Patents Assigned to GM
  • Patent number: 12113189
    Abstract: A battery includes a battery cell stack disposed within a housing such that a gap exists between the battery cell stack and an inner surface of the housing. The battery cell stack includes a plurality of battery cells that each include a positive electrode tab and a negative electrode tab electrically coupled to an electrode assembly and extending from the electrode assembly outside of a case. The positive electrode tabs and/or the negative electrode tabs of the plurality of battery cells extend into the gap between the battery cell stack and the inner surface of the housing. A filler material fills the gap and provides a thermally conductive pathway between the positive electrode tabs and/or the negative electrode tabs of the plurality of battery cells and the inner surface of the housing. The filler material includes a thermally conductive particulate component distributed throughout a polymeric matrix component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Su Jung Han, David R. Clark, Ryan P. Hickey
  • Patent number: 12112196
    Abstract: A heterogeneous multi-core system that executes a real-time system for an automobile includes a plurality of system-on chips in electronic communication with one another. Each system-on-chip includes a plurality of central processing units (CPUs) arranged into a plurality of logical domains. The heterogeneous multi-core system also includes a plurality of scheduled tasks that are executed based on an execution pipeline and each execute a specific set of tasks for one of the logical domains. The plurality of scheduled tasks includes at least one offset scheduled task that is executed at an offset time and a reference scheduled task located at an execution stage upstream in the execution pipeline relative to the offset scheduled task. The reference scheduled task communicates data to the offset scheduled task and the offset time represents a period of time measured relative to the reference scheduled task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Guy Drory, Gilboa Shveki
  • Patent number: 12110033
    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and systems are provided for processing data pertaining to a vehicle event for a vehicle. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, vehicle sensor data is obtained from one or more vehicle sensors pertaining to the vehicle event. Also in an exemplary embodiment, an assessment of the vehicle event is determined via a processor, including as to a fault or a severity, or both associated with the vehicle event, based on the vehicle sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Andrew P Rose, Donald K Grimm, Fan Bai
  • Patent number: 12112506
    Abstract: A system for determining calibrated camera extrinsic parameters for an autonomous vehicle includes a camera mounted to the autonomous vehicle collecting image data including a plurality of image frames. The system also includes one or more automated driving controllers in electronic communication with the camera that executes instructions to determine a vehicle pose estimate based on position and movement of the autonomous vehicle by a localization algorithm. The one or more automated driving controllers determine the calibrated camera extrinsic parameters based on three dimensional coordinates for specific feature points of interests corresponding to two sequential image frames, the specific feature points of interests corresponding to the two sequential image frames, and the camera pose corresponding to the two sequential image frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Farui Peng, Hao Yu
  • Patent number: 12111197
    Abstract: A quality control system analyzes the quality of a battery cell, with the battery cell defining a gas pouch configured to expand from a deflated configuration to an inflated configuration when filled with a gas formed during a cell formation process. The system comprises a computational system comprising a processor and a memory and a measurement instrument in electronic communication with the computational system. The measurement instrument is arranged to measure a distance defined by the gas pouch and transmit a signal to the computational system corresponding to the distance. The computational system is arranged to analyze the distance with the processor and determine a volumetric measurement of the gas within the gas pouch and compare the volumetric measurement to a threshold in the memory to assess a quality score for the battery cell. A corresponding method analyzes the quality of the battery cell with the quality control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Dmitriy Bruder, James R. Salvador, Raffaello Ardanese, Ryan C. Sekol, Thomas A. Yersak, Sean Robert Wagner, Ronald M Lesperance
  • Patent number: 12109946
    Abstract: In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a system is provided that includes a sensor system configured to generate sensor data associated with a seat of a vehicle; and a processor communicatively coupled to the sensor system and configured to determine, from the sensor data, a baseline position of a child seat sitting on the seat of the vehicle, determine, from the sensor data, a displacement of the child seat from the baseline position, and selectively generate notification data based on the displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Praneeth Nelapati, Jeffrey A Clark, Sean Taylor Coughlin
  • Patent number: 12110064
    Abstract: A panel storage system for a vehicle includes a panel body including a first panel portion having a first plurality of mounting elements, a second panel portion having a second plurality of mounting elements, and a hinge joining the first panel portion to the second panel portion. The first panel portion is fixedly mountable to a surface of the vehicle and the second panel portion is pivotable about the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Blaine D. Christensen, William A. McDonald
  • Patent number: 12112635
    Abstract: A process for local traffic approximation through analysis of cloud data is provided. The process includes, within a computerized traffic flow estimation controller of a host vehicle, operating programming to monitor a planned navigational route of the host vehicle, identify along the planned navigational route a road section including cross-traffic, monitor cloud data related to a mobile cellular device, analyze the cloud data to identify traffic posing a hazardous condition to the host vehicle within the road section, and generate a vehicle alert to a driver of the host vehicle based upon the identified traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Prakash Mohan Peranadam, Mohamed A. Layouni, Meng Jiang, Shengbing Jiang, Jiyu Zhang, Erik B. Golm
  • Patent number: 12109918
    Abstract: A vehicle seat and storage system includes a vehicle seat having a seat base and a seat back extending from the seat base. A storage apparatus is connected to the seat back and is movable from a stowed position against the seat back to an extended position away from the seat back. The storage apparatus is configured to position and secure one or more cargo items. A seat motor is operably connected to the seat. The seat motor is configured to move the seat back from a first position extending upward from the seat base to a second position where the seat back is disposed flat against the seat base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Minjeur, David M. Aller, Christopher Stephen Flemming, Lisa M. Simms, John Joseph Katona, Owen Rauch, Siddhant Kansal, Zachariah Smith, Paul W. Alexander
  • Patent number: 12110055
    Abstract: Method for providing parallel parking assistance including generating an augmented video stream including an overhead view video stream, a graphical representation of a host vehicle, and a first arrow for indicating an initial position of the host vehicle, generating, by a processor, a first control signal indicative of a first steering angle in response to receiving a first confirmation signal from a user interface indicative of a confirmation of the initial position of the host vehicle, generating, by the processor, a second control signal indicative of a second steering angle in response to a change in yaw reaching a first desired yaw, generating, by the processor, a second arrow to be overlaid on the overhead view video stream indicative of a distance between the host vehicle and a curb, generating, by the processor, a third control signal indicative of a third steering angle in response to receiving a second confirmation signal from the user interface indicative of a confirmation of the distance between
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Magdalena M Parkila, Avesta Goodarzi, Norman J Weigert, Michael J Bliss
  • Patent number: 12113163
    Abstract: A system for coating a separator for a battery includes a separator feed and collection assembly configured to dispense the separator, a coating distribution device configured to flow a coating material toward the separator, and an electric field generator configured to generate an electric field in a gap between the coating distribution device and the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Ruchira Dharmasena, Shuru Chen, Fang Dai, Mei Cai, Sanaz Ketabi
  • Patent number: D1045708
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jinho Seo, Hungil Lee
  • Patent number: D1045711
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Dongwan Jo, Myeongseon Choi, Zooyoung Oh
  • Patent number: D1045713
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Dongwan Jo, Myeongseon Choi, Zooyoung Oh
  • Patent number: D1045714
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Dongwan Jo, Myeongseon Choi, Zooyoung Oh
  • Patent number: D1045715
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Dongwan Jo, Myeongseon Choi, Zooyoung Oh
  • Patent number: D1045723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Zooyoung Oh
  • Patent number: D1045742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Adam K. Scenna
  • Patent number: D1046223
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Minjae Shin
  • Patent number: D1046224
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Ming qi Mo