Patents Examined by Jerry D Robbins
  • Patent number: 11628739
    Abstract: A charging system includes a plurality of power charging cabinets, each power charging cabinet being configured with a plurality of electrical power outputs. The charging system also includes at least one power dispenser chain coupled to at least one of the plurality of electrical power outputs, each of the power dispenser chains having more than one addressable power dispenser electrically coupled thereto and each of the power dispensers being configured to be addressed based on a vehicle identifier of a vehicle coupled to an addressed power dispenser, each of the power dispensers also having a controller configured to control electrical power delivery to a destination chosen from a charging power output of the power dispenser and to another power dispenser in the power dispenser chain. The charging system further includes a central control system configured to communicate with controllers of the power dispensers of the at least one power dispenser chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Erikson, Silva Hiti, Kyle Underhill
  • Patent number: 11628734
    Abstract: A kind of electromagnetic vehicle pulse effects various dimensions remote online monitoring system of the present invention belongs to technical field of electromagnetic compatibility measurement, its structure has CAN bus to diagnose subsystem (1), audio-video monitoring subsystem (2), induced voltage measurement subsystem (3), fiber distribution network (4) and remote control subsystem (5), wherein, remote control subsystem 5 is connected respectively to CAN bus by fiber distribution network (4) and diagnoses subsystem (1), audio-video monitoring subsystem (2) and induced voltage measurement subsystem (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ARGO AI, LLC
    Inventor: Brian T. Margosian
  • Patent number: 11628746
    Abstract: A ground service system for an electric aircraft is disclosed. The system includes a charging module configured to charge a battery of an electric aircraft. The charging module includes a charging cable electrically connected to an energy source. The system includes a cooling module configured to regulate a temperature of the battery. The cooling module includes a cooling cable configured to carry a coolant. The system also includes a cabin soak module configured to provide a cabin soak coolant to a cabin of the electric aircraft. The cabin soak module includes a cabin soak cable configured to carry a fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Jake Pill, Cole William Hanson, Edward Hall, Richard Donnelly, James Whitehill, Bruce Williams
  • Patent number: 11626754
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and apparatuses for reviving a wireless power receiver client over-the-air. More specifically, dual-mode active/passive wireless power receiver clients are described that can passively harvest RF energy in order to obtain enough energy to rejoin a wireless power network where the client can actively harvest RF energy (the client receives directed or isolated wireless power from a wireless power transmission system). For example, a wireless power receiver client can harvest RF energy while idle or off, e.g., when no beacon or other communications are being sent or received, or, in some instances, asynchronously in order to compliment and/or protect one or more elements of the system such as, for example a radio transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Ossia Inc.
    Inventors: Hatem Ibrahim Zeine, Benjamin Todd Renneberg
  • Patent number: 11623540
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a charging station, a grade associated with an operation of a transport and allowing, by the charging station, a recharging level related to the grade and an environmental impact of the recharging level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 11623535
    Abstract: A system for charging an electric aircraft including a horizontal cable arrangement, including a charger base including an energy source and a charging cable electrically connected to the energy source. The system further including a horizontal cable including at least a length of the charging cable and having a first cable arrangement position, wherein the horizontal cable arrangement is located at a first elevation, and a second cable arrangement position, wherein the horizontal cable arrangement is located at a second elevation. The second elevation is greater than the first elevation. The system further including a lift in contact with the horizontal cable arrangement. The lift having a first lift position and a second lift position. In the first lift position, the horizontal cable arrangement is in the first cable arrangement position, and in the second lift position, the horizontal cable arrangement is in the second cable arrangement position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: John Charles Palombini, Skye Carapetyan, Richard Donnelly, Jake Pill, Ed Hall, Cole William Hanson, James Whitehill
  • Patent number: 11618328
    Abstract: A system for charging an electric aircraft including a vertical cable arrangement, the system including a charger. The charger including an energy source, a charging cable electrically connected to the energy source, and a vertical cable arrangement. The vertical cable arrangement has a first cable arrangement position wherein the vertical cable arrangement is located at a first elevation, and has a second cable arrangement position, wherein the vertical cable arrangement is located at a second elevation, wherein the second elevation is greater than the first elevation. The charger also includes a lift connected to the vertical cable arrangement. The lift has a first lift position and a second lift position. When the lift is in the first lift position, the vertical cable arrangement is in the first cable arrangement position. When the lift is in the second lift position, the vertical cable arrangement is in the second cable arrangement position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: John Charles Palombini, Skye Carapetyan, Richard Donnelly, Jake Pill, Ed Hall, Cole William Hanson, James Whitehill
  • Patent number: 11621568
