Patents Assigned to Solutions
  • DOPING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE
    Publication number: 20230042598
    Abstract: A doping system is configured to dope an active material included in an electrode with an alkali metal. The doping system includes a doping bath, a conveyor unit, a connection unit, and a drying unit. The doping bath is configured to store a solution containing alkali metal ion and a counter electrode unit. The conveyor unit is configured to convey the electrode along a path that passes through the doping bath. The connection unit includes an electrically conductive electric power supply roller that contacts the electrode, and is configured to couple the electrode to the counter electrode unit. The drying unit is configured to spray a gas onto the electrode that passes through the doping bath and is being conveyed to the electric power supply roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Musashi Energy Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya NAOI, Tomoya IWAZAKI, Koji NODA
  • Battery Module and Battery Pack Including the Same
    Publication number: 20230045763
    Abstract: A battery module according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, a module frame that is formed into a bowl type of a bottom surface and front, rear, left and right surfaces and houses the battery cell stack; and an upper plate that covers the upper side of the battery cell stack and is coupled to the module frame, wherein the module frame comprises a bottom part, front and rear plates, and left and right plates, wherein the bottom part, the front and rear plates, and the left and right plates are integrally formed, and wherein a recessed part is formed at a portion where a bottom edge connected to the front and rear plates meet with a bottom edge connected to the left and right plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Young In Kim, Gi Hwan Kwon, Jaehyun Bae
  • Battery Pack Having Cooling Unit Provided Outside Case
    Publication number: 20230042629
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery pack having a cooling unit provided outside a pack case, and more particularly a battery pack including a battery module (100) including one or more unit cells; a case (200) having a receiving portion configured to receive the battery module (100); a cooling unit (300) located at an outer bottom surface of the case (200); and a reinforcement member (400) configured to protect the cooling unit (300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju Hwan Shin, Soon Chang Hong, So Eun Rhim, Hyoung Suk Lee
  • ISOSTATIC PRESSURE SPARK PLASMA SINTERING (IP-SPS) NET SHAPING OF COMPONENTS USING NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20230045680
    Abstract: A method of forming a consolidated component having a complex shape includes providing a first component having a first shape similar to the complex shape. The method further includes placing the first component in a chamber and surrounding the first component with a medium. The method further includes applying pressure and at least one of heat or electricity into the chamber to process the first component to form a consolidated component having the complex shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicants: The Regents of the University of California, National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Enrique J. LAVERNIA, Baolong ZHENG, Yizhang ZHOU, Todd MONSON
  • Method For Decentralized Accessioning For Distributed Machine Learning and Other Applications
    Publication number: 20230041582
    Abstract: A method for injecting metadata into an existing artifact is described. The method generates metadata related to an existing artifact having a predetermined structure and encodes the metadata in accordance with the predetermined structure. The encoded metadata is embedded within the existing artifact in accordance with the predetermined structure and is delineated within the predetermined structure as one or more individual records. The artifact, including embedded metadata, is stored within a storage entity and is accessible to processes related to the artifact. Additional records may be generated and embedded over time, thus creating a timeline if event related to the artifact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation
    Inventor: Karl Mutch
  • Gas Removing Device and Method of Secondary Battery
    Publication number: 20230045436
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gas removing device, which removes a gas generated inside a pouch, in which an electrode assembly is accommodated. The gas removing device includes a pair of vacuum tubes configured to press opposing surfaces of a pouch so as to form a vacuum surface on the pouch; a heating member provided on a pressing surface of each of the vacuum tubes, which presses the pouch, is configured to seal only a portion of an edge of the vacuum surface so as to form a sealed part and an unsealed part; a cutting member configured to cut the vacuum surface of the pouch and form a cutoff hole; and a gas discharging member configured to discharge a gas from inside the pouch to the outside through the unsealed part, the cutoff hole, and the vacuum tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Jih Kim, Joon Sung Bae, Eui Kyung Lee, Suk Hyun Hong, Beom Koon Lee, Dong Hun Bae
  • Bonding connector with fuse section and battery module with insulative P-group separator
    Patent number: 11575182
    Abstract: An embodiment is directed to a contact plate configured to establish electrical bonds between battery cells in a battery module, including at least one primary conductive layer, and a set of bonding connectors that are configured to provide direct electrical bonds between the contact plate and terminals of a group of battery cells, the set of bonding connectors being configured to connect the group of battery cells in parallel with each other, wherein at least one bonding connector in the set of bonding connectors is configured with a higher fuse rating than each other bonding connector in the set of bonding connectors so as to contain arcs among the set of bonding connectors to the at least one bonding connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: American Battery Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Heiner Fees, Andreas Track, Alexander Eichhorn, Ralf Maisch, Jörg Damaske, Martin Eberhard
