Patents Examined by A. Stewart
  • Solid ion conductor compound, solid electrolyte including the same, electrochemical cell including the same, and method of preparing the same
    Patent number: 11799129
    Abstract: A solid ion conductor compound includes lithium (Li), phosphorus (P), hafnium (Hf), and sulfur (S), wherein if oxygen (O) is present, a content of the O is less than an amount of the Hf, and wherein the solid ion conductor compound has an argyrodite crystal structure, and in the argyrodite crystal structure the Hf is on a portion of the P crystallographic sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunseok Kim, Soyeon Kim, Shintaro Kitajima
  • Welding structure of metal members, method of welding metal members, and power storage module
    Patent number: 11791520
    Abstract: A welding structure of metal members includes a first member having a first opposing surface, a second member having a second opposing surface, and a welding portion fixing the first member and the second member to each other. A gap is formed between the first opposing surface and the second opposing surface. R1>R2 is satisfied where R1 represents a width of the welding portion in the gap and R2 represents a width of the welding portion on the first opposing surface of the first member. T2>T1 is satisfied where T2 represents a thickness of the second member in the portion where the welding portion is formed and T1 represents a thickness of the first member in the portion where the welding portion is formed. 0.8?D1/T1?1.2 is satisfied where D1 represents a depth of the welding portion in the second member from the second opposing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Takafumi Tsujiguchi, Kazuki Oshima, Ryoichi Wakimoto, Hiroshi Takabayashi
  • Apparatus and method for generating extreme ultraviolet radiation
    Patent number: 11792909
    Abstract: A target droplet source for an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) source includes a droplet generator configured to generate target droplets of a given material. The droplet generator includes a nozzle configured to supply the target droplets in a space enclosed by a chamber. The target droplet source further includes a sleeve disposed in the chamber distal to the nozzle. The sleeve is configured to provide a path for the target droplets in the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Lai, Han-Lung Chang, Chi Yang, Shang-Chieh Chien, Bo-Tsun Liu, Li-Jui Chen, Po-Chung Cheng
  • Systems and methods for finding an interaction subset within a set of interactions
    Patent number: 11790380
    Abstract: A method and system for analyzing interactions (for example between a person and an organization) may include for a number of series of interactions (which may be termed journeys), each interaction represented by a channel and a reason, iterating over the series of interactions by selecting initial information including an interaction subset including one or more interactions, and if there is a set of interaction series among the series of interactions meeting certain conditions, adding an interaction to the interaction subset and determining in a recursive fashion if for the interaction subset, there is a subset among the set of interaction series meeting the conditions which also meet the conditions. Conditions may include a threshold average rating for the set of interaction series, and a threshold number of interaction series in which the interaction subset is found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Nice Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuval Shachaf, Gennadi Lembersky, Roy Klein
  • Reverse polarity refresh method and redox flow battery system
    Patent number: 11791489
    Abstract: A redox flow battery system comprising a catholyte in fluid communication with a cathode, an anolyte in fluid communication with an anode, a membrane in fluid communication with the catholyte and the anolyte, and positive and negative terminals in contact with a power supply and a load. The positive and negative terminals configured to charge the redox flow battery in an opposite direction such that the anolyte is oxidized and the catholyte is reduced. The anolyte and the catholyte are kept separate and never mixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventor: William T. Kender
  • Method for operating fuel cell power generation system
    Patent number: 11791486
    Abstract: A method for operating a fuel cell power generation system is presented and includes sequentially resting fuel cell modules corresponding to a designated reference module number, from among all fuel cell modules of the fuel cell power generation system, during a designated number of cycles while operating remaining fuel cell modules, gradually reducing a number of the fuel cell modules sequentially rested during the cycles from the reference module number, whenever average performance of the fuel cell modules is sequentially reduced by exceeding designated reference levels configured to be sequentially set, and repairing or replacing the fuel cell modules when the average performance of the fuel cell modules is reduced by a designated lower limit or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ju Hae Jung, Sun Hee Jo
  • Movable carrier auxiliary system and parking controlling method thereof
    Patent number: 11789454
