Patents Assigned to AS America, Inc.
  • COEXTRUDED, CROSSLINKED MULTILAYER POLYOLEFIN FOAM STRUCTURES WITH CROSSLINKED, POLYOLEFIN CAP LAYERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20210299929
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are physically crosslinked, closed cell continuous multilayer foam structures that include a coextruded foam layer containing at least one of polypropylene and polyethylene and a crosslinked, coextruded cap layer containing at least one of polypropylene and polyethylene. The multilayer foam structure can be obtained by coextruding a multilayer structure comprising at least one foam composition layer and at least one cap composition layer, irradiating the coextruded structure with ionizing radiation, and continuously foaming the irradiated structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Toray Plastics (America), Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Jude BALDWIN, Dan BEN-DAAT, Kaitlyn Michelle BOCK, Pawel SIERADZKI
  • THERMAL COMPENSATION LAYERS WITH CORE-SHELL PHASE CHANGE PARTICLES AND POWER ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLIES INCORPORATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20210302106
    Abstract: A thermal compensation layer includes a metal inverse opal (MIO) layer that includes a plurality of core-shell phase change (PC) particles encapsulated within a metal of the MIO layer. Each of the core-shell PC particles includes a core that includes a PCM having a PC temperature in a range of from 100° C. to 250° C., and a shell that includes a shell material having a melt temperature greater than the PC temperature of the PCM. A power electronics assembly includes a substrate having a thermal compensation layer formed proximate a surface of the substrate, the thermal compensation layer comprising an MIO layer that includes a plurality of core-shell PC particles encapsulated within a metal of the MIO layer. The power electronics assembly further includes an electronic device bonded to the thermal compensation layer at a first surface of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shailesh N. Joshi, Ercan Mehmet Dede
  • METHOD OF MAKING COEXTRUDED CROSSLINKED POLYOLEFIN FOAM WITH POLYAMIDE CAP LAYERS
    Publication number: 20210299995
    Abstract: Described herein are physically crosslinked, closed cell continuous multilayer foam structures that includes a foam layer comprising polypropylene, polyethylene, or a combination of polypropylene and polyethylene and a polyamide cap layer. The multilayer foam structure can be obtained by coextruding a multilayer structure comprising at least one foam composition layer and at least one cap composition layer, irradiating the coextruded structure with ionizing radiation, and continuously foaming the irradiated structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Toray Plastics (America), Inc.
    Inventors: Pawel SIERADZKI, Jesse Jude BALDWIN, Dan BEN-DAAT, Kaitlyn Michelle BOCK
  • COEXTRUDED CROSSLINKED POLYOLEFIN FOAM WITH POLYAMIDE CAP LAYERS
    Publication number: 20210299994
    Abstract: Described herein are physically crosslinked, closed cell continuous multilayer foam structures that includes a foam layer comprising polypropylene, polyethylene, or a combination of polypropylene and polyethylene and a polyamide cap layer. The multilayer foam structure can be obtained by coextruding a multilayer structure comprising at least one foam composition layer and at least one cap composition layer, irradiating the coextruded structure with ionizing radiation, and continuously foaming the irradiated structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Toray Plastics (America), Inc.
    Inventors: Pawel SIERADZKI, Jesse Jude BALDWIN, Dan BEN-DAAT, Kaitlyn Michelle BOCK
  • EMERGENCY IDENTIFICATION BASED ON COMMUNICATIONS AND RELIABILITY WEIGHTINGS ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILITY-AS-A-SERVICE DEVICES AND INTERNET-OF-THINGS DEVICES
    Publication number: 20210306835
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods relate to technology to identify first performance metrics associated with a first plurality of remote devices, determine first reliability weightings based on the first performance metrics, and identify one or more characteristics of an emergency based on the first reliability weightings and data from a first plurality of communications, where the first plurality of communications are associated with the first plurality of remote devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc
    Inventor: Ryan M. Wiesenberg
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING VEHICLE SUBSCRIPTIONS
    Publication number: 20210300398
    Abstract: A method includes determining a travel state of a subject vehicle based on vehicle data and selecting one or more desired topics from a set of subscriptions based on the travel state. The set of subscriptions include one or more topics stored in a database, and the one or more desired topics are selected from among the one or more topics. The method further includes subscribing to the one or more desired topics provided by a remote server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicants: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO Corporation
    Inventor: Takahisa YAMASHIRO
  • VOLUMETRIC ACCESSING OF A VOLUMETRIC DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20210306620
    Abstract: Methods and systems may provide for 3D volumetric displays. Such 3D volumetric displays may include a transparent enclosed volume holding a gas as a stationary gain medium. A scanning mirror may direct a light beam from a light source. A voxel projector may receive the light beam from the scanning mirror and may project an expanded beam into a volume of the stationary gain medium. Changes in the X and Y orientation between the light beam from the scanning mirror and the voxel projector results in relatively larger changes in the X and Y dimension of the expanded beam that is projected into the volume of the stationary gain medium to produce a 3D image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Rodrigues, Ercan Dede
  • ACQUIRING VACANT PARKING SPOT
    Publication number: 20210304603
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of querying, by a transport, a plurality of transports within a parking area for a parking spot to be vacated, receiving, by the transport, verification to vacate the parking spots from the plurality of transports within the parking area, and determining, by the transport, locations of the parking spots to be vacated based on the verifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Aghyad Saleh, Joshua C. Batie, Devang H. Parekh, Louis Brugman
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSMITTING BASIC SAFETY MESSAGES
    Publication number: 20210304612
    Abstract: A method for broadcasting a basic safety message (BSM) packet from a host vehicle includes receiving sensor data from one or more vehicle sensors provided at the host vehicle. The method includes determining whether the sensor data indicates a lane change of the host vehicle. The method includes performing a corrective action on at least one path history entry that is stored in a database in response to the sensor data indicating the lane change. The method includes generating and broadcasting the BSM packet based on the at least one path history entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicants: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Aaron D. WEINFIELD
  • SPLIT PULSE TUBE CONNECTING LINE
    Publication number: 20210301957
