Tesla Motors Patents
Tesla Motors, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and sells electric vehicles, and operates a network of charging stations for Tesla electric vehicles. Tesla also sells electric vehicle powertrain components to other vehicle manufacturers, as well as battery systems for homes, commercial sites and utilities.
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Patent number: 12272189Abstract: A vehicular autonomous driving system includes a fault prediction unit, including a processor and memory, configured to predict a potential future fault condition by: monitoring performance data associated with the plurality of autonomous driving components; comparing the performance data associated with the plurality of autonomous driving components to a plurality of performance thresholds; and determining the potential future fault condition for one of the plurality of autonomous driving components, when the performance data associated with the one of the plurality of autonomous driving components compare unfavorably to corresponding one of the plurality of performance thresholds.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Atchyuth Gorti, David Glasco, Daniel William Bailey
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Patent number: 12261110Abstract: An electronic assembly includes a mechanical carrier, a plurality of integrated circuits disposed on the mechanical carrier, a fan out package disposed on the plurality of integrated circuits, a plurality of singulated substrates disposed on the fan out package, a plurality of electronic components disposed on the plurality of singulated substrates, and at least one stiffness ring disposed on the plurality of singulated substrates. A method for constructing an electronic assembly includes identifying a group of known good singulated substrates, joining the group of known good singulated substrates into a substrate panel, attaching at least one bridge to the substrate panel that electrically couples at least two of the known good singulated substrates, and mounting a plurality of electronic components onto the substrate panel, each electronic component of the plurality of electronic components corresponding to a respective known good singulated substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Mengzhi Pang, Shishuang Sun, Ganesh Venkataramanan
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Patent number: 12260332Abstract: An image captured using a sensor on a vehicle is received and decomposed into a plurality of component images. Each component image of the plurality of component images is provided as a different input to a different layer of a plurality of layers of an artificial neural network to determine a result. The result of the artificial neural network is used to at least in part autonomously operate the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Timofey Uvarov, Brijesh Tripathi, Evgene Fainstain
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Patent number: 12256282Abstract: A method is provided for interacting with audience members in an event, each of the potential attendees having available thereto a unique identifier. The method comprises creating, for an attendee, a unique ID (UID) on a mobile wireless device (MWD) by the steps of inputting to the MWD one of the unique identifiers, combining the obtained unique identifier with a UID time stamp at the time of creation of the UID; receiving with a server on a first wireless channel communications from the MWD; registering the UID at the physical location of the event; generating a visual query; displaying on the MWD response indicators; receiving at the server from the registered attendee a response, to the query over the first wireless channel; and storing in a database on the server the received response in association with the displayed query.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Tesla Laboratories, LLCInventor: Jovan Hutton Pulitzer
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Publication number: 20250068166Abstract: A processor coupled to memory is configured to receive an identification of a geographical location associated with a target specified by a user remote from a vehicle. A machine learning model is utilized to generate a representation of at least a portion of an environment surrounding the vehicle using sensor data from one or more sensors of the vehicle. At least a portion of a path to a target location corresponding to the received geographical location is calculated using the generated representation of the at least portion of the environment surrounding the vehicle. At least one command is provided to automatically navigate the vehicle based on the determined path and updated sensor data from at least a portion of the one or more sensors of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicant: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Elon Musk, Kate Park, Nenad Uzunovic, Christopher Coleman Moore, Francis Havlak, Stuart Bowers, Andrej Karpathy, Arvind Ramanandan, Ashima Kapur Sud, Paul Chen, Paril Jain, Alexander Hertzberg, Jason Kong, Li Wang, Oktay Arslan, Nicklas Gustafsson, Charles Shieh, David Seelig
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Patent number: 12236689Abstract: A system is comprised of one or more processors coupled to memory. The one or more processors are configured to receive image data based on an image captured using a camera of a vehicle and to utilize the image data as a basis of an input to a trained machine learning model to at least in part identify a distance of an object from the vehicle. The trained machine learning model has been trained using a training image and a correlated output of an emitting distance sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: TESLA, INC.Inventors: James Anthony Musk, Swupnil Kumar Sahai, Ashok Kumar Elluswamy