  • Management of multiple switching-synchronized measurements using combined prioritized measurement and round-robin sequence measurement
    Patent number: 11575369
    Abstract: A method for operating a gate driver system includes measuring a first parameter according to a first priority schedule synchronously to a first edge of a switching signal generated by a gate driver integrated circuit and having a variable duty cycle. The method includes after measuring the first parameter of the gate driver system and prior to a second edge of the switching signal, measuring at least a second parameter of the gate driver system according to a first round-robin schedule synchronously to the first edge of the switching signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: James Edward Heckroth, Ion Constantin Tesu
  • Front end systems with multi-mode power amplifier stage and overload protection of low noise amplifier
    Patent number: 11576248
    Abstract: Front end systems and related devices, integrated circuits, modules, and methods are disclosed. One such front end system includes a low noise amplifier in a receive path and a multi-mode power amplifier circuit in a transmit path. An overload protection circuit can adjust an impedance of a switch coupled to the low noise amplifier based on a signal level of the low noise amplifier. The multi-mode power amplifier circuit includes a stacked output stage including a transistor stack of two or more transistors. The multi-mode power amplifier circuit also includes a bias circuit configured to control a bias of at least one transistor of the transistor stack based on a mode of the multi-mode power amplifier circuit. Other embodiments of front end systems are disclosed, along with related devices, integrated circuits, modules, methods, and components thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie Paul Wallis, Yasser Khairat Soliman
  • System, apparatus and article of manufacture for moveable bagging systems in self-checkout systems
    Patent number: 11574295
    Abstract: A self-checkout system can include a plurality of telescoped bagging arm segments moveably coupled together in an order according to respective diameters of the plurality of telescoped bagging arm segments. A scanning system can be configured to provide a characteristic of an item purchased by a user of the self-checkout system and a processor circuit can be operatively coupled to the plurality of telescoped bagging arm segments and to the scanning system, where the processor circuit can be configured to move the plurality of telescoped bagging arm segments relative to one another based on the characteristic of the item to be placed in a bag in use with the self-checkout system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Hye Suk Makley, Robert Andrew Myers
  • Power transistor detection with self-protection
    Patent number: 11575370
    Abstract: A method for establishing a powered link over a transmission line includes providing a constant, predetermined current to a terminal thereby causing a power transistor coupled to the terminal to conduct in a subthreshold region of transistor operation without current flowing between a drain terminal of the power transistor and a source terminal of the power transistor. The method includes estimating a size of the power transistor using a digital time signal indicative of an amount of time the constant, predetermined current is provided before a voltage level on the terminal exceeds a predetermined voltage level. In an embodiment, the predetermined voltage level is less than a threshold voltage of the power transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: András V. Horváth, Carlos Briseno-Vidrios, Viktor Zsolczai, Soma Ur
  • Method and system for electronic power steering angle control with non-zero initial condition
    Patent number: 11572095
    Abstract: Technical solutions described herein include a method of controlling, in an electric power steering system, a steering angle according to a target steering angle by computing an initial value of an integral control term in a proportional integral derivative (PID) control loop used to calculate a control output signal, such as a motor torque command. The initial value of the integral control term is computed as a negative of the initial value of the feedforward term minus the initial value of the feedback term. The initial value of the integral control term corresponds to an initial value of a control output. Accordingly, the technical solutions described herein facilitate handling non-zero initial condition in Electric Power Steering angle control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Xingye Zhang, Anthony Champagne
  • Field programmable gate array with external phase-locked loop
    Patent number: 11575381
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a field programmable gate array system that provides phase control with minimal latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: HFT Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Nima Badizadegan
  • Camera lens
    Patent number: 11573403
    Abstract: The present invention provides a camera lens consisting of eight lenses and having a small height, a wide angle, and good optical properties. The camera lens includes, sequentially from an object side, a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a positive refractive power; a third lens having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power; a sixth lens having a positive refractive power; a seventh lens having a positive or negative refractive power; and an eighth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera lens satisfies specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Nitta, Hiroyuki Teraoka
