Patents Examined by Nghia Doan
  • Patent number: 9466990
    Abstract: A method for enhancing a battery management system for determining at least one limit value for a first characteristic variable of a battery. The method includes measuring different values of a further characteristic variable for predetermined values of the first characteristic variable in order to determine limit values of the further characteristic variable for charging and/or discharging the battery for the predetermined values of the first characteristic variable, with the result that battery discharging or charging corresponding to the limit values does not result in a battery voltage outside a permissible battery voltage range if the battery has that predetermined value of the characteristic variable which is associated with the respective limit value. The method further includes determining charging and/or discharging limit values of the characteristic variable for predetermined values of the further characteristic variable using the determined charging and/or discharging limit values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Andre Boehm, Stefan Wickert
  • Patent number: 9461500
    Abstract: A wireless charging receiving device includes a body, a metal housing, a receiving coil, and a power storage device. The metal housing is coupled to the body to form an accommodating space. The metal housing includes an aperture and at least one slit. The slit interconnects the aperture and the edge of the metal housing. The receiving coil is disposed between the metal housing and the body. The receiving coil defines a through hole by a looped configuration, and the through hole overlaps at least part of the aperture of the metal housing. The power storage device is disposed within the accommodating space and electrically connected to the receiving coil. Electromagnetic waves are able to pass through the aperture of the metal housing and are magnetically coupled to the receiving coil, such that the receiving coil transfers the energy of the electromagnetic waves to the power storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Wei Tseng, Chien-Ting Ho, Chien-Chih Chen, Yen-Liang Kuo
  • Patent number: 9455480
    Abstract: An assembled battery includes a plurality of secondary cells, a first arithmetic operator, a second arithmetic operator, and a discharger. The first arithmetic operator calculates a voltage change rate of each of the secondary cells during charging/discharging thereof. The second arithmetic operator determines a discharge condition for each of the secondary cells from the voltage change rate calculated in the first arithmetic operator and a state of charge of each of the secondary cells. The discharger performs discharging of each of the secondary cells on the basis of the discharge condition when the assembled battery is neither being charged nor being discharged. The second arithmetic operator determines the discharge condition of each of the secondary cells such that each of the secondary cells after the discharging has the same state of charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei Yoshida, Daisuke Shibata
  • Patent number: 9444920
    Abstract: The flex and stay cell phone/electronic device charging stand of the present invention is a USB cable used to hold a cell phone/electronic device in a standing position while it is used to synchronize and charge said cell phone/electronic device. It has two unique features. On the front end there is a removably attachable sleeve that allows for the USB cord to flex and stay in a bent position. This allows the user of the cord to create a stand for his or her electronic device for ease of use on a table or flat surface. On the back end of the cord is a removably attachable docking station for a cell phone or electronic device so when the device is being charged it can sit next to the wall outlet with an easy way to access said device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Inventor: Robert Baschnagel
  • Patent number: 9434271
    Abstract: A grid to vehicle system is described. In some examples, the system selectively controls one or more electric vehicles connected to an electric grid based on conditions associated with the electric grid. For example, the system may control charging operations of the electric vehicles based on load balancing conditions associated with the electric grid, based on cost conditions associated with electric power provided by the electric grid, and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: ReCargo, Inc.
    Inventors: Forrest North, Armen Petrosian, Lucas Mansfield
  • Patent number: 9438053
    Abstract: A scalable energy harvesting system comprising at least one charging control device, at least one energy storage device responsive to the charging control device, at least one energy harvesting device operatively coupled to the charging control device, and a plurality of bus based power connectors operatively coupled to the charging control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: TRIUNE IP, LLC
    Inventors: Ross E. Teggatz, Ken Moore, Edson Calixto, Emanuel Stingu
  • Patent number: 9436785
    Abstract: Hierarchical preset and rule base configuration of a system-on-chip (SOC) includes receiving a user input selecting a first circuit block of the SOC for enablement and determining, using a processor, a first top level preset according to the user input for the first circuit block. Selected intermediate presets are determined from a plurality of hierarchically ordered presets for the first circuit block. Low level presets are automatically determined for the first circuit block according to the selected intermediate presets for the first circuit block. The low level presets are output, e.g., by loading them into the SOC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: XILINX, INC.