    Abstract: Losses in the connecting line between the Pressure Wave Generator and the cold head of a GM type pulse tube refrigerator, are reduced while maintaining or improving upon the desirable features of a standard corrugated hose connecting line including vibration isolation, separation distance, and mounting convenience. The basic means are to reduce the internal void volume of the convolutions in a corrugated hose in combination with reducing the number of corrugations, adding fillers to the void volumes, and vibration absorbing coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mingyao XU, Tian LEI, Ralph C. LONGSWORTH
  • Exterior mirror with blind zone indicator
    Patent number: 11132903
    Abstract: A mirror reflective element sub-assembly suitable for use for an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes a mirror reflective element, a mirror back plate, and a blind zone indication module. The blind zone indication module attaches at the rear side of the mirror reflective element via an aperture of the mirror back plate. The blind zone indication module includes a housing that houses a circuit element and at least one light emitting diode therein. The rear side of the mirror back plate includes structure at the indicator receiving portion that at least partially receives the housing. The circuit element includes electrically conductive terminals that are in electrical connection with circuitry of the circuit element and that are disposed at a connector portion of the housing that is configured to connect to a wire harness of an exterior rearview mirror assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Huizen, Mark E. Kramer
  • Camera system to detect unusual circumstances and activities while driving
    Patent number: 11132562
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a detection system. The detection system includes a memory configured to store image data and a first camera configured to capture first image data including a first set of objects in the environment when the vehicle is moving. The electronic control unit is configured to obtain, from the first camera, the first image data including the first set of objects, determine a motion of an object of the first set of objects based on the first image data, and determine that the motion of the object will be different than a baseline motion for the object. The electronic control unit is configured to record and capture, in the memory and using the camera, the first image data for a time period before and after the determination that the motion of the object will be different than the baseline motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nagata, Shojiro Takeuchi
  • Thermochromic display with conductive structures
    Patent number: 11131870
    Abstract: Thermochromic displays that accomplish a thermochromic transition in less than 100 milliseconds are described. This rapid response time is accomplished by including conductive structures within the thermochromic display and placing the conductive structures in direct contact with and/or proximate to a thermochromic layer. The conductive structures can be disposed between the thermochromic layer and a film that carries the message to be produced. Because of the high thermal conductivity of the conductive structures, heat can be conducted to and/or conducted away from the thermochromic layer much more rapidly than in the absence of conductive structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: LINTEC OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Jaeah Lee
  • Methods for combinatorial constraint in topology optimization using shape transformation
    Patent number: 11132478
    Abstract: Methods for combinatorial choice in topology optimization are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of performing combinatorial choice in a non-linear programming problem for designing a structure includes establishing, by one or more processors, a set of K variables, wherein the set of K variables defines an K-dimensional unit cube in a normal coordinate system. The K-dimensional unit cube includes a plurality of desired vertices representing a plurality of desired combinations that satisfy a constraint and a plurality of undesired vertices representing a plurality of undesired combinations that do not satisfy the constraint. The method further includes transforming the K-dimensional unit cube into a transformed shape in a transformed coordinate system using a shape function. Values of the set of K variables cannot have a combination represented by the plurality of undesired combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nomura, Kazuhiro Saitou, Yuqing Zhou
  • Aqueous electrolytes with protonic ionic liquid and batteries using the electrolyte
    Patent number: 11133523
    Abstract: An aqueous electrolyte composition suitable for a lithium ion battery is provided. The aqueous electrolyte composition contains water, an ionic liquid which is a salt of a protonic cation and an anion comprising a fluoroalkylsulfonyl group and a lithium fluoroalkylsulfonyl salt. A lithium ion battery containing the aqueous electrolyte and a vehicle at least partially powered by the battery are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Kensuke Takechi, Ruidong Yang
  • Automatic power-on-reset detection and recovery of a multi-phase digital buck controller
    Patent number: 11133745
    Abstract: The present embodiments allow multiphase buck controllers to be able to detect Power-on-Reset (POR) automatically and subsequently reboot the system and reconfigure the system as a single or multi-rail system. Some embodiments use an onboard bus that can communicate between controllers. In these and other embodiments, the system is able to recover automatically from a power failure afflicting any or all of the controllers. Embodiments are applicable to flexible plug-and-play modular digital buck regulation applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics America Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Chieng, Michael Payne, David Beck, Adam Vaughn
  • Device and method for evaluating internal and external system processors by internal and external debugger devices
    Patent number: 11132283
    Abstract: Present implementations include an electronic device with a system processor (SP) region connectable to an SP, a primary device region connectable to a first electronic device, and a secondary device region disposed between the SP device region and the primary device region, and connectable to a second electronic device. Present implementations further include a debugger region including a debugger unit and disposed adjacent to the primary device region and the secondary device region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics America Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish Ahuja, Michael R. Merrill
  • Modular sortation units, systems, and methods
    Patent number: 11130643
    Abstract: A modular transfer system with a primary flow system and a diverter system that is repositionable along a track system. The primary flow system includes a primary flow belt for conveying an article along a primary flow path from an infeed side of the modular transfer system to a pass-through side of the modular transfer system. The diverter system that is repositionable along the track system between the infeed side and the pass-through side by attachment within one or more channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventor: John William Kuhn
  • Handle
    Patent number: D931986
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: AS America, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriela Ravassa, Jean-Jacques L'Henaff
  • Shower base
    Patent number: D931993
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: AS America, Inc.
    Inventor: Christophe Bucher