Patents by Inventor Edwin A. Cowen, III

Edwin A. Cowen, III 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).

  • Virtual localized energy storage devices in an electrical distribution system
    Patent number: 10886745
    Abstract: An apparatus in one embodiment comprises at least one processing device. The processing device comprises a processor coupled to a memory, and is configured to obtain energy usage data generated by advanced metering infrastructure of a particular energy usage location of an electrical distribution system, to model a virtual localized energy storage device for the particular energy usage location, and to execute an algorithm to control charging and discharging of the virtual localized energy storage device based at least in part on the energy usage data and associated pricing data of the electrical distribution system. The processing device is further configured to provide an interface through which a user can adjust one or more parameters for controlling energy usage at the particular energy usage location based at least in part on a charge state of the virtual localized energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Cornell University
    Inventor: Edwin A. Cowen, III
  • VIRTUAL LOCALIZED ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES IN AN ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190181642
    Abstract: An apparatus in one embodiment comprises at least one processing device. The processing device comprises a processor coupled to a memory, and is configured to obtain energy usage data generated by advanced metering infrastructure of a particular energy usage location of an electrical distribution system, to model a virtual localized energy storage device for the particular energy usage location, and to execute an algorithm to control charging and discharging of the virtual localized energy storage device based at least in part on the energy usage data and associated pricing data of the electrical distribution system. The processing device is further configured to provide an interface through which a user can adjust one or more parameters for controlling energy usage at the particular energy usage location based at least in part on a charge state of the virtual localized energy storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Edwin A. Cowen, III