Patents Examined by M. Wills
  • Patent number: 11843146
    Abstract: A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell, a fuel gas supplier configured to supply fuel gas to an anode of the fuel cell, an oxidant gas supplier configured to supply oxidant gas to a cathode of the fuel cell, a humidity adjuster configured to adjust a relative humidity of the fuel gas and a relative humidity of the oxidant gas, and a controller, wherein the controller detects the relative humidity of the fuel gas at an anode inlet of the fuel cell, and the controller detects the relative humidity of the oxidant gas at a cathode outlet of the fuel cell, and wherein, based on detection results, the controller controls the humidity adjuster so that the relative humidity of the fuel gas at the anode inlet is higher than the relative humidity of the oxidant gas at the cathode outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Ando, Toshihiko Yoshida, Adam Z. Weber
  • Patent number: 11842438
    Abstract: A method and a terminal device for determining an occluded area of a virtual object, and a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium. The method comprises: constructing a scene three-dimensional map of a current frame according to features points of the current frame and corresponding depth information thereof, and constructing a three-dimensional scene model according to the features points of the current frame; displaying a designated virtual object at a location corresponding to a click operation, in response to detecting the click operation of a user on the scene three-dimensional map; comparing depth values of the three-dimensional scene model with depth values of a model of the virtual object; determining the occluded area of the virtual object in the current frame according to a comparing result; determining another occluded area of the virtual object in a next frame according to the occluded area of the virtual object in the current frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Yulu Wang
  • Patent number: 11836868
    Abstract: An augmented reality system includes a first scene and a second scene. Further, the augmented reality system includes a partially reflective surface positioned relative to the first scene, the second scene, and an audience to facilitate viewing of one of the first scene or the second scene through the partially reflective surface and to facilitate reflection of the other of the first scene or the second scene toward the audience as augmented reality imagery. A sensor of the augmented reality system is designed to detect and generate data indicative of a characteristic of the first scene, and a correlative effect system is operable to receive the data and adjust the second scene based thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC
    Inventor: Akiva Meir Krauthamer
  • Patent number: 11837728
    Abstract: An anode active material according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first graphite particle and a second graphite particle having a different particle diameter from that of the first graphite particle. A ratio of a pellet density relative to a. tap density of the anode active material is from 1.3 to 1.45. A particle deformation of the anode is suppressed to achieve a lithium secondary battery having improved long-term and high-energy properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Suk Hwang, Hee Gyoung Kang, Hyo Sang Kim, So Hyun Park, Jong Hyuk Lee
  • Patent number: 11830150
    Abstract: The following relates generally to light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and artificial intelligence (AI). In some embodiments, a system: receives light detection and ranging (LIDAR) data generated from a LIDAR camera; receives preexisting utility line data; and determines a location of the utility line based upon: (i) the received LIDAR data, and (ii) the received preexisting utility line data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Nicholas Carmelo Marotta, Laura Kennedy, JD Johnson Willingham
  • Patent number: 11830019
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods for generating a vehicle wrap design. The method includes: obtaining customer information corresponding to an entity; generating, using the computing device, a vehicle wrap design for covering a vehicle based on the obtained customer information; generating, using the computing device, a three-dimensional rendering of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle wrap design is applied to the three-dimensional rendering of the vehicle; and causing a client device to display the three-dimensional rendering with the applied vehicle wrap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: WRAPMATE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Loar, Jacob A. Lozow
  • Patent number: 11827529
    Abstract: Ce and Zn doped NiFe2O4 materials synthesized via a sol-gel method used as a catalyst. The NiFe2O4 catalysts doped with Ce and Zn exhibit distinctive electrocatalytic activity towards urea oxidation. The Ce and Zn-doped NiFe2O4 catalysts can play a critical role as catalytic moderators, accelerating charge transfer in the anodic part of the urea fuel cell (UFC) and potentially improving the efficiency and cost of UFCs. These materials provide a promising approach for developing novel, non-precious electrodes for next-generation fuel technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ahmed Omer Alnajjar, Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11824176