    Abstract: A movable carrier auxiliary system includes an environmental detecting device, a control device, a state detecting device, and an automatically parking device. The environmental detecting device includes an image capturing module and an operation module. A parking controlling method thereof includes capture an environmental image around a movable carrier with the image capturing module; analyze whether the environmental image has a parking space with the operation module; detect a movement state of the movable carrier with the state detecting device; control the control device with the automatically parking device based on an analysis result of the operation module and the movement state of the movable carrier, thereby to move the movable carrier to the parking space, improving a convenience and a safety when parking the movable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRO NICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
  • Object recognition device and object recognition method
    Patent number: 11790660
    Abstract: An object recognition device is configured to: classify, under a state in which not all object data in a detection data group have been received and a part of the object data have been received by a current processing time, the part of the object data into pieces regarded as ready for association determination and pieces not regarded as ready for the association determination, to thereby associate the object data regarded as ready for the association determination and the prediction data individually with each other and set, as pending object data, the object data not regarded as ready for the association determination; and associate, under a state in which the remaining object data in the detection data group have been received by the next processing time after the current processing time, the remaining object data and the pending object data individually with the prediction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Mori, Noriyoshi Yamashina, Koji Iida, Shinichi Tateiwa
  • Integrated dual-probe rapid in-situ switching measurement method and device of atomic force microscope
    Patent number: 11789037
    Abstract: An atomic force microscope has dual probes composed of a hinge structure, two cantilever beams and needle tips arranged on free ends of the cantilever beams. The hinge structure is a U-shaped body having two ends respectively extended with a first cantilever beam and a second cantilever beam. The free end of the first cantilever beam and the free end of the second cantilever beam are respectively provided with a first needle tip and a second needle tip. The integrated dual probes is operated by the driving function of the probe clamp. Therefore, only a set of motion control and measurement system of the atomic force microscope is required to realize the rapid in-situ switching function of the dual probes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Lianqing Liu, Jialin Shi, Peng Yu
  • Battery module
    Patent number: 11784360
    Abstract: A battery module includes a cell unit, including a plurality of battery cells disposed on both surfaces of a unit plate, and a case accommodating the cell unit. The unit plate includes a plurality of receiving spaces, in which the plurality of battery cells are disposed, and a connection member disposed between the receiving spaces to electrically connect the battery cells to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Ryong Jeon, Seok Hwan Lee, Seung Hoon Ju, Ha Neul Choi
  • Robotic shoulder repair and reconstruction
    Patent number: 11779402
    Abstract: Methods and surgical system for performing a surgical procedure. The surgical system includes a robotic system with a robotic arm having a surgical instrument attached thereto. A computer system of the robotic system receives at least one image and forms a model of a surgical area. A computer operated tracking system of the robotic system obtains position data related to a patient's bone from tracking elements. Based on the model of the surgical area and the tracked bone position, the robotic arm then performs the surgical procedure with the surgical instrument, and the robotic system adjusts the procedure as a result of the tracked bone position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: MedTech S.A.
    Inventors: Orsa Britton, Pierre Couture
  • Stabilized, prelithiated silicon oxide particles for lithium ion battery anodes
    Patent number: 11784307
    Abstract: Although silicon-oxide based particles have stable capacity and high cycling efficiency as anode active material, they are known to suffer significant capacity loss during the first battery cycles. The addition of lithium silicate may help to mitigate the initial capacity loss, but it has been difficult to produce such anodes. During battery manufacture cell components are exposed to water, and lithium silicate is water soluble. As lithium silicate dissolves, the pH of the water increases, which can etch silicon, degrading the anode active material. Such degradation can be mitigated by doping lithium silicate with multivalent elements or by converting some silicon to metal silicide before water processing. Doping of lithium silicate makes it less soluble in water. And metal silicide is not as easily etched as silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Amprius Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Yan, Hongduan Huang
  • Prosthetic valve with leaflet connectors
    Patent number: 11779458
    Abstract: A unitary flexible sheet is folded to defines a panel, and first and second tabs. Each of the tabs has an inner layer and an outer layer. First and second prosthetic leaflets are coupled to a tubular frame via the sheet. Each of the leaflets has a respective commissural portion. For each of the commissural portions, a first region of the commissural portion is sandwiched between inner layers of the first and second tabs, and a second region of the commissural portion is disposed flat against the panel. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CARDIOVALVE LTD.