  • Adjustable organizer shelf system
    Patent number: 11571063
    Abstract: Adjustable organizer shelf system and assemblies for use with an appliance are provided. Shelf assembly includes a pair of brackets and a fixed shelf mounted between the brackets. Shelf assembly also includes a movable shelf with a pair of rear lower hinges and a pair of lower guides. Shelf assembly also includes a lifting arm assembly attaching the movable shelf to the brackets. The lifting arm assembly can include a pair of lifting arms attached to each of the brackets. Lifting arm assembly also include an upper rear hinge affixed to each bracket, an upper guide affixed to each bracket, and a roller disposed within each of the upper guides and lower guides. The end of each lifting arm can be fastened to one of the rollers disposed with each of the guides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Shashidhar Taraka, Mahesh Swamulapalli, Madan Gopal Reddy Pathapati
  • Charging policies in network entities that have separate control plane and user plane
    Patent number: 11575796
    Abstract: A control plane entity selects a subset of a plurality of user plane entities to support a charging session associated with a user based on charging policies for the plurality of user plane entities. The control plane entity allocates portions of a quota for the charging session to the control plane entity and the subset of the plurality of user plane entities based on the charging policies. In some cases, the control plane entity modifies the quotas that are allocated to the control plane entity or the subset of the plurality of user plane entities. Modifying the quotas can include redistributing unused portions of the quotas among the control plane entity and the subset of the plurality of user plane entities, e.g., in response to handover of the user equipment between user plane entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Yigang Cai, Ranjan Sharma, Maryse Gardella
  • Multi-input multi-zone thermal control for device testing
    Patent number: 11573262
    Abstract: Disposing a DUT between a cold plate and an active thermal interposer device of the thermal management head. The DUT includes a plurality of modules and the active thermal interposer device includes a plurality of zones, each zone of the plurality of zones corresponding to a respective module of the plurality of modules and operable to be selectively heated. Receiving a respective set of inputs corresponding to each zone of the plurality of zones. Performing thermal management of the plurality of modules of the DUT by separately controlling temperature of each zone of the plurality zones by controlling a supply of coolant to a cold plate, and individually controlling heating of each zone of the plurality zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Advantest Test Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Karthik Ranganathan, Gregory Cruzan, Paul Ferrari, Samer Kabbani, Martin Fischer
  • Heterogeneous cross-cloud service interoperability
    Patent number: 11575574
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for improving CSB platforms (or CSB applications) that manages cloud services for different clients and different environments. In one example, the CSB platforms may be interconnected and configured to act as a proxy for the cloud services. The interconnected CSB platforms may perform spontaneous updating of stored service instance addresses when a service instance is tracked to trigger a strong consistency in the interconnected CSB platforms. Alternatively, the interconnected CSB platforms may perform delayed updating of stored service instance addresses when a service instance is tracked to trigger a weak consistency in the interconnected CSB platforms. Regulation of a frequency and scope of updating may improve the use of power resources in the CSB platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: Getac Technology Corporation, WHP Workflow Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Guzik
  • Patient-adaptive nuclear imaging
    Patent number: 11574154
    Abstract: Systems and methods include control of a nuclear imaging scanner to acquire nuclear imaging scan data of a body, control of a computed tomography scanner to acquire computed tomography scan data of the body, determination of a scanning speed, of the nuclear imaging scanner, associated with each of a plurality of scanning coordinates based on locations of one or more internal volumes associated with radioactivity greater than a threshold level, a classification determined for each of the one or more of the internal volumes indicating a degree of clinical interest based at least in part on the radioactivity associated with the internal volume, and an attenuation coefficient map based on the computed tomography scan data, and control of the nuclear imaging scanner to scan the body over each of the scanning coordinates at the associated scanning speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce S. Spottiswoode, Juergen Soldner
  • Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image forming method that perform compression suitable for the stage of image processing
    Patent number: 11573752
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus that can efficiently utilize the storage capacity in image processing. A dividing unit divides inputted image data into a plurality of partial data. An analysis unit analyzes whether or not each of the plurality of partial data divided by the division unit is suitable for compression at any of a plurality of stages of image processing in which feature of image changes. A compression unit compresses the partial data at the stage when the analysis unit analyzes that it is suitable for compression. A decompressing unit decompresses the partial data compressed by the compression unit at the stage when it is compressed. A processing execution unit executes processing at the stage of image processing on the partial data decompressed by the decompressing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Osada