Patents by Inventor Tyler Jacobs

Tyler Jacobs 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).

  • Publication number: 20240186630
    Abstract: A battery system for providing electric power to a vehicle includes an assembly having battery cells. The battery system also includes a shear wall that is arranged along a lateral side of the assembly to provide structural support. The shear wall is two-part, including a first element and a second element, both of which may be formed from sheet metal and welded together. The first element has a first flange extending away from the lateral side of the assembly, and the second element has a second flange. The first flange and the second flange are layered together to form an interface. The flanges are welded together at the interface, proximal to the assembly, to form a resulting flange that is thicker than either individual flange and that may be mounted to a frame member. The battery system may also include another shear wall on the opposite lateral side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Nathaniel Wynn, Kyle Butterfield, Tyler Jacobs
  • Patent number: 12002982
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a cell carrier that defines a first engagement feature and a second engagement feature. The first engagement feature and the second engagement feature can be configured to engage with a housing. The cell carrier can be configured to couple with the housing via at least one of the first engagement feature or the second engagement feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Louis Fennema, Jonathan Oliver Samuel De Laine, Tyler Jacobs, Akshay Kishor Murkute
  • Patent number: 11990594
    Abstract: A barrier structure, a battery module including the barrier structure, and a method of assembling the battery module are provided. The barrier structure includes a plurality of first sidewalls oriented in a first direction, and a plurality of second sidewalls oriented in a second direction. The plurality of first sidewalls interlock with the plurality of second sidewalls to form a grid structure comprising a plurality of cells, each having an open-ended top and an open-ended bottom and configured to be arranged around a cylindrical section of at least one of a plurality of battery cells. The battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells arranged in a predetermined pattern and a barrier structure for separating the battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Travis Cournoyer, Kyle Butterfield, Tyler Jacobs, Nicholas West, Daniel Beverley
  • Publication number: 20240147035
    Abstract: The various implementations described herein include a video camera assembly that includes: (1) a housing; (2) an image sensor positioned within the housing and having a field of view corresponding to a scene in the smart home environment; and (3) a concave-shaped front face positioned in front of the image sensor such that light from the scene passes through the front face prior to entering the image sensor; where the front face includes: (a) an inner section corresponding to the image sensor; and (b) an outer section between the housing and the inner section, the outer section having a concave shape that extends from an outer periphery of the outer section to an inner periphery of the outer section; and where the concave shape extends around an entirety of the outer periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Mark Kraz, Kevin Edward Booth, Tyler Scott Wilson, Nicholas Webb, Jason Evans Goulden, William Dong, Jeffrey Law, Rochus Jacob, Adam Duckworth Mittleman, Oliver Mueller
  • Patent number: 11949115
    Abstract: A battery system for providing electric power to a vehicle includes an assembly having battery cells. The battery system also includes a shear wall that is arranged along a lateral side of the assembly to provide structural support. The shear wall is two-part, including a first element and a second element, both of which may be formed from sheet metal and welded together. The first element has a first flange extending away from the lateral side of the assembly, and the second element has a second flange. The first flange and the second flange are layered together to form an interface. The flanges are welded together at the interface, proximal to the assembly, to form a resulting flange that is thicker than either individual flange and that may be mounted to a frame member. The battery system may also include another shear wall on the opposite lateral side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Nathaniel Wynn, Kyle Butterfield, Tyler Jacobs
  • Patent number: 11926138
    Abstract: Fibrous structures, for example sanitary tissue products, such as toilet tissue, and more particularly fibrous structures containing a movable surface and methods for making same and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Joerg Kleinwaechter, Eric Bryan Bond, Matthew Gary McKee, Hasan Eroglu, Tyler Jacob Werner, Jeffrey Chan, Joshua Thomas Fung, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Jean A. Ibrahim
  • Patent number: 11924532