    Abstract: A system for battery pack cooling including a battery pack. The battery pack includes a plurality of pouch cells and a separation element, where the separation separates at least a first pouch cell of the plurality pouch cells from a second pouch cell of the plurality of pouch cells. The separation element contains a fluid. The system also includes a cooling plate, where the cooling plate is adjacent to the lower side of the battery pack. The cooling plate comprises at least a cooling fin, where the at least a cooling fin extends towards the separation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler John Skroski, Stuart Denson Schreiber
  • Patent number: 11816850
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to reconstructing three-dimensional models of objects from two-dimensional images. According to a first aspect, this specification describes a computer implemented method for creating a three-dimensional reconstruction from a two-dimensional image, the method comprising: receiving a two-dimensional image; identifying an object in the image to be reconstructed and identifying a type of said object; spatially anchoring a pre-determined set of object landmarks within the image; extracting a two-dimensional image representation from each object landmark; estimating a respective three-dimensional representation for the respective two-dimensional image representations; and combining the respective three-dimensional representations resulting in a fused three-dimensional representation of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Riza Alp Guler, Iason Kokkinos
  • Patent number: 11817589
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a solid oxide fuel cell features a functional layer for reducing interfacial resistance between the cathode and the solid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: Redox Power Systems, LLC, University of Maryland, College Park
    Inventors: Ke-Ji Pan, Mohammed Hussain Abdul Jabbar, Dong Ding, Eric Wachsman
  • Patent number: 11817573
    Abstract: A nickel-metal hydride secondary battery includes an outer can and a group of electrodes housed in the outer can together with an alkaline electrolytic solution. The group of electrodes includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode that are superposed with a separator interposed therebetween, and the negative electrode includes a hydrogen absorbing alloy for nickel-metal hydride secondary batteries, the hydrogen absorbing alloy having a single composition and composed of a plurality of crystal phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: FDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota Ohata, Jun Ishida, Yuki Ehara, Masaru Kihara
  • Patent number: 11811067
    Abstract: A strip-shaped electrode sheet includes an electrode foil including a strip-shaped foil exposed portion in which the electrode foil is exposed, a strip-shaped active material layer extending in a longitudinal direction, and a strip-shaped insulator layer containing insulating resin and formed on an insulator-layer support portion along a one-side layer edge portion of the active material layer and between the foil exposed portion of the electrode foil and an active-material-layer support portion. The insulator layer is located lower than a top face of the active material layer toward the electrode foil and includes a slant coating portion covering at least a lower portion of a one-side slant portion of the active material layer and a foil coating portion extending from the slant coating portion in a width-direction one side and covering the insulator-layer support portion of the electrode foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masakazu Umehara
  • Patent number: 11811101
    Abstract: A battery box has front and rear walls and first and second sidewalls defining an interior of the battery box. A first guideway is provided on a surface of the first sidewall that faces the interior. A second guideway is provided on a surface of the second sidewall that faces the interior. The first and second guideways extend in the height direction. A first spacer is configured to move in the height direction along the first guideway, and a second spacer is configured to move in the height direction along the second guideway. The first and second guideways and/or the first and second spacers have an angled surface so that as the first and second spacers are moved downwardly in the height direction along the respective first and second guideways, a gap defined in the length direction between the first and second spacers is narrowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventor: Kevin T. Downey
  • Patent number: 11804603
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to various electrodes suitable for electrochemical devices such as batteries, capacitors, sensors, condensers, electrochromic elements, photoelectric conversion elements, etc. Some embodiments are generally directed to electrode materials surrounded by electrolyte, e.g., filling in porous spaces within the electrode. For example, one aspect is generally directed to an electrochemical device comprising an electrode comprising particles. Some or all of the particles may be surrounded by an electrolyte, such as a solid electrolyte. Other aspects of the invention are generally directed to devices including such electrodes, methods of making or using such electrodes, kits including such electrodes, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Factorial Inc.