    Inventors: Ilia Hariton, Meni Iamberger, Aviram Baum
  • Membrane electrode assembly with enhanced start-up and shut-down durability
    Patent number: 11784337
    Abstract: A membrane electrode assembly (MEA) includes a membrane, a cathode catalyst layer, a cathode co-catalyst layer including a hydrogen reservoir, an anode catalyst layer, and an anode co-catalyst layer including a hydrogen reservoir. The anode co-catalyst layer and the cathode co-catalyst layer cap a cathode potential at lower than 1.5V and an anode potential at lower than 1.0V. The anode co-catalyst layer and the cathode co-catalyst layer can include a platinum doped rare earth oxide, such as platinum doped cerium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: HYZON MOTORS INC.
    Inventors: Rajesh Bashyam, Zhai Jun
  • Dislocation type and density discrimination in semiconductor materials using cathodoluminescence measurements
    Patent number: 11782001
    Abstract: A cathodoluminescence microscope and method are used to identify and classify dislocations within a semiconductor sample. At least two CL polarized images are concurrently obtained from the sample. The images are added together to obtain a total intensity image. A normalized difference of the images is taken to obtain a degree of polarization (DOP) image. The total intensity and DOP images are compared to differentiate between edge dislocations and screw dislocations within the sample. Edge dislocation density and screw dislocation density may then be calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ATTOLIGHT AG
    Inventors: Marc Fouchier, Christian Monachon
  • Separator for fuel cell and fuel cell stack
    Patent number: 11784324
    Abstract: A separator for a fuel cell is overlapped with a membrane electrode assembly to form a stack unit of a power generation cell stack body. The separator is provided with a positioning section to be overlapped in the stacking direction in a manner that the stack units are positioned with respect to each other. A marginal portion of the positioning section has a bent surface formed by bending the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hidenori Okamura
  • Pellicle for an EUV lithography mask and a method of manufacturing thereof
    Patent number: 11782339
    Abstract: A pellicle for an EUV photo mask includes a first capping layer, a matrix layer disposed over the first capping layer, a second capping layer disposed over the matrix layer; and a metallic layer disposed over the second capping layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yun-Yue Lin
  • Fuel cell cooling system for vehicle
    Patent number: 11784327
    Abstract: A fuel cell cooling system may include a fuel cell stack that produces electricity by use of a fuel, a fuel cell cooler that cools cooling water for cooling the fuel cell stack through exchange of heat with external air, an exhaust line that exhausts an exhaust gas generated by the fuel cell stack, a condenser fluidically connected to the exhaust line to generate condensate by condensing the exhaust gas and store the generated condensate, an ejector connected to the condenser to eject the condensate to an external surface of the fuel cell cooler, and a condensate cooler connected to the condenser to cool the condensate stored in the condenser through exchange of heat therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Gang Woong Lee
  • Systems and methods for selectively modifying collision alert thresholds
    Patent number: 11780433
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving alert activation for rear collision avoidance. In one embodiment, a method includes, responsive to detecting a target object that is located behind a subject vehicle, determining, by the subject vehicle, characteristics about the target object. The method includes modifying a collision threshold for activating an alert directed to the target object according to the characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryo Takaki
  • Fuel cell
    Patent number: 11777110
    Abstract: A fuel cell includes: an electrolyte membrane-electrode structure in which electrodes are provided on both surfaces of an electrolyte membrane and a frame member is joined to the outer peripheral portion of the electrolyte membrane; and a pair of separators for sandwiching the electrolyte membrane-electrode structure, wherein an overlapping portion of the outer peripheral portion of the electrode and the inner peripheral portion of the frame member is disposed in a flow field section in which flow field grooves for allowing a reactant gas to flow along the electrode surface of the electrolyte membrane-electrode structure are formed, and is disposed so as not to extend into buffers between the flow field section and passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Shikano, Masaru Oda, Yoshihito Kimura