    Abstract: The various implementations described herein include a video camera assembly that includes: (1) a housing; (2) an image sensor positioned within the housing and having a field of view corresponding to a scene in the smart home environment; and (3) a concave-shaped front face positioned in front of the image sensor such that light from the scene passes through the front face prior to entering the image sensor; where the front face includes: (a) an inner section corresponding to the image sensor; and (b) an outer section between the housing and the inner section, the outer section having a concave shape that extends from an outer periphery of the outer section to an inner periphery of the outer section; and where the concave shape extends around an entirety of the outer periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Mark Kraz, Kevin Edward Booth, Tyler Scott Wilson, Nicholas Webb, Jason Evans Goulden, William Dong, Jeffrey Law, Rochus Jacob, Adam Duckworth Mittleman, Oliver Mueller
  • Publication number: 20240072315
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a first wall and a second wall, the second wall having an aperture. The apparatus can include an opening defined by the first wall and the second wall, the opening configured to receive a thermistor. The aperture can be configured to receive a retention member of the thermistor to dispose the thermistor in a battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Jacobs, Aaron Churchill, Katelyn Rossick, Diana Kei Eaton
  • Publication number: 20240063464
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a thermal component that can couple with a battery module at a middle portion of the battery module. The thermal component can include a flange that protrudes from a side wall of the battery module. The thermal component can include a flange extension that extends at least partially along the side wall of the battery module. The flange extension can support at least a portion of the side wall of the battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Jacobs, Aaron Churchill, Christopher LaMorte
  • Publication number: 20240047799
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a carrier having a pocket. The pocket can receive a battery cell to couple the carrier with the battery cell at a middle portion of the battery cell. The middle portion of the battery cell can cross a lateral midpoint of the battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Jacobs, Katelyn Rossick, Aaron Churchill
  • Publication number: 20240019588
    Abstract: Onboard geolocation of target pixels in images captured by a spacecraft is disclosed. By performing the geolocation onboard the spacecraft considerable time is saved. The geolocation may be based on timestamped ephemeris data and timestamped attitude data of the spacecraft. In one aspect, initial geolocation data is refined based on a digital construct. In one aspect, the accuracy of the ephemeris data and/or the attitude data are improved based on refinements made to the initial geolocation data. For example, corrections may be made to attitude and/or orbit filter parameters based on the refinements made to the initial geolocation data. In one aspect, the accuracy of the attitude data and/or the ephemeris data may be improved by the use of state information. The state information may be determined at a ground computing station based on information not available to the spacecraft such as Ground Control Points and/or Star Control Points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Maxar Intelligence Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Calohill Burks, III, Peter Kevin Greene, William Ryder Whitmire, Tyler Jacob Lanes, Christopher John Schiavone
  • Patent number: 11876201
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a thermal component that can couple with a battery module at a middle portion of the battery module. The thermal component can include a flange that extends from a side wall of the battery module. The flange of the thermal component can be disposed between a first tote flange of the battery module and a second tote flange of the battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: RIVIAN IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Jacobs, Aaron Churchill, Christopher LaMorte
  • Patent number: 11865828
    Abstract: Thick and absorbent and/or flexible toilet tissue and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Joerg Kleinwaechter, Eric Bryan Bond, Matthew Gary McKee, Hasan Eroglu, Tyler Jacob Werner, Jeffrey Chan, Joshua Thomas Fung, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Jean A. Ibrahim
  • Publication number: 20230349796
    Abstract: A microscope mounting system includes a sample holder shaped and configured to fit a particular horizontal microscope stage and fix one end of a soft material sample. A blade holder configured to position a cutting blade and connect directly or eventually to the particular microscope or a frame of the particular microscope. A load measurement device is configured to determine a load applied to the cutting blade. A precision adjustment assembly sets positioning of the cutting blade in the horizontal x-y plane and the z vertical plane such that a cutting edge of the cutting blade can be positioned at a focal point of the particular microscope. At least two grips are configured to grip a second end of the soft material sample at at least two discrete locations on opposite sides of the cutting blade when the blade contacts the soft material sample at the focal point. A tension mechanism can apply tension in the x-y plane to each of the at least two grips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Shelby Hutchens, Amy Jaye Wagoner Johnson, Jing-Chen Peng, Matthew Guerena, Marcus Schmid, Cecilia Walsh, Tyler Jacob Roberts, Chelsea Simone Davis
