Patents by Inventor Timothy Patrick Cooper

Timothy Patrick Cooper 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: 8975779
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a load management controller for a household electrical installation comprising a pair of electricity supplies, a grid supply and a micro-generator supply, providing electricity to a plurality if sub-circuits. The household electrical installation has means to monitor the amount of electricity being supplied by the micro-generator supply and the amount of electricity being consumed in the household. The load management controller has means to access and use that information to control the supply of electricity to an energy storage sub-circuit to route surplus electricity supplied by the micro-generator to the energy storage sub-circuit. Furthermore, the load management controller can communicate with a remote electricity supplier to control the loads in the household to achieve better grid management and efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Inventors: Timothy Patrick Cooper, Colin David Harris, Thomas Laurence Bean
  • Publication number: 20130289784
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards an electricity supply management system for a terminal user facility connected to an electrical power supply grid, the terminal user facility comprising an energy storage device with means for monitoring one or more operating parameters of the energy storage device; the monitoring means being connected to a controller which is operably connected to the energy storage device for controlling operation of the energy storage device; wherein, the controller comprises a self-learning algorithm that can determine the operating characteristics of the energy storage device connected thereto so as to improve the efficiency of the electricity supply management system by adapting the response of the electricity supply management system in accordance with the determined operating characteristics of the energy storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Timothy Patrick Cooper
  • Publication number: 20130162215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of managing the consumption and distribution of electricity in a user facility, wherein the user facility is connected to an electricity supply grid and the user facility comprises a grid connected on site generator; the method comprising the steps of measuring waveform conditions on a portion of the electricity supply grid adjacent the user facility to obtain locally measured waveform conditions; measuring electrical power readings from the on site generator; communicating the locally measured waveform conditions and the electrical power readings to a controller in the user facility; determining, at least on the basis of the locally measured waveform conditions, whether the electricity supply grid is oversupplied or undersupplied with electricity; and, modifying the flow of the electricity within the user facility based on whether the electricity supply grid is oversupplied or undersupplied with electricity and/or the electrical power readings from the grid connected
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventor: Timothy Patrick Cooper
  • Patent number: 8295960
    Abstract: This invention relates to a load management controller for a household electrical installation comprising a plurality of electrical sub-circuits. The electrical sub-circuits may each comprise a plurality of components, a single component or a part of a single component. A plurality of the electrical sub-circuits have electricity usage profiles containing rules determining the supply of electricity to the electrical sub-circuit. The load management controller has access to the electricity usage profiles of the electrical sub-circuits and controls the supply of electricity to the electrical sub-circuit in accordance with the electricity usage profile related to that electrical sub-circuit. The household electrical installation may comprise a rechargeable battery bank or supply that may be used to provide power to the household electrical installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Inventors: Timothy Patrick Cooper, Colin David Harris, Thomas Laurence Bean
  • Publication number: 20100235010
    Abstract: This invention relates to a load management controller for a household electrical installation comprising a plurality of electrical sub-circuits. The electrical sub-circuits may each comprise a plurality of components, a single component or a part of a single component. A plurality of the electrical sub-circuits have electricity usage profiles containing rules determining the supply of electricity to the electrical sub-circuit. The load management controller has access to the electricity usage profiles of the electrical sub-circuits and controls the supply of electricity to the electrical sub-circuit in accordance with the electricity usage profile related to that electrical sub-circuit. The household electrical installation may comprise a rechargeable battery bank or supply that may be used to provide power to the household electrical installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Timothy Patrick Cooper, Colin David Harris, Thomas Laurence Bean
  • Publication number: 20100207448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a load management controller for a household electrical installation comprising a pair of electricity supplies, a grid supply and a micro-generator supply, providing electricity to a plurality if sub-circuits. The household electrical installation has means to monitor the amount of electricity being supplied by the micro-generator supply and the amount of electricity being consumed in the household. The load management controller has means to access and use that information to control the supply of electricity to an energy storage sub-circuit to route surplus electricity supplied by the micro-generator to the energy storage sub-circuit. Furthermore, the load management controller can communicate with a remote electricity supplier to control the loads in the household to achieve better grid management and efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Timothy Patrick Cooper, Colin David Harris, Thomas Laurence Bean