Patents by Inventor Christopher Buesser

Christopher Buesser 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).

  • Method for estimating the time-varying energy balance of a collection of energy sinks, harvesters, and storage devices
    Patent number: 11671817
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out a method for scheduling at least one activity to achieve a time-varying energy balance of a power system. A mission plan for a mission is received. The mission plan includes at least one activity and at least one route. Each route of the at least one route includes at least one time and at least one location. A plurality of power load identifications is received for at least one time-varying power load for use in the mission plan. A plurality of energy storage device identifications is received for at least one energy storage device. Based on the plurality of power load identifications, a power requirement required to complete the mission plan is determined using the at least one power load. Based at least in part on the mission plan and the plurality of energy storage device identifications, an available power for the mission is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Richard O. Stroman, Karen Swider-Lyons, Eric A. Leadbetter, Christopher Buesser
  • Method for estimating the time-varying energy balance of a collection of energy sinks, harvesters, and storage devices
    Publication number: 20210160682
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out a method for scheduling at least one activity to achieve a time-varying energy balance of a power system. A mission plan for a mission is received. The mission plan includes at least one activity and at least one route. Each route of the at least one route includes at least one time and at least one location. A plurality of power load identifications is received for at least one time-varying power load for use in the mission plan. A plurality of energy storage device identifications is received for at least one energy storage device. Based on the plurality of power load identifications, a power requirement required to complete the mission plan is determined using the at least one power load. Based at least in part on the mission plan and the plurality of energy storage device identifications, an available power for the mission is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: RICHARD O. STROMAN, Karen Swider-Lyons, Eric A. Leadbetter, Christopher Buesser
  • Method for estimating the time-varying energy balance of a collection of energy sinks, harvesters, and storage devices
    Patent number: 10936035
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes a computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one computer, cause the at least computer to carry out a method for estimating a time-varying energy balance of a power system. A mission plan for a mission is received. The mission plan includes at least one activity and at least one route. Each route of the at least one route includes at least one time and at least one location. A plurality of power load identifications is received for at least one time-varying power load for use in the mission plan. A time-varying power requirement to complete the mission plan is determined. A baseline plurality of energy storage devices required to satisfy the time-varying power requirement is determined by the energy analysis code. The baseline plurality of energy storage devices includes a baseline number and type of energy storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Richard O. Stroman, Karen Swider-Lyons, Eric A. Leadbetter, Christopher Buesser
  • METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE TIME-VARYING ENERGY BALANCE OF A COLLECTION OF ENERGY SINKS, HARVESTERS, AND STORAGE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20180232029
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes a computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one computer, cause the at least computer to carry out a method for estimating a time-varying energy balance of a power system. A mission plan for a mission is received. The mission plan includes at least one activity and at least one route. Each route of the at least one route includes at least one time and at least one location. A plurality of power load identifications is received for at least one time-varying power load for use in the mission plan. A time-varying power requirement to complete the mission plan is determined. A baseline plurality of energy storage devices required to satisfy the time-varying power requirement is determined by the energy analysis code. The baseline plurality of energy storage devices includes a baseline number and type of energy storage devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Richard O. Stroman, Karen Swider-Lyons, Eric A. Leadbetter, Christopher Buesser