Methods and apparatus for maintaining a power conversion system

US11610209B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Enphase Energy, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Nitish Mathur · Fremont, US
• Ashish Bansal · Survanagiri, IN
• Sumit Saraogi · Planada, US
• Rohit Harlalka · Survanagiri, IN
• Karthik Lakshminarayanan · Survanagiri, IN
• Ashok Kumar Balasubramaniam · Survanagiri, IN
• Samuel Mattathil Joseph · Savanuru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 6, 2020
• Grant date: Mar 21, 2023
• Expiry date: Jul 10, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y04S40/126
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus are provided herein. For example, a method for maintaining a power conversion system can include transmitting, to a computing apparatus in operable communication with the power conversion system, an alert message indicating non-working microinverters and which of the non-working microinverters are under warranty and eligible for replacement; receiving, from the computing apparatus, a request for replacement for the non-working microinverters; and transmitting, to the computing apparatus, an acknowledgment message indicating that the request has been successfully received and replacements for the non-working microinverters are being shipped.