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Patent number: 12233617Abstract: Systems and methods for texturing substrates (e.g., glass, metal, and the like) and the textured substrates produced using such systems and methods are disclosed. An exemplary system for texturing a substrate includes a first roller and a second roller. The first roller has a first textured surface. The first textured surface has a root mean square roughness between 40 to 1000 microns and an autocorrelation function greater than 0.5 for distances less than 50 microns.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: William S. Sweney, Michael Pilliod, Christos Gougoussis
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Patent number: 12235337Abstract: An MRI system receive coil arrangement 3 for use with a main MRI scanner arrangement, the receive coil arrangement 3 including support structure and at least one receives coil 7 carried on the support structure 40. The support structure 40 includes a receive coil housing portion 43 which defines a channel portion 43a which houses at least a portion of the at least one receive coil 7. The channel having a mouth 43b for allowing the introduction of said at least a portion of the at least one receive coil 7 through the mouth 43b and into the channel 43a and a closing portion 45 moveable between a first position in which the mouth 43b of the channel portion is open for allowing introduction of the at least a portion of the at least one receive coil 7 into the channel portion 43a and a second, closing, position in which the mouth 43b of the channel is blocked by the closing portion 45.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignees: TESLA DYNAMIC COILS BV, FUTURA COMPOSITES B.V.Inventors: Dennis Wilhelmus Johannes Klomp, Catalina Sofia Arteaga de Castro, Martino Borgo, Thijs van Hooren, Wout Schuth
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Patent number: 12227857Abstract: A metal sulfate manufacturing system comprising an electrochemical dissolution system having, an anode electrode that holds metal raw material, a cathode electrode, an electrolyte bath having an inlet to receive an initial acid or metal-acid complex solution and an outlet to discharge the treated metal sulfate solution, stirring equipment that mixes the electrolyte bath, a temperature control system, and a rectifier that supplies current at constant voltage between the anode and cathode electrode.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2019Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Shinji Arimoto, Mikel Dermer, Zhiwen Sun
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Patent number: 12230798Abstract: Dry process electrode films, and energy storage devices incorporating the same are described, including a silicon active material. The films may be free standing anode electrode films. Also provided are methods for fabricating such anode electrode films.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Joon Ho Shin, Haim Feigenbaum, Hieu Minh Duong
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Patent number: 12227972Abstract: An angle-detecting door handle assembly comprises: a handle member; a four-bar link configured to move the handle member between at least retracted and presented positions relative to a door surface; a motor configured to actuate the four-bar link; a rotary sensor configured to detect an angle of the four-bar link throughout actuation and generate a signal corresponding to the detected angle; and a controller configured to control the motor based on the signal from the rotary sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Joris Aerts, Klaus Hofmockel, Brian Svec
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Patent number: 12223428Abstract: Sensor data, including a group of time series elements, is received. A training data set is determined, including by determining for at least a selected time series element in the group of time series elements a corresponding ground truth. The corresponding ground truth is based on a plurality of time series elements in the group of time series elements. A processor is used to train a machine learning model using the training dataset.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Ashok Kumar Elluswamy, Matthew Bauch, Christopher Payne, Andrej Karpathy, Joseph Polin
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Patent number: 12216610Abstract: A microprocessor system comprises a computational array and a hardware data formatter. The computational array includes a plurality of computation units that each operates on a corresponding value addressed from memory. The values operated by the computation units are synchronously provided together to the computational array as a group of values to be processed in parallel. The hardware data formatter is configured to gather the group of values, wherein the group of values includes a first subset of values located consecutively in memory and a second subset of values located consecutively in memory. The first subset of values is not required to be located consecutively in the memory from the second subset of values.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Emil Talpes, William McGee, Peter Joseph Bannon
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Patent number: 12218303Abstract: An energy storage device can include a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode wherein the first electrode includes an electrochemically active material and a porous carbon material, and the second electrode includes elemental lithium metal and carbon particles. A method for fabricating an energy storage device can include forming a first electrode and a second electrode, and inserting a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, where forming the first electrode includes combining an electrochemically active material and a porous carbon material, and forming the second electrode includes combining elemental lithium metal and a plurality of carbon particles.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Hieu Minh Duong, Porter Mitchell, Mohammed-Yazid Saidi, Joon Ho Shin, Haim Feigenbaum
