Patents Examined by C William
  • Patent number: 12388296
    Abstract: A non-contact power reception apparatus is provided, in which a power reception coil for a charging system and a loop antenna for an electronic settlement system are mounted on a battery pack and a cover case of a portable terminal such that the power reception coil is arranged in the center thereof and the loop antenna is disposed outside the power reception coil, so that a mode of receiving a wireless power signal and a mode of transmitting and receiving data are selectively performed, thereby preventing interference from harmonic components and enabling non-contact charging and electronic settlement using a single portable terminal. A jig for fabricating a core to be mounted to the non-contact power reception apparatus is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chun-Kil Jung, Yoon-Sang Kuk
  • Patent number: 12379045
    Abstract: A temperature control regulating valve includes a mounting seat and a valve disc set on the end face of the mounting seat. The mounting seat is provided with a valve hole that penetrates through the mounting seat. The end of the valve disc close to the valve hole is slidably set relative to the valve hole, sliding with temperature changes. The structure of the temperature control regulating valve is simple. With temperature changes, the valve disc deforms, gradually changing its relative position to the valve hole, gradually blocking the valve hole or gradually overlapping the valve disc hole with the valve hole, allowing for a gradual change in the cross-sectional area through which fluid can pass, automatically adjusting the flow rate of the fluid with temperature changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: SUZHOU FUERDA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Like Zhu
  • Patent number: 12377737
    Abstract: A wireless power reception system 1 includes: a power reception device 5 including a power reception coil 51 that receives power supplied wirelessly from a power transmission coil 41 of a power transmission device 4 installed in a road surface, at least a portion of the power reception coil 51 being housed in a wheel 3 of a moving body 2; and an onboard device 6 which is installed in the moving body 2 and which is electrically connected to the power reception device 5, wherein the power reception device 5 can transmit received power to the onboard device 6, and the power reception coil 51 includes a stacked plurality of spiral coil layers 52a and 52b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujimoto, Osamu Shimizu, Keizo Akutagawa, Yasumichi Wakao, Isao Kuwayama, Daisuke Gunji
  • Patent number: 12379033
    Abstract: An electric valve, comprising a lead screw and a valve element assembly, wherein the lead screw has an external thread section, the valve element assembly has an internal thread section, the valve element assembly and the lead screw are in threaded connection by the fitting of the internal thread section and the external thread section, and at least the portion of the valve element assembly corresponding to the internal thread section is made of a material including a plastic material. Due to the portion of the valve element assembly corresponding to the internal thread section being made of a material including a plastic material, compared with two metal parts, a lead screw and a valve element being in direct threaded connection, the thread wear is reduced, and the service life of the electric valve is prolonged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SANHUA COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION CONTROLS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingkui Zhang, Yunzhi Lan, Zhenshan Zhu
  • Patent number: 12370917
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a first transport attempting to access a bay with a charging station can utilize the charging station and has a higher priority than a second transport utilizing the charging station in the bay and notifying the second transport to cease utilizing the charging station and to vacate the bay after a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Max K. Ralya, Tapan V. Patel, Benjamin J. Groelke
  • Patent number: 12362585
    Abstract: The concepts herein provide a method and associated system for charging a battery, such as a vehicle battery that is part of a propulsion system. The method includes determining a charging current profile for a lithium metal anode of the battery, determining an increasing current charging protocol based upon the charging current profile and charging the battery based upon the increasing current charging protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Jing Gao, Brian J. Koch
  • Patent number: 12355295
    Abstract: A battery system includes: at least two battery packs; a plurality of first relays, each first relay being connected to a respective one of the at least two battery packs; and an auxiliary battery, a first battery pack among the at least two battery packs with a highest voltage is discharged to the auxiliary battery through the first relay connected to the first battery pack so that a voltage of the first battery pack approaches a voltage of another battery pack, a second battery pack with a lowest voltage is charged by the auxiliary battery through the first relay connected to the second battery pack so that the voltage of the second battery pack may approach the voltage of the another battery pack, and the at least two battery packs are connected in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventor: Ho Byung Yoon
  • Patent number: 12355293
    Abstract: A charging method, including: obtaining the number of charge-discharge cycles of a battery and an application scenario during charging; determining a target charging mode among at least two charging modes according to the number of charge-discharge cycles and the application scenario, in which different charging modes have different charging rates, and the charging modes with different charging rates have different charging damages to the battery; and charging the battery in the target charging mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinlong Zhang, Renjie Chen, Zhiming He
  • Patent number: 12351046
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to wireless charging and wireless power alignment of wireless power antennas associated with a vehicle. A wireless power charging apparatus includes an antenna including first and second orthogonal magnetic elements for detecting a horizontal component of a magnetic field generated from a second charging base antenna. A processor determines a directional vector between the antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: WiTricity Corporation
    Inventors: Hans Peter Widmer, Nigel P. Cook, Lukas Sieber
  • Patent number: 12351139
    Abstract: A device for preventing excessive increase of an internal pressure of a rolling assembly, the rolling assembly having a rotation axis and comprising a wheel and a tire, the tire being mounted onto the wheel creating an inner cavity surrounded by a wheel internal surface and a tire internal surface, comprises a cold spot placed in the inner cavity of the rolling assembly for condensing vapor contained in a gas filled in the inner cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Pierre-Alexis Tetaz, Mathieu Grandemange, Remi Bouard, Yves Potin
  • Patent number: 12355279
    Abstract: A charging system includes a voltage conversion circuit, a control circuit, an input end Vin and an output end Vout. The voltage conversion circuit and the control circuit are connected to M batteries, the input end Vin is connected to an external power supply, and the output end Vout is connected to a load. The control circuit is configured to switch a connection relationship between the M batteries, to connect at least one of the M batteries to the voltage conversion circuit, where the connection relationship includes at least one of a serial connection or a parallel connection. The voltage conversion circuit is connected to the input end Vin and the output end Vout; is configured to receive power from the external power supply through the input end Vin, and charge the at least one battery; and is further configured to supply power to the load through the output end Vout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhangrong Hu, Xiaoshan Shi