    Abstract: A fast charging method for an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes obtaining, when the electronic device has a successful communication handshake with a USB host device using the USB interface, a corresponding charging data set of the electronic device under the charging current threshold by means of measurement according to a preset charging current threshold. The charging current threshold includes at least a first charging current threshold and a second charging current threshold. The charging data set includes at least a corresponding first charging voltage value and a corresponding first charging current value of the electronic device under the first charging current threshold, and a corresponding second charging voltage value and a corresponding second charging current value of the electronic device under the second charging current threshold. The method further includes determining, according to the charging data set, a maximum charging current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fuzhou Xiao
  • Patent number: 11618337
    Abstract: A system for charger management for electrical vertical takeoff and landing aircrafts includes a sensor connected to the first charger. The sensor is configured to detect a battery metric and transmit the metric to a computing device. The computing device is connected to a mesh network. The mesh network contains many aircrafts connected to chargers. The charger management system manages the charging of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventor: John Charles Palombini
  • Patent number: 11616384
    Abstract: It is an object of one or more embodiments of the present disclosure to provide a battery charger with a constant current control loop, for use in linear and switching chargers. Advantages include digital controls and a comparator, for decreasing charging current towards termination. The technique of the disclosure eliminates a constant voltage loop and amplifier, without increasing charging time. The technique also simplifies porting the design to another process technology node, and reduces size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Ariyoshi, Yuri Sugihara, Soichiro Ohyama, Hidechika Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11607971
    Abstract: A method for scheduling EV battery swap based on IoV, in which the roadside units regard battery-swap station clusters with a high degree of potential cooperation as a whole, and gather them into a single battery swap area; taking a service rate of a cluster of swap stations as an assessment target, and mainly examining a service capability, a service quality, and location information of each of swap station nodes themselves, and a current state of those electric vehicles that require to swap battery; providing a solution of the best joint actions for the overall electric vehicles to maintain the overall service balance of every swap station and improve a long-term performance of Internet of Vehicles. According to the invention, a battery of the electric vehicles can be swapped as soon as possible, and every battery swap station can maintain business balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Harbin Engineering University
    Inventors: Tong Wang, Guangxin Yang, Yu Wang, Shan Gao, Liwei Chen
  • Patent number: 11605841
    Abstract: The present invention provides a battery equalizing apparatus and method, and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The battery equalizing apparatus includes: a battery gauge configured to monitor battery level information of a battery in a static state, a battery equalizing circuit being disposed inside the battery gauge; and a microprocessor connected to a communication port of the battery gauge and configured to: acquire the battery level information monitored by the battery gauge, and calculate a pressure difference between cells of the battery in a static state according to the battery level information, and determine whether the pressure difference is greater than a pressure difference threshold; the microprocessor sending a trigger signal to the battery gauge through the communication port when the pressure difference is greater than the pressure difference threshold, to trigger the equalizing circuit of the battery gauge to equalize the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Qin
  • Patent number: 11597293
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed configured to charge an electrical vehicle. A charge request is received for a first electrical vehicle parked at a first parking spot. A battery charging device is connected to a first head unit comprising a first charging cable located in proximity to the first parking spot. A charge request is received for a second electrical vehicle parked at a second parking spot. A determination is made as whether the first electrical vehicle is no longer being charged, and in response to determining that the first electrical vehicle is no longer being charged, the battery charging device is disconnected from the first head unit and is connected to a second head unit comprising a second charging cable located in proximity to the second parking spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Dasher Lawless Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Alan
  • Patent number: 11601001
    Abstract: Portable power bank system. In one embodiment, a portable power bank system may include a portable power bank and a software application. The portable power bank may include a power bank housing, one or more batteries internal to the power bank housing, and one or more electrical receptacles that are defined by the power bank housing. Each of the one or more electrical receptacles may be configured to selectively provide electrical power from the one or more batteries. The software application may include one or more computer-readable instructions that are configured, when executed by one or more processors of a portable computing device, to cause the portable computing device to communicate with the portable power bank over a wireless network to receive information regarding a current state of the portable power bank and to present the current state of the portable power bank on the portable computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: GOPLUG BAGS, INC.
