Patents by Inventor Evan T. Rule

Evan T. Rule 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).

  • Battery storage container and wellness system
    Patent number: 11715963
    Abstract: A battery storage container and wellness system designed for transporting, charging and storing batteries. The container having a plurality of compartments for storing and charging batteries, the compartments arranged in stacked vertical columns that are separated from each other by air-gaps. The battery storage container and wellness system also includes automatic fire suppression capabilities to prevent the propagation of cell-to-cell fires and other heat and energy related destructive events. The fire suppression capabilities include the air-gaps to prevent column-to-column spreading of fires. The storage container and wellness system also includes sensors for sensing fires, and a system for the application of fire mitigation fluids, for the exhausting of combustion gasses, and power shut-off means, in the event of a fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Thomas H. Hays, Jessica E. Schwartz, Gerard G. Back, Peter J. Disimile, Earl W. Armstrong, Adam C. Dolezal, Evan T. Rule, Dennis P. Thompson, Jr., Ian E. Therrien
  • Self-optimizing hybrid power system
    Patent number: 10230241
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention's self-optimizing hybrid power system includes a generator, a solar array, batteries, a GPS, a thermometer, a pyranometer, a power manager, and a computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Evan T. Rule, Eric B. Shields, Crystal P. Lutkenhouse, John A. Trehubenko