  • Patent number: 12347839
    Abstract: A charger including a housing including a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall, an interface configured to engage a battery pack, and an air conditioning assembly coupled within the housing adjacent the interface. The air conditioning system is operable to suck an ambient air flow into the housing from outside the housing, reduce a temperature of the air flow to create a cooling air flow, and guide the cooling air flow to the battery pack interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventor: Jiannan Tan
  • Patent number: 12348055
    Abstract: An example near-field charging system includes a housing that includes a charging surface and at least one other surface, a radiating antenna, and a non-radiating element positioned above the radiating antenna within the housing such that the non-radiating element is closer to the charging surface than the radiating antenna. The radiating antenna produces a first electromagnetic-field distribution that is received by a receiver, the first electromagnetic-field provides usable power when the receiver is placed at any position on a first portion of the charging surface. The non-radiating element changes a distribution characteristic of the first electromagnetic-field distribution to produce a second electromagnetic-field distribution, the second electromagnetic-field distribution providing usable power to the receiver when the receiver is placed at any position across a second portion of the charging surface of the housing, and the second portion is at least 10% percent greater than the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Energous Corporation
    Inventors: Sohini Sengupta, Yunhong Liu, Tuomo Katajamaki
  • Patent number: 12345328
    Abstract: The hydraulic circuitry of the factory installed automotive automatic transmission of the General Motors Corporation identified as the Allison 1000 and 2000 Series is modified to include a new return spring to decrease clutch pressure and mainline pressure so as not to exceed a predetermined pressure to reduce the time to complete an upshift, to replace the main regulator valve spring to increase main line pressure at road speed based on road conditions, and to provide a new valve with an internal exhaust circuit operatively associated with the TCC (Torque Converter Clutch) to lower balance circuit pressure resulting in the increase of converter clutch apply pressure. The methods and systems for modifying the factory installed transmissions improve the overall operation and efficiency of the transmission during operation of the motor vehicles in which the transmissions are installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Transgo, LLC
    Inventor: David A Hardin
  • Patent number: 12341203
    Abstract: High voltage battery contactor welding prevention techniques for an electrified vehicle include, in response to a request to perform a high voltage connection procedure, utilizing a supervisory controller to monitor a voltage of the low voltage battery system to determine whether a low voltage battery system of the vehicle has a voltage level sufficient to open/hold the set of contactors during the high voltage connection procedure, when the low voltage battery system has sufficient voltage, commanding by the supervisory controller to a sub-controller to perform the high voltage connection procedure, and when the low voltage battery system does not have sufficient voltage, displaying a low voltage indicator for a user to recharge the low voltage battery system before the high voltage connection procedure can occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Abhilash Gudapati, Zhentao Xie, Rudolf Kharpuri
  • Patent number: 12341164
    Abstract: An electric energy storage device, the electric energy storage device configured to be detachably coupled with an electrical device, the electric energy storage device comprises a housing, N sets of battery units received in the housing, N being a composite number, each battery unit comprising at least one battery cell, a plurality of switches, each switch connected to the output end of two different battery units, a control unit electrically connected to the switches and configured to control the switches to switch on or off in order to connect the battery units in parallel or series, wherein the electric energy storage device can output at least three different voltages. The electric energy storage device can be used for different types of power tools with different voltage requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Greenworks (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Baoan Li, Xi Li, Xinzhong Guo
  • Patent number: 12341375
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for managing the state of charge of an energy storage system that is used as a backup power supply source in an electrical system. The energy storage system can operate in a selected mode of operation that includes a normal mode, a hibernation mode, and a suspension mode. A controller of the energy control system can determine the selected mode of operation for the energy storage system based on the current time of the day and electronic data related to a backup PV power generation system, the energy storage system, and a plurality of loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: UNIRAC, INC.
    Inventors: Rasoul Ghadami, Sandeep Narla, Daidipya Patwa, Udo Uebel, Joseph Griffin
  • Patent number: 12331765
    Abstract: A pneumatic actuating element, an exhaust air system, a housing, and a pneumatic actuator, are provided, which are designed to provide a possibility to collect exhaust air that is discharged when the pneumatic actuating element is ventilated, which exhaust air typically includes contaminations, and to release the exhaust air in an area that is not visible during operation, in order to prevent irritation due to a contaminated housing on the one hand and, on the other hand, to protect components that might come into contact with the contaminated exhaust air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Kral, Daniel Geis-Esser
  • Patent number: 12332657
    Abstract: A fleet management system dispatches autonomous electric vehicles (AEVs) as on-demand power sources. The fleet management system receives a request for a power source including a location and data describing the amount of power requested. The fleet management system selects an AEV of the fleet to service the request based on the relative locations of the AEVs to the requested location, and based on the amount of power requested. The fleet management system instructs the selected AEV to drive to the location and supply power. The fleet management system instructs the selected AEV to disconnect and return to the charging station, and may instruct another AEV to continue fulfilling the request if additional power is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Tracy Cheung, Adam Mandel-Senft, Daniel Henry Curzon, Michael Frank Schmidt
  • Patent number: 12325298
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a fuel system. In one example, a fuel system includes a plurality of canisters with a fuel tank isolation valve (FTIV) configured to control a fluid coupling between each of the plurality of canisters and a fuel tank. The FTIV is actuated based on one or more of a fuel tank pressure and a load of each of the plurality of canisters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aed Dudar, Scott Alan Bohr, Chuck Frank Bartus, Frank Joseph Topolovec