    Inventor: Joshua Seth Mark Cross
  • Patent number: 11590855
    Abstract: A vehicle battery charging system includes a battery charger for charging a battery module of a vehicle. A first coolant circuit conveys a first cooling fluid therethrough. The first coolant circuit includes a chiller unit separate from the vehicle. The chiller unit and the first cooling fluid exchange heat therebetween. A second coolant circuit conveys a second cooling fluid therethrough. The second coolant circuit includes a battery module. The battery module and the second cooling fluid exchange heat therebetween. A heat exchanger exchanges heat between the first cooling fluid and the second cooling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventor: Ian Wainwright
  • Patent number: 11577619
    Abstract: A charging station assembly capable of generating and delivering a conditioned airflow while charging a battery of a vehicle. The temperature and flow rate of this conditioned airflow may be controlled based on the ambient conditions and battery status. The conditioned airflow may be directed toward an outside heat exchanger of a refrigerant system of the vehicle to enhance capacity. The conditioned airflow may also be routed to a battery pack for direct cooling or heating through additional ventilation system. In hot ambient conditions, the charging station provides cool air to facilitate battery cooling. In cold ambient conditions, the charging station provides hot air to facilitate battery heating. This charging station assembly shifts the load from the vehicle refrigerant system to the charging system, thereby improving battery thermal management capability, while eliminating the need for an oversized refrigerant system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jing He, Henry Huang
  • Patent number: 11571984
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of providing to a charging station a distance desired to be driven by a transport and determining, by the charging station, an amount of energy to retrieve from the transport such that a residual amount of energy in the transport is equivalent to the distance desired to be driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Patent number: 11569666
    Abstract: A quick charging method, a power adapter and a mobile terminal are provided. The method is applied to the power adapter, the power adapter is coupled to the mobile terminal through a USB interface, a power line in the USB interface is used by the power adapter to charge the mobile terminal, a data line in the USB interface is used by the power source adapter to conduct a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal, and the power adapter supports a common charging mode and a quick charging mode, charging current of the quick charging mode is greater than that of the common charging mode. The method includes: conducting a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal to determine to charge the mobile terminal in the quick charging mode; and adjusting charging current to charging current corresponding to the quick charging mode to charge the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jialiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11563243
    Abstract: A charging control method includes: monitoring a real-time temperature of the battery during charging a battery with a first real-time charging current; reducing the first real-time charging current to a second real-time charging current at a specified current reduction rate, when the real-time temperature of the battery is greater than a first temperature threshold, the second real-time charging current being a real-time charging current corresponding to that the real-time temperature of the battery is less than the first temperature threshold; and charging the battery according to the second real-time charging current. As such, the temperature rise problem during high-current high-power fast charging can be alleviated, and excessive fluctuations due to instantaneous current adjustment can be prevented from affecting the charging rate thereby improving user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinhu Zhang, Lingli Han
  • Patent number: 11560066
    Abstract: A system for powering an electric vehicle (EV) includes a battery, a power distribution module, and a battery bypass module. The power distribution module receives power from a charging station, draws power from the battery in a discharging mode, distributes power from the charging station to the battery in a charging mode, and distributes power to a plurality of subsystems of the EV. The battery bypass module is coupled to the battery and the power distribution module. When the battery bypass module is engaged in a charging bypass mode, power distributed by the power distribution module bypasses the battery and is distributed to at least a subset of the plurality of subsystems of the EV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Ramon Ferguson, Adam Mandel-Senft, Brett Lee Rogers, Chase Kaufman, Jeffrey Brandon