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Patent number: 12208837Abstract: Some examples relate to the configuration or management of an integrated component that provides structural component functionality for a vehicle, such as a cross member that absorbs loads placed on the vehicle. Additionally, the integrated component illustratively further provides air reservoir functionality that for one or more additional vehicle components. In some examples, an integrated component can provide structural component functionality associated with a cross member mounted between shock towers and air reservoir functionality to provide compression air such as for active or semi-active vehicle suspension systems.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Marcus Stack, Mitchell Heinzmann, Ismael Pinsonneault
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Patent number: 12196330Abstract: A valve includes a holder having an expandable material. The valve includes a retainer coupled to the holder. The valve further includes an umbrella member with a stem coupled to the holder. The expandable material is adapted to expand in size when absorbing a fluid and translate the umbrella member along an axis of the stem.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Nathaniel Hall-Snyder, Ian Casimir Dimen, Richard Wurden
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Patent number: 12194913Abstract: Systems and methods for a global headlamp. An example method includes obtaining configuration information indicative of a jurisdiction associated with a vehicle. Headlamp state information is accessed which includes multiple headlamp states. A current headlamp state of the multiple headlamp states is determined based on the configuration information. A propagation is output via a pixelated light source in a headlamp of the vehicle, the propagation representing a particular beam pattern which is compliant with the jurisdiction.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventor: Robert Flynn
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Patent number: 12198396Abstract: Systems and methods for enhanced object detection for autonomous vehicles based on field of view. An example method includes obtaining an image from an image sensor of one or more image sensors positioned about a vehicle. A field of view for the image is determined, with the field of view being associated with a vanishing line. A crop portion corresponding to the field of view is generated from the image, with a remaining portion of the image being downsampled. Information associated with detected objects depicted in the image is outputted based on a convolutional neural network, with detecting objects being based on performing a forward pass through the convolutional neural network of the crop portion and the remaining portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2024Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: TESLA, INC.Inventors: Anting Shen, Romi Phadte, Gayatri Joshi
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Patent number: 12187222Abstract: A system for detecting improper usage of a seatbelt of a vehicle includes a vehicle seat having a seat cushion and a seat back. A shoulder belt and a lap belt are intended to restrain an occupant sitting on the vehicle seat. The system includes a sensor module associated with the shoulder belt and the lap belt. The sensor module generates signals indicative of at least one parameter associated with the vehicle seat, the shoulder belt, and the lap belt when the occupant is sitting on the vehicle seat. The system also includes a controller that receives the signals indicative of the at least one parameter associated with the seat back, the shoulder belt, and the lap belt. The controller analyzes the received one or more signals, and determines whether the seatbelt is being used improperly by the occupant, based on the analysis.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventor: Forrest Wen Liau
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Patent number: 12179682Abstract: An apparatus for helping to protect a driver side occupant of a vehicle having a steering yoke includes an airbag mounted to the steering yoke. The airbag is inflatable from a stored condition concealed in the steering yoke to a deployed condition in which the airbag is positioned between the steering yoke and the occupant. The apparatus also includes an airbag wrap for packaging the airbag in the stored condition. The airbag wrap is configured to bias the airbag to deploy initially in an initial deployment direction transverse to a steering axis of the steering yoke through a deployment opening defined by the airbag wrap and a pleat formed in the airbag wrap and secured with a tear stitch. The pleat is configured to initially reduce the size of the deployment opening, which limits initial deployment of the airbag through the deployment opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignees: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC., TESLA, INC.Inventors: Kurt Fischer, Aditya Mohanty, Clark Trusty, Christopher Baucher, Miguel Carlon, Scott Bentley