  • Publication number: 20230342285
    Abstract: A system for a multiplayer debugger includes a computer program, a debugger module, and a debugger multiplexer. The debugger multiplexer initiates a multiplayer debugger session for the computer program, wherein the multiplayer debugger session supports a plurality of client devices, receives from a first client device of the plurality of client devices, a debugger operation, and transmits the debugger operation to the debugger module. An updated debugger state is determined in accordance with the debugger operation, and the updated debugger state is transmitted to a remainder of the plurality of client devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Tyler Jacob Angert, Luis Hector Chavez Freire, Oleksandr Kotliarskyi
  • Publication number: 20230318147
    Abstract: The apparatus can include a busbar and a nut plate. The busbar can include a tab region. The tab region can define one or more openings. The nut plate can be configured to couple with the tab region of the busbar. One or more openings in the nut plate can align with the one or more openings of the tab region. The nut plate can have a planar shape. At least a portion of a face of the nut plate can couple with a planar face of the tab region of the busbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Jacobs, Brian Pham
  • Publication number: 20230291047
    Abstract: A cell carrier for a battery module, a battery module including the cell carrier, and a method of assembling a battery module are provided. The cell carrier includes a multi-sided base. The multi-sided base includes a plurality of through-holes arranged in a predetermined pattern. Each through-hole includes an inner sidewall configured to hold one of a plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Tyler Jacobs, Kyle Butterfield, Chad Jackson Hardgrove
  • Publication number: 20230063609
    Abstract: A cell carrier for a battery module, a battery module, and a method for assembling a battery module. The battery module includes a plurality of pairs of battery cells and the cell carrier. The cell carrier includes a plurality of recesses, each including a first recess portion including a first sidewall portion and a first bottom portion, and a second recess portion including a second sidewall portion and a second bottom portion. The first bottom portion and the second bottom portion of each recess include a shared cutout. For each pair of battery cells, a first end of a first battery cell is coupled to the first recess portion and a first end of a second battery cell is coupled to the second recess portion of a respective recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Pham, Tyler Jacobs, Chad Jackson Hardgrove
  • Publication number: 20220407162
    Abstract: A battery system for providing power to a vehicle includes a plurality of battery modules comprised of a plurality of battery cells. The battery system also includes a cell carrier that encases the plurality of battery cells. The cell carrier is comprised of a battery cell carrier connected to a plurality of walls by a plurality of hinges. The battery system is formed by receiving a cell carrier formed as a single component, folding walls of the cell carrier by flexing the plurality of integrated hinges, forming an assembly including the plurality of battery cells and the cell carrier, and applying an adhesive to the walls and the plurality of battery cells to affix the walls to the assembly. The battery system includes a shear wall affixed to a lateral side, and a cooling plate affixed to the plurality of battery cells, opposite a base of the cell carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: Tyler Jacobs
  • Publication number: 20220407142
    Abstract: A barrier structure, a battery module including the barrier structure, and a method of assembling the battery module are provided. The barrier structure includes a plurality of first sidewalls oriented in a first direction, and a plurality of second sidewalls oriented in a second direction. The plurality of first sidewalls interlock with the plurality of second sidewalls to form a grid structure comprising a plurality of cells, each having an open-ended top and an open-ended bottom and configured to be arranged around a cylindrical section of at least one of a plurality of battery cells. The battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells arranged in a predetermined pattern and a barrier structure for separating the battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Travis Cournoyer, Kyle Butterfield, Tyler Jacobs, Nicholas West, Daniel Beverley