Granted Patent B2

US 12,658,724 · App. 18/771,060 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Inventors: Nelson Bonilla (Shelton, CT); Jason Walker (Bethany, CT); John Brower (Fairfield, CT); Nicole Gay (Thomaston, CT); Matthew Samojeden (Rye, NY); Shadi AbuGhazaleh (Guilford, CT)

Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated

H02J7/751H02J7/44H02J7/443H02J7/50H02J7/80H02J7/90H02J13/10H02J50/10H02J50/90H01M10/4257H02J7/82

Abstract

Claims (38)

1 . A battery management system comprising:

a battery; and

a central charging station configured to:

provide power to charge the battery, and

output an alert to a user of the battery in response to the battery not being returned to the central charging station within a predetermined time after being removed;

wherein the central charging station includes an electronic processor configured to in response to an error, transmit a second alert.

2 . The battery management system of claim 1 , wherein the central charging station includes a locking mechanism configured to:

secure the battery to the central charging station when a first status of the battery is determined, and

allow the battery to be removed when a second status of the battery is determined.

3 . The battery management system of claim 1 , wherein the error is the battery not being returned to the central charging station within the predetermined time after being removed.

4 . The battery management system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic processor is further configured to in response to the error, output a signal to a locking mechanism to secure the battery to the central charging station.

5 . The battery management system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic processor is further configured to:

receive, via a graphic user interface, a user request to check-out the battery,

update, in a memory, a status of the battery as checked-out,

disengage a locking mechanism, when the status is changed to checked-out;

monitor at least one characteristic of the battery;

determine, when the status is checked-in;

update, in the memory, the status of the battery as checked-in; and

engage the locking mechanism to secure the battery to the central charging station when the status is changed to checked-in.

6 . The battery management system of claim 5 , wherein the electronic processor is further configured to:

determine, in response to the user request, a user profile associated with the user request;

determine if there is a hold on the user profile;

associate, when there is no hold on the user profile, an identifier of the battery with the user profile; and

update the status of the battery to checked-out when there is no hold on the user profile.

7 . The battery management system of claim 1 , wherein the alert is transmitted to another

central charging station.

8 . The battery management system of claim 7 , further comprising an electronic processor is configured to:

determine, based on at least one characteristic, when a charge level of the battery falls below a threshold; and

when the charge level falls below the threshold, charge the battery.

9 . The battery management system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one characteristic of the battery includes at least one selected from a group consisting of an electric characteristic of the battery, a location of the battery, a thermal characteristic of the battery, and an identity of a load device coupled to the battery.

10 . The battery management system of claim 8 , wherein the electronic processor is further configured to, when a status of the battery is changed to checked-in, evaluate the at least one characteristic of the battery to determine at least one selected from a group consisting of a usage cost, an indication of potential malfunction, and a load device history of the battery.

11 . The battery management system of claim 1 , wherein the central charging station includes an electronic processor configured to receive an unlock request via an application of an external device.

12 . The battery management system of claim 1 , wherein the central charging station includes a display.

13 . The battery management system of claim 12 , wherein the display includes a graphical user interface configured to receive an unlock request from the user.

14 . The battery management system of claim 12 , wherein the display is configured to display one or more advertisements.

15 . The battery management system of claim 12 , wherein the display is configured to display information associated with an organization.

16 . The battery management system of claim 1 , wherein the central charging station is further configured to track a location of the battery using at least one selected from a group consisting of satellite navigation tracking, WiFi-based tracking, and other location tracking technology.

17 . The battery management system of claim 1 , further comprising means for managing multiple batteries simultaneously, including at least one selected from a group consisting of charging, tracking, and status updates.

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