also includes assigning a charging task to the electric vehicle and assigning the electric vehicle to one of the plurality of charging stations based on one or more vehicle characteristics, one or more operation targets of the charging task, and one or more characteristics of the plurality of charging stations. The method includes, in response to determining that the electric vehicle has plugged into the assigned charging station, associating the electric vehicle with a charging session and allocating charging power to the assigned charging station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: PowerFlex Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Zachary Jordan Lee, John Horn
  • Patent number: 12623566
    Abstract: Provided herein are techniques for managing charging stations with diverse communication capabilities. A system for EVSE management may include a first communication controller in communication with a first network to communicatively couple to a central control system, a second communication controller in communication with a second network to communicatively couple to a first EVSE charger, and a third communication controller in communication with a third network to communicatively couple to a second EVSE charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: PowerFlex Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Holcomb, George Lee, Zachary Ryan Gomez, So Trinh, Kodie Nathaniel Toro, Yazid Mazahreh
  • Patent number: 12491787
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for electric vehicle charging management. In one example, a method includes: building a graph representing an electrical topology of the electric vehicle charging facility and producing an updated graph by updating a state of the one or more network nodes based on electric current or power flow through the one or more passive electric components and updating a state of the one or more component nodes based on electric current or power produced or consumed by the one or more active electric components. The method further includes receiving a selected control strategy for the electric vehicle charging facility and adjusting an electric current or a power draw of an electric vehicle charging station in the electric vehicle charging facility based on the updated graph and the selected control strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: PowerFlex Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Zachary J. Lee, Robin Guarnotta, Rajat Sethi, Justin D. Roethle, Jeffrey William Wright, Ted G. Lee
  • Patent number: 12447846
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques electric vehicle charging management. In one example, a method includes: detecting a connection between an electric vehicle supply equipment and an electric vehicle; receiving image data depicting an electric vehicle charging scene; determining one or more candidate vehicles in the image data; for each respective candidate vehicle of the one or more candidate vehicles in the image data, determining one or more vehicle characteristics associated with the respective candidate vehicle; associating one candidate vehicle of the one or more candidate vehicles with the electric vehicle based on one or more vehicle characteristics associated with the one candidate vehicle; determining if a user account is associated with the one candidate vehicle associated with the electric vehicle; and determining a charging authorization decision for the electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: PowerFlex Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Zachary Jordan Lee, George Lee