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Publication number: 20240419968Abstract: A model training and implementation pipeline trains models for individual embedded systems. The pipeline iterates through multiple models and estimates the performance of the models. During a model generation stage, the pipeline translates the description of the model together with the model parameters into an intermediate representation in a language that is compatible with a virtual machine. The intermediate representation is agnostic or independent to the configuration of the target platform. During a model performance estimation stage, the pipeline evaluates the performance of the models without training the models. Based on the analysis of the performance of the untrained models, a subset of models is selected. The selected models are then trained and the performance of the trained models are analyzed. Based on the analysis of the performance of the trained models, a single model is selected for deployment to the target platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Harsimran Singh Sidhu, Paras Jagdish Jain, Daniel Paden Tomasello, Forrest Nelson Iandola
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Patent number: 12169443Abstract: A parallel processing system includes at least three parallel processors, state monitoring circuitry, and state reload circuitry. The state monitoring circuitry couples to the at least three parallel processors and is configured to monitor runtime states of the at least three parallel processors and identify a first processor of the at least three parallel processors having at least one runtime state error. The state reload circuitry couples to the at least three parallel processors and is configured to select a second processor of the at least three parallel processors for state reload, access a runtime state of the second processor, and load the runtime state of the second processor into the first processor. Monitoring and reload may be performed only on sub-systems of the at least three parallel processors. During reload, clocks and supply voltages of the processors may be altered. The state reload may relate to sub-systems.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Daniel William Bailey, David Glasco
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Patent number: 12164310Abstract: A processor coupled to memory is configured to receive an identification of a geographical location associated with a target specified by a user remote from a vehicle. A machine learning model is utilized to generate a representation of at least a portion of an environment surrounding the vehicle using sensor data from one or more sensors of the vehicle. At least a portion of a path to a target location corresponding to the received geographical location is calculated using the generated representation of the at least portion of the environment surrounding the vehicle. At least one command is provided to automatically navigate the vehicle based on the determined path and updated sensor data from at least a portion of the one or more sensors of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Elon Musk, Kate Park, Nenad Uzunovic, Christopher Coleman Moore, Francis Havlak, Stuart Bowers, Andrej Karpathy, Arvind Ramanandan, Ashima Kapur Sud, Paul Chen, Paril Jain, Alexander Hertzberg, Jason Kong, Li Wang, Oktay Arslan, Nicklas Gustafsson, Charles Shieh, David Seelig
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Patent number: 12159981Abstract: A deformation detection apparatus includes a cell movement-control assembly to handle a linear motion and a rotational motion of a battery cell, a body that supports the cell movement-control assembly, a digital micrometer, and control circuitry. The control circuitry controls a displacement of the battery cell between a first position and a second position along a longitudinal axis through a scanning region of the digital micrometer and a plurality of rotational positions of the battery cell at a plurality of charge states and a plurality of discharge states. The control circuitry measures a plurality of outer diameter values of the battery cell for a plurality of linear positions and a plurality of rotational positions along the longitudinal axis of the battery cell and determines a change in a geometrical shape (deformation and/or strain) of the battery cell for the plurality of linear positions and the plurality of rotational positions.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventor: Michael Kahn
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Patent number: 12158397Abstract: A method of detecting a leak in a production or export system comprising a control system comprising at least one pressure transmitter is provided. The method includes detecting a flowing pressure of production fluid within the production or export system using the at least one pressure transmitter. The method also includes calculating an ambient pressure proximate to the at least one pressure transmitter. The method further includes determining an ambient zone above and below the ambient pressure proximate to the at least one pressure transmitter. The method also includes determining at least one ambient zone time, where the ambient zone time comprises a duration of time that the flowing pressure is within the ambient zone and the flowing pressure is proximate the ambient pressure. The method further includes determining a probability of a leaking in the production or export system based on the ambient zone time.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2024Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Tesla Subsea Inc.Inventor: Marlon J. Tesla
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Patent number: 12151539Abstract: A vehicle comprising a compressor and a manifold physically and fluidly coupled to the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventor: John David Calderone
