Patents by Inventor Robert W. Salter

Robert W. Salter 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: 11581728
    Abstract: In some examples, an electrical power system includes a power source and a load modulator configured to receive power from the power source and to deliver power to a load zone. The electrical power system also includes a controller configured to determine a software-controlled power flow limit for the load zone. The controller is further configured to receive information indicating the power delivered to the load zone and to cause the power delivered to the load zone to remain below the software-controlled power flow limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: EQUINIX, INC.
    Inventors: Tikhon Suresh Pichai, David James Asher Hall, Robert W. Salter, Craig Pennington
  • Publication number: 20210021126
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that include managing flows of energy within a system that includes a data center and using at least some of the energy flows to provide power to the data center. In some examples, this disclosure describes a system comprising a power generation system, a battery storage system having a state of charge attribute, and processing circuitry having access to an electrical power grid, the power generation system, and the battery storage system. In one example, the processing circuitry is configured to: determine an energy utilization forecast for a data center; monitor energy availability factors; and determine, based on the energy utilization forecast and the monitored energy availability factors, an energy flow configuration defining energy flows involving with the electrical power grid, the power generation system, the battery storage system, and the data center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: David James Asher Hall, Tikhon Suresh Pichai, Craig Pennington, Robert W. Salter