Patents by Inventor Daniel S. Dobrzynski

Daniel S. Dobrzynski 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).

  • Publication number: 20250252513
    Abstract: An agent associated with an electric vehicle (EV) includes a network interface configured to facilitate data communication via a network, a memory, and a processing circuit comprising a processor. The processing circuit is configured to receive pricing information for a charging interval from a charging management system, receive, via a user interface, information indicative of a charging urgency from a user, and determine an urgency value k based on the information indicative of the charging urgency, determine a desired charging rate PD for the EV, determine, based on the desired charging rate PD, a bid power Pbid for a charging interval, determine, based on the pricing information and the urgency value k, an agent monetary value for power during the charging interval, and transmit a bid including: a charge interval start and stop time, the agent monetary value, and the desired charging rate PD to the charging management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel S. Dobrzynski, Jason D. Harper
  • Patent number: 12288267
    Abstract: A charging management system includes a network interface, a memory, and a processing circuit including a processor. The processing circuit is configured to determine monetary information related to an energy price, determine an electrical vehicle (EV) power limit PLIM for a total amount of EVs in an EV charging network, transmit the monetary information to two or more agents, each of the two or more agents associated with an EV in the EV charging network, receive, from each of the two or more agents, a bid including: an agent monetary value, a desired charging rate PD, and a charging interval, and allow the EVs associated with the two or more agents to be charged based on each of the bids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel S. Dobrzynski, Jason D. Harper
  • Publication number: 20210342958
    Abstract: A charging management system includes a network interface, a memory, and a processing circuit including a processor. The processing circuit is configured to determine monetary information related to an energy price, determine an electrical vehicle (EV) power limit PLIM for a total amount of EVs in an EV charging network, transmit the monetary information to two or more agents, each of the two or more agents associated with an EV in the EV charging network, receive, from each of the two or more agents, a bid including: an agent monetary value, a desired charging rate PD, and a charging interval, and allow the EVs associated with the two or more agents to be charged based on each of the bids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel S. Dobrzynski, Jason D. Harper
  • Patent number: 9758046
    Abstract: A smart charging system for charging a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) includes an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) configured to supply electrical power to the PEV through a smart charging module coupled to the EVSE. The smart charging module comprises an electronic circuitry which includes a processor. The electronic circuitry includes electronic components structured to receive electrical power from the EVSE, and supply the electrical power to the PEV. The electronic circuitry is configured to measure a charging parameter of the PEV. The electronic circuitry is further structured to emulate a pulse width modulated signal generated by the EVSE. The smart charging module can also include a first coupler structured to be removably couple to the EVSE and a second coupler structured to be removably coupled to the PEV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Harper, Daniel S. Dobrzynski
  • Publication number: 20160144728
    Abstract: A smart charging system for charging a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) includes an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) configured to supply electrical power to the PEV through a smart charging module coupled to the EVSE. The smart charging module comprises an electronic circuitry which includes a processor. The electronic circuitry includes electronic components structured to receive electrical power from the EVSE, and supply the electrical power to the PEV. The electronic circuitry is configured to measure a charging parameter of the PEV. The electronic circuitry is further structured to emulate a pulse width modulated signal generated by the EVSE. The smart charging module can also include a first coupler structured to be removably couple to the EVSE and a second coupler structured to be removably coupled to the PEV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Harper, Daniel S. Dobrzynski