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Patent number: 12151673Abstract: A system for dynamically managing individual suspension settings for a vehicle based on a determined suspension mode is provided. Based on the user input and obtained sensor input, the system can then determine a suspension mode for a plurality of individually controllable components by specifying values or commands for each controllable component. A first mode may correspond to a lowering of the plurality of controllable. A second mode may correspond to lowering two controllable components corresponding to the rear wheels of the vehicle and raising two controllable components corresponding to front wheels of the vehicle. A third mode may correspond to a lowering of the plurality of controllable components to effectively drop the height of the vehicle to a threshold point. The system may further implement various validation processes that can validate the determined suspension mode and make further adjustment to individual controllable portions based on load or ground measurements.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Joel Van Rooyen, Brian Doorlag, Paul Venhovens
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Publication number: 20240378896Abstract: Aspects of the present application correspond to utilization of a set of inputs from vision systems to generate simulations or predicted paths of travel for dynamic objects detected from the vision systems. Illustratively, a service can process the set of inputs (e.g., the associated ground truth label data) collected from one or more vision systems (or additional services) to identify predicted paths of travel for any dynamic objects detected from the captured vision system information. Typically, a plurality of predicted paths of travels can be generated such that more than one path of travel may be considered to meet or exceed a minimal threshold. The resulting predicted paths of travel can be further associated with confidence values that characterize the likelihood that any one predicted path of travel for a detected dynamic object will occur.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2022Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Nanda Kishore Vasudevan, Dhiral Chheda
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Publication number: 20240378899Abstract: Aspects of the present application correspond to utilization of a combined set of inputs from simulation systems to generate or train machine learned algorithms for utilization in vehicles with vision system-only based processing. Aspects of the present application correspond to utilization of a set of inputs from sensors or sensing systems and simulation systems to create updated training sets for use in machine learning algorithms. The combined set of inputs includes a first set of data corresponding to vision system from a plurality of cameras configured in a vehicle. The combined set of inputs further includes a second set of data corresponding to simulated content systems that generate additional training set data including visual images and data labels to supplement the vision system data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2022Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: David Abfall, Michael Hosticka
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Publication number: 20240366820Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for decontaminating an object. The system comprises a power source, and at least one decontamination area, which includes one or more light sources that emit UV-C radiation to decontaminate the object's surface. In one embodiment, the device comprises the power source; and the at least one decontamination area. In another embodiment, the object comprises the power source; and the at least one decontamination area. In this embodiment, the object further includes a contact area which can become contaminated; and the decontamination area is located within another portion of the object, and is accessible only when the object has undergone a transformation from one use state to another.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: Tesla UV Decontamination Systems Pty Ltd.Inventor: Lou TASIC
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Patent number: 12136030Abstract: Systems and methods for adapting a neural network model on a hardware platform. An example method includes obtaining neural network model information comprising decision points associated with a neural network, with one or more first decision points being associated with a layout of the neural network. Platform information associated with a hardware platform for which the neural network model information is to be adapted is accessed. Constraints associated with adapting the neural network model information to the hardware platform are determined based on the platform information, with a first constraint being associated with a processing resource of the hardware platform and with a second constraint being associated with a performance metric. A candidate configuration for the neural network is generated via execution of a satisfiability solver based on the constraints, with the candidate configuration assigns values to the plurality of decision points.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2023Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventor: Michael Driscoll
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Publication number: 20240355132Abstract: Aspects of the present application correspond to utilization of a combined set of inputs to generate or train machine learned algorithms for utilization in vehicles with vision system-only based processing. A network service can receive a first set of inputs (e.g., a first data set) from a target vehicle including captured vision system data at a first point in time. The network service can receive a second set of inputs (e.g., a second data set) from the target vehicle including captured vision system data at a second point in time. The second point in time is subsequent to the first point in time. Based on the second set of ground truth labels and values, the network service can then determine or derive labels and associated values for the first set of ground truth labels and values.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2022Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicant: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Pengfei Phil Duan, Nishant Desai, Phillip Lee
