Patents by Inventor Dennis Emberling

Dennis Emberling 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).

  • Patent number: 11876377
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a generation facility for producing electricity includes one or more electricity generating elements for producing electricity from a renewable energy source. The generation facility also includes a controller conductively coupled to: (1) a first conductive path leading from the one or more electricity generating elements; (2) a second conductive path leading to a public utility network; and (3) a third conductive path leading to an energy storage system for storing electrical energy. The energy storage system is also conductively coupled to a fourth conductive path leading to the public utility network. The controller includes one or more processors coupled to a non-transitory computer readable storage media embodying software that is operable when executed by the processors to determine whether to send electricity generated by the one or more electricity generating elements to the energy storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: D&DPatent and Trademark Holding Company, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Emberling, David Shimon
  • Publication number: 20230216306
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a generation facility for producing electricity includes one or more electricity generating elements for producing electricity from a renewable energy source. The generation facility also includes a controller conductively coupled to: (1) a first conductive path leading from the one or more electricity generating elements; (2) a second conductive path leading to a public utility network; and (3) a third conductive path leading to an energy storage system for storing electrical energy. The energy storage system is also conductively coupled to a fourth conductive path leading to the public utility network. The controller includes one or more processors coupled to a non-transitory computer readable storage media embodying software that is operable when executed by the processors to determine whether to send electricity generated by the one or more electricity generating elements to the energy storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Dennis Emberling, David Shimon
  • Publication number: 20220320871
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a controller that includes one or more processors and a non-transitory computer readable storage media is configured to determine: information about one or more electricity producing elements of a first electrical network, wherein the first electrical network is coupled by a first conductive path to electrical wiring of an end user, which is coupled by a second conductive path to one or more electricity producing elements of a public utility electrical network; information about one or more electrical storage elements of the first electrical network; and an electrical demand of the end user. The controller is further configured to determine an amount of electricity to deliver from the first electrical network to the end user based on that information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Dennis Emberling, David Shimon
  • Patent number: 11456601
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a generation facility for producing electricity includes one or more electricity generating elements for producing electricity from a renewable energy source. The generation facility also includes a controller conductively coupled to: (1) a first conductive path leading from the one or more electricity generating elements; (2) a second conductive path leading to a public utility network; and (3) a third conductive path leading to an energy storage system for storing electrical energy. The energy storage system is also conductively coupled to a fourth conductive path leading to the public utility network. The controller includes one or more processors coupled to a non-transitory computer readable storage media embodying software that is operable when executed by the processors to determine whether to send electricity generated by the one or more electricity generating elements to the energy storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: D&D Patent and Trademark Holding Company, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Emberling, David Shimon
  • Patent number: 11362518
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a first electrical network includes one or more first electricity producing elements, and a first conductive path electrically couples at least some of those elements to an end user's electrical wiring, which is coupled by a second conductive path to one or more second electricity producing elements of a public utility electrical network. A switch coupled between the first conductive path and the end user's electrical wiring and between the second conductive path and the end user's electrical wiring electrically isolates the first electrical network from the public utility electrical network. Based on a determination of whether an amount of electricity used by the end user exceeds an amount of electricity the first electrical network is capable of providing to the end user, the switch either draws electricity only from the first electrical network or from both the first electrical network and the public utility electrical network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventors: Dennis Emberling, David Shimon
  • Publication number: 20220045514
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a first electrical network includes one or more first electricity producing elements, and a first conductive path electrically couples at least some of those elements to an end user's electrical wiring, which is coupled by a second conductive path to one or more second electricity producing elements of a public utility electrical network. A switch coupled between the first conductive path and the end user's electrical wiring and between the second conductive path and the end user's electrical wiring electrically isolates the first electrical network from the public utility electrical network. Based on a determination of whether an amount of electricity used by the end user exceeds an amount of electricity the first electrical network is capable of providing to the end user, the switch either draws electricity only from the first electrical network or from both the first electrical network and the public utility electrical network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Dennis Emberling, David Shimon