Patents by Inventor Vishal Anand GOPALAKRISHNAN

Vishal Anand GOPALAKRISHNAN 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).

  • Power source communication with downstream device by changing output voltage on a power bus
    Patent number: 11916378
    Abstract: A power generation system includes a power source that is configured to communicate with at least one of a downstream load or a downstream device by changing a voltage on a power bus between the power source and the at least one of the downstream load or the downstream device, while power source provides power on the power bus to the at least one of the downstream load or the downstream device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, POWERSECURE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Arne Ballantine, Prasad Pmsvvsv, Rajesh Gopinath, Ranganathan Gurunathan, Robert Harris, Marshall Worth, Chaitanya Mandela, Vishal Anand Gopalakrishnan
  • POWER SOURCE COMMUNICATION WITH DOWNSTREAM DEVICE BY CHANGING OUTPUT VOLTAGE ON A POWER BUS
    Publication number: 20230261519
    Abstract: A power generation system includes a power source that is configured to communicate with at least one of a downstream load or a downstream device by changing a voltage on a power bus between the power source and the at least one of the downstream load or the downstream device, while power source provides power on the power bus to the at least one of the downstream load or the downstream device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Arne BALLANTINE, Prasad PMSVVSV, Rajesh GOPINATH, Ranganathan GURUNATHAN, Robert HARRIS, Marshall WORTH, Chaitanya MANDELA, Vishal Anand GOPALAKRISHNAN
  • MICROGRID INCLUDING DUAL MODE MICROGRID INVERTER AND LOAD MANAGEMENT METHOD
    Publication number: 20220285977
    Abstract: A microgrid includes a power system configured to output system power and an automatic transfer switch (ATS). The ATS includes a normal terminal that is electrically connected to a grid power line configured to receive grid power from a power utility, an emergency terminal that is electrically connected to a system power line configured to receive system power from the power system, and a load terminal that is electrically connected to a critical load line configured to provide power to a critical load. The microgrid also includes a bypass line electrically connected to the system power line and the critical load line, so as to bypass the ATS, and a circuit breaker configured to control power flow through the bypass line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Prasad PMSVVSV, Mehdi EBAD, Ranganathan GURUNATHAN, Vishal Anand GOPALAKRISHNAN, Jayanth MOODLIAR, Saravana NARAYANASAMY, Rakesh Kumar ROY, Deepak BALAKRISHNAN
  • Storage system controller
    Patent number: 10873099
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for creating and operating a Direct Current (DC) micro-grid. A DC micro-grid may include power generators, energy storage devices, and loads coupled to a common DC bus. Power electronics devices may couple the power generators, energy storage devices, and loads to the common DC bus and provide power transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ranganathan Gurunathan, Arne Ballantine, Prasad Pmsvvsv, Rakesh Kumar Roy, Badrinarayanan Thiruvengadaswamy, Rajesh Gopinath, Saravanakumar Narayanasamy, Vishal Anand Gopalakrishnan, Anilkumar Vishnuvarjula, Tad Armstrong, Ian Russell
  • Advanced uninterruptable power module controller and method of operating same
    Patent number: 10601226
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for parallel operation of multiple power sources including one fuel cell power source. The apparatus includes a droop controller master communicatively connected to the multiple power sources and configured to measure a load demand for the multiple power sources, a first droop controller slave communicatively connected to the droop controller master and to a first fuel cell power source, the first droop controller configured to calculate a first droop profile for the first fuel cell power source, a second droop controller slave communicatively connected to the droop controller master and to a second power source, and a first inverter, electrically connected to the first fuel cell power source and communicatively connected to the first droop controller slave, and configured to output power according to a first droop profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ranganathan Gurunathan, Arne Ballantine, Prasad Pmsvvsv, Vishal Anand Gopalakrishnan, Saravanakumar Narayanasamy, Badrinarayanan Thiruvengadaswamy
  • POWER SOURCE COMMUNICATION WITH DOWNSTREAM DEVICE BY CHANGING OUTPUT VOLTAGE ON A POWER BUS
    Publication number: 20200076200
    Abstract: A power generation system includes a power source that is configured to communicate with at least one of a downstream load or a downstream device by changing a voltage on a power bus between the power source and the at least one of the downstream load or the downstream device, while power source provides power on the power bus to the at least one of the downstream load or the downstream device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Arne BALLANTINE, Prasad PMSVVSV, Rajesh GOPINATH, Ranganathan GURUNATHAN, Robert HARRIS, Marshall WORTH, Chaitanya MANDELA, Vishal Anand GOPALAKRISHNAN
  • ADVANCED UNINTERRUPTABLE POWER MODULE CONTROLLER AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME
    Publication number: 20190312432
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for parallel operation of multiple power sources including one fuel cell power source. The apparatus includes a droop controller master communicatively connected to the multiple power sources and configured to measure a load demand for the multiple power sources, a first droop controller slave communicatively connected to the droop controller master and to a first fuel cell power source, the first droop controller configured to calculate a first droop profile for the first fuel cell power source, a second droop controller slave communicatively connected to the droop controller master and to a second power source, and a first inverter, electrically connected to the first fuel cell power source and communicatively connected to the first droop controller slave, and configured to output power according to a first droop profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Ranganathan GURUNATHAN, Arne BALLANTINE, Prasad PMSVVSV, Vishal Anand GOPALAKRISHNAN, Saravanakumar NARAYANASAMY, Badrinarayanan THIRUVENGADASWAMY