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Patent number: 12122274Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seating portion and a backrest portion coupled to the seating portion. The seat also includes a temperature-control system associated with at least one of the seating portion and the backrest portion. The temperature-control system includes a base layer and an intermediate layer disposed adjacent to the base layer. The intermediate layer is adapted to allow fluid to flow through it. The temperature-control system includes a cover layer disposed adjacent to the intermediate layer. The temperature-control system includes at least one heating element disposed between the intermediate layer and the cover layer. The temperature-control system further includes a fluid pump to provide fluid flow through the intermediate layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Gaurang Gupta, Wentao Wang, Adnan Esmail
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Patent number: 12115973Abstract: A system for dynamically managing individual suspension settings for a vehicle based on a determined suspension mode is provided. Based on the user input and obtained sensor input, the system can then determine a suspension mode for a plurality of individually controllable components by specifying values or commands for each controllable component. A first mode may correspond to a lowering of the plurality of controllable. A second mode may correspond to lowering two controllable components corresponding to the rear wheels of the vehicle and raising two controllable components corresponding to front wheels of the vehicle. A third mode may correspond to a lowering of the plurality of controllable components to effectively drop the height of the vehicle to a threshold point. The system may further implement various validation processes that can validate the determined suspension mode and make further adjustment to individual controllable portions based on load or ground measurements.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Joel Van Rooyen, Brian Doorlag, Paul Venhovens
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Patent number: 12099328Abstract: Exemplary systems may reduce or eliminate the visibility of a boundary between the displaying portions of the system and the non-displaying portions of the system. An exemplary system includes a display screen including a plurality of pixels forming a first periodic structure and a frame surrounding at least a portion of the display screen. The frame may include a holographic structure having a second periodic structure. The first pitch of the first periodic structure may be within 0.5 percent to 20 percent of the second pitch of the second periodic structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventor: Christos Gougoussis
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Patent number: 12099363Abstract: A vehicular autonomous driving system includes a time division multiplexed (TDM) bus, an autonomous driving (AD) controller coupled to the TDM bus, and a plurality of AD sensors coupled to the TDM bus. The AD sensors are configured to collect AD data and transmit collected AD data to the AD controller on the TDM bus in an assigned time slot at a first power level. A first AD sensor of the plurality of AD sensors is configured to, based upon collected AD data, detect an AD emergency event. In response to the detection, the first AD sensor is configured to transmit an AD emergency message on the TDM bus in a non-assigned time slot and at a second power level that exceeds the first power level. The AD sensor may transmit the AD emergency message in a particular sub-slot of the non-assigned time slot.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventor: Michael D. Cave
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Patent number: 12100812Abstract: Improved battery systems have been developed for lithium-ion based batteries. The improved battery systems consist of two-additive mixtures in an electrolyte solvent that is a carbonate solvent, an organic solvent, a non-aqueous solvent, and/or methyl acetate. The positive electrode of the improved battery systems may be formed from lithium nickel manganese cobalt compounds, and the negative electrode of the improved battery system may be formed from natural or artificial graphite.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignees: Tesla, Inc., Panasonic Holdings CorporationInventors: Jeffery R. Dahn, Jing Li, Stephen Laurence Glazier
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Patent number: 12088144Abstract: A stator for an electric motor is described. An example stator includes a stator core having teeth that are radially arranged about a common central axis of the stator and located in a spaced apart manner from one another. Each tooth has an inward portion and an outward portion. The example stator further includes an electrically transmissive coil of wire that is wound contiguously upon the inward portions of at least a subset of teeth from the plurality of teeth. The stator also includes wedge members that are radially arranged about the common central axis and located intermittently with the plurality of teeth such that each wedge member abuts with the outward portions of adjacently located teeth.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Kalonica Christie, James Murphy, Leif Olsen, David Nelson, Christopher Edwards