    Inventors: Yaqi Tu, Guopeng Fu, Jonghwan Park, Dong Ren
  • Patent number: 11804014
    Abstract: In some implementations, representations of applications are identified, positioned, and configured in a computer generated reality (CGR) environment based on context. The location at which the representation of the application is positioned may be based on the context of the CGR environment. The context may be determined based on non-image data that is separate from image data of the physical environment being captured for the CGR environment. As examples, the non-image data may relate to the user, a user preferences, a user attribute, a user gesture, motion, activity, or interaction, semantics related to user input or an external source of information, the current time, date, or time period, information from another device involved in the CGR, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniele Casaburo, Anselm Grundhoefer, Eshan Verma, Omar Elafifi, Pedro Da Silva Quelhas
  • Patent number: 11799174
    Abstract: This application provides a battery module including a first battery sequence, a second battery sequence, a first output electrode component, a second output electrode component, and a busbar assembly. The first batteries include a first electrode terminal, and the second batteries include a second electrode terminal. The busbar assembly includes first, second, and third busbar components. The first busbar component is connected to the first electrode terminal, the second busbar component is connected to the second electrode terminal, and the third busbar component connects the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal. The first output electrode component is connected to the first electrode terminal. The second output electrode component is connected to the second electrode terminal. The first battery connected to the first output electrode component and the second battery connected to the second output electrode component are located at the same end of the battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Hanqing Gao, Xiaowei Hu, Chuanlian Chen, Jihua Yao
  • Patent number: 11799083
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrochemical cell that cycles lithium ions. The electrochemical cell includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electroactive material and a lithiation additive blended with the positive electroactive material. The lithiation additive includes a lithium-containing material and one or more metals. The lithium-containing material is represented by LiX, where X is hydrogen (H), oxygen (O), nitrogen (N), fluorine (F), phosphorous (P), or sulfur (S). The one or more metals are selected from the group consisting of: iron (Fe), copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), manganese (Mn), and combinations thereof. The negative electrode may include a volume-expanding negative electroactive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jiazhi Hu, Gongshin Qi
  • Patent number: 11799096
    Abstract: A power generation cell of a fuel cell stack includes a resin frame equipped MEA and a first metal separator and a second metal separator. In the power generation cell, the relationship of P1>P2>P3 is satisfied, where P1 indicates a first surface pressure applied from a first seal part and a second seal part to a resin frame member, P2 indicates a second surface pressure applied from a first support part and a second support part to the overlap part, and P3 indicates a third surface pressure applied from first flow field forming protrusions and second flow field forming protrusions to the power generation area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Ebato, Satoru Terada
  • Patent number: 11791484
    Abstract: A method for operating a fuel cell system having a fuel cell stack includes detecting a failure of a first cooling fan that blows exterior air to a first radiator, opening a first valve such that first cooling water that passes via the fuel cell stack flows toward the fuel cell stack, controlling an RPM of a blower of an air conditioning system to a maximum level, controlling an opening degree of a second valve according to a cooling degree of the first radiator and a cooling degree of the air conditioning system, and controlling an RPM of a first pump that pumps the first cooling water to a maximum level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Kyung Choi, Jong Bo Won
  • Patent number: 11783495
    Abstract: An apparatus for calculating torque and force about body joints to predict muscle fatigue includes a processor configured to receive image frames depicting a subject. The processor is configured to execute at least one machine learning model using the image frames as an input, to generate a 2D representation of the subject, a subject mass value for the subject based on the 2D representation, and a 3D representation of the subject based on the 2D representation, where the 3D representation includes a temporal joints profile. The processor is further configured to compute each torque value for each joint of the subject from the 3D representation, based on the subject mass value. The processor is further configured to generate a muscle fatigue prediction for each joint of the subject, based on a set of torque values and a torque threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: INSEER Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell Messmore, Alec Diaz-Arias, John Rachid, Dmitriy Shin, Jean E. Robillard