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Patent number: 12086097Abstract: A microprocessor system comprises a computational array and a vector computational unit. The computational array includes a plurality of computation units. The vector computational unit is in communication with the computational array and includes a plurality of processing elements. The processing elements are configured to receive output data elements from the computational array and process in parallel the received output data elements.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Debjit Das Sarma, Emil Talpes, Peter Joseph Bannon
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Patent number: 12083875Abstract: A truck bed cover integrated in a vehicle (e.g., a truck), configured to move through an opening formed between a cab and a truck bed, and along a set of channels on the truck bed. The vehicle includes a motor engaged with the truck bed cover and configured to enable an automated movement of the truck bed cover along the set of channels. The vehicle in one embodiment is an electric truck configured to run off a battery pack stored within the electric truck. The truck bed cover includes a plurality of movable portions, the plurality of movable portions linked together in a flexible format.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Arvind Pattabhiraman, Jared Migdal, Paul Venhovens, Greg Peer, Dhruv Kapoor, Alan Paul Clarke
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Patent number: 12078236Abstract: An electric drive unit and method of assembling the same is disclosed. The electric drive unit includes a rotor having a rotor shaft, and gear shaft, where the rotor shaft is inserted into the gear shaft. The gear shaft is supported by two bearings, while the rotor shaft supported directly at one end by a bearing and at the other by the gear shaft. A wave spring is also disclosed that provides an axial loading to the rotor shaft. Also disclosed is a balancing ring secured to an end of the rotor via a locknut. The balancing ring can be machined in order to balance the rotor. The rotor shaft can be connected to the gear shaft via a spline connection. The rotor shaft can bear against the gear shaft via a pilot journal and pilot bore defined on the rotor shaft and gear shaft respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Dellal, Scott Michael Graves, Luke Ottaway
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Patent number: 12079723Abstract: A model training and implementation pipeline trains models for individual embedded systems. The pipeline iterates through multiple models and estimates the performance of the models. During a model generation stage, the pipeline translates the description of the model together with the model parameters into an intermediate representation in a language that is compatible with a virtual machine. The intermediate representation is agnostic or independent to the configuration of the target platform. During a model performance estimation stage, the pipeline evaluates the performance of the models without training the models. Based on the analysis of the performance of the untrained models, a subset of models is selected. The selected models are then trained and the performance of the trained models are analyzed. Based on the analysis of the performance of the trained models, a single model is selected for deployment to the target platform.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Harsimran Singh Sidhu, Paras Jagdish Jain, Daniel Paden Tomasello, Forrest Nelson Iandola
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Patent number: 12076338Abstract: Disclosed herein are medical devices, uses thereof, methods of manufacture, and kits comprising medical devices. Also disclosed herein are uses of medical devices. For example, medical devices are used to produced biophotons for biophoton therapy. Also disclosed herein is the administration of biophoton therapy for the treatment of stroke in a subject in need thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2024Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Tesla BioHealing Inc.Inventors: James Zhou Liu, Yuehua Gu
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Publication number: 20240249571Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for identifying subsets of data in a dataset. In examples, a computing device can receive data associated with operation of at least one vehicle, determine a plurality of events that occurred during based on the operation of the at least one vehicle, receive data associated with a request, the request specifying one or more event types, and determine a set of events from among the plurality of events based on the one or more event types specified by the request. In examples, the computing device can generate event data associated with the operation of the at least one vehicle in the environment during the points in time corresponding to each event of the set of events and transmit the event data to the device associated with the request.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Adam Raudonis, Mikhail Alekseev, Syris Norelli, Pete Scheutzow
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Publication number: 20240246056Abstract: The present invention relates to a manufacturing device for a pharmaceutical product, a manufacturing module for a pharmaceutical product, a manufacturing system for a pharmaceutical product, a method for producing a pharmaceutical product, a method for producing a DNA template, a method for producing an RNA, a method for producing a formulated RNA and uses of the manufacturing device, module or system. The manufacturing device for a pharmaceutical product comprises a housing, a process chamber, a technical chamber, a separation element, and a control unit. The housing is closed relative to the environment outside the housing. The housing encompasses the process chamber and the technical chamber. The process chamber is separated from the technical chamber by the separation element. The control unit is configured to control a gas flow through the process chamber. The control unit is configured to control the gas flow to provide in the process chamber a positive pressure relative to the environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2021Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicants: CureVac RNA Printer GmbH, Tesla Automation GmbHInventors: Benyamin YAZDAN PANAH, Tilmann ROOS, Telmo GRACA, Felix BERTSCH, Veronika FONTIUS, Michael RAUEN, Nico SCHOLTES, Philipp HOFFMANN, Martin KUNZE
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Patent number: 12037302Abstract: The invention relates to a novel compound manufactured with the procedure of synthesis of bouncing Carvacrol and Lidocaine into one stable compound. Use of the compound as an active compound/potent antimicrobial for the treatment of bacterial infections in humans caused by pathogens resistant to antibiotics, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Streptococcus faecalis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Escherichia spp. E. coli, Salmonella spp. Pasteurella spp., Corynebacterium spp., Bacillus spp., Bacillus anthracis, Clostridium spp., Spherophorus spp., Candida spp., Trichophyton spp., Microsporum spp., Mycobacterium spp., Vibrio spp., Cryptosporidium spp., Microsporidia spp., Listeria monocytogenes, Lawsonia intracellularis, Treponema dysenteriae, Enterococcus spp., Haemophilus spp., Campylobacter spp., Chlamydia spp., Brucella spp., and other pathogenic bacterial species.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: TESLA BIOSCIENCE AD BANJA LUKAInventor: Dusan Ninkov
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Patent number: 12036932Abstract: A new wiring and power and communications system for an automobile that includes a plurality of devices, wherein the devices are connected to a backbone section that has an outer sheathing, a first conductor disposed within the outer sheathing, a second conductor disposed within the outer sheathing, a pair of inner sheathing members disposed within the outer sheathing and located on opposing sides of the at least one conductor, the inner sheathing members configured to electrically insulate the first conductor from the second conductor, and a shield member disposed within the outer sheathing.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Satyan Chandra, In Jae Chung, Adnan Esmail, Matthew Blum, Rishabh Bhandari
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Patent number: 12034402Abstract: One embodiment can provide a photovoltaic roof tile module. The photovoltaic roof tile module can include a front cover, a back cover assembly, photovoltaic structures positioned between the front cover and back cover assembly, and an internal circuit component electrically coupled to the photovoltaic structures. The internal circuit component is positioned between the front cover and the back cover assembly. The back cover assembly can include at least one through hole and a metallic plug inserted inside the through hole. A first surface of the metallic plug can electrically couple to the internal circuit component, and a second opposite surface of the metallic plug can be exposed to surroundings external to the photovoltaic roof tile module, thereby facilitating electrical coupling between the photovoltaic roof tile module and another photovoltaic roof tile module.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Peter P. Nguyen, Kaleb A. Klauber
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Patent number: 12020853Abstract: A structure for forming inductor windings includes a first portion and a second portion of a clamshell casing. The first portion includes a first set of electrically conductive segments, a first inner carrier, and a first outer carrier. The second portion includes a second set of electrically conductive segments, a second inner carrier, and a second outer carrier. An inductor core is mountable between the first inner carrier and the first outer carrier within the first portion. A control assembly aligns and joins the first portion to the second portion of the clamshell casing such that the first set of electrically conductive segments arranged in the first pattern that correspond to first half-turns of the inductor windings, are attached to the second set of electrically conductive segments arranged in the second pattern that correspond to second half-turns of the inductor windings, to form continuous turns around the inductor core.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2023Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventor: Tobias S. Ricco
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Patent number: 12020476Abstract: An autonomous control system generates synthetic data that reflect simulated environments. Specifically, the synthetic data is a representation of sensor data of the simulated environment from the perspective of one or more sensors. The system generates synthetic data by introducing one or more simulated modifications to sensor data captured by the sensors or by simulating the sensor data for a virtual environment. The autonomous control system uses the synthetic data to train computer models for various detection and control algorithms. In general, this allows autonomous control systems to augment training data to improve performance of computer models, simulate scenarios that are not included in existing training data, and/or train computer models that remove unwanted effects or occlusions from sensor data of the environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Forrest Nelson Iandola, Donald Benton MacMillen, Anting Shen, Harsimran Singh Sidhu, Paras Jagdish Jain