    Inventors: Somdutt Javre, Pradeep Kumar Mishra, Siddharth Rele
  • Patent number: 9434263
    Abstract: In one embodiment a multi-mode battery charger for a vehicle is provided. The charger includes a controller. The controller is electrically coupled to a plurality of charging systems. Each charging system is configured to provide a first power from an external power source and to convert the first power into a second power that is suitable for storage on at least one battery on the vehicle. The controller is configured to enable a first charging system of the plurality of charging systems to provide the first power based on a charging priority order in the event two or more of the plurality of charging systems are each determined to provide the first power to the vehicle at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Aftab Ali Khan, Richard J. Hampo, Veda Prakash Galigekere
  • Patent number: 9418194
    Abstract: Described herein is a method of processing a pattern layout for a lithographic process, the method comprising: identifying a feature from a plurality of features of the layout, the feature violating a pattern layout requirement; and reconfiguring the feature, wherein the reconfigured feature still violates the pattern layout requirement, the reconfiguring including evaluating a cost function that measures a lithographic metric affected by a change to the feature and a parameter characteristic of relaxation of the pattern layout requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Taihui Liu, Been-Der Chen, Yen-Wen Lu
  • Patent number: 9395417
    Abstract: A battery pack is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery pack includes a battery including at least one battery cell and a battery managing unit for controlling charging and discharging of the battery. The battery managing unit includes a measuring unit measuring at least one parameter of the battery per sampling period and generating measurement data. The battery managing unit also includes a control unit including a plurality of counters corresponding to a plurality of sections defined with respect to the parameter and configured to increment a counter corresponding to the section including the measurement data. The battery managing unit also includes a storage unit storing counter values of the counters in a predetermined address per logging period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyun-Chul Song
  • Patent number: 9391465
    Abstract: In an electrical storage device management system, a control part monitors the temperatures of electrical storage cells. In electrical storage systems that are in a charging/discharging operating state, if the temperature of any of the electrical storage cells has reached a first threshold temperature, the control part switches an electrical storage system that includes this electrical storage cell to a non-charging/discharging state. The control part also switches one of the electrical storage systems that is in the non-charging/discharging state, to the charging/discharging operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato Hanada
  • Patent number: 9381878
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a power reception unit for receiving electric power in a non-contact manner by electromagnetic field resonance, and a device power feeding unit for transmitting electric power to be supplied to an in-vehicle electrical device in a non-contact manner by electromagnetic induction. A distance over which the electric power is transmitted from an external power transmission unit to the power reception unit in a non-contact manner is longer than a distance over which the electric power is transmitted from the device power feeding unit to the in-vehicle electrical device in a non-contact manner. The vehicle further includes a main battery for supplying electric power to a motor generator, and an auxiliary battery. The auxiliary battery has a voltage lower than a voltage of the main battery. The device power feeding unit receives electric power from the auxiliary battery and transmits the power to the in-vehicle electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinji Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 9371006
    Abstract: A method for the optimized recharging of the electric battery of at least one electric system, particularly an electric vehicle, using an electric recharging device, in which the electric battery is recharged during at least one charging time interval which is part of an available charging time period initiated by connection of the electric battery recharging system to the electric recharging device and which is determined as a function of a charging curve associated with this electric recharging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: Electricite de France, Electricite Reseau Distribution France
    Inventors: Mélaine Rousselle, Gaizka Alberdi
  • Patent number: 9361417
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for placement of single-bit flip-flops and multi-bit flip-flops. Single-bit flip-flops with replaced with multi-bit flip-flops and/or relative placement groups of single-bit flip-flops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Arunachalam, Suman Chatterjee, Jing C. Lin
  • Patent number: 9362769
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for power supply control as well as an electronic device. The method comprises: detecting that the first device is connected with the second device via the first physical interface, when the first device is in the unconnected state; determining whether the connection between the first and second devices satisfies a first predetermined condition or not, so as to obtain a first determination result; switching the first device from the unconnected state to the first connected state when the first determination result indicates that the connection satisfies the first predetermined condition; obtaining power supply requirement information of the second device that indicates whether the first device is required to supply power to the second device or not; and controlling the power supply to the second device via the first physical interface based on the power supply requirement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei Zhou, Yinsi Yang, Bo Liu, Zhenxin Xi
  • Patent number: 9360750
    Abstract: Among other things, techniques for balancing mask loading are provided for herein. In some embodiments, one or more windows are defined within a layout. Based upon polygons comprised within respective windows, a localized mask loading is computed for the layout. In some embodiments, a global mask loading is also computed for the layout. Using the localized mask loading and the global mask loading, if computed, a loading effect of a plurality of mask pattern schemes is evaluated to identify a mask pattern scheme having a desired loading effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: HungLung Lin, Chin-Chang Hsu, Wen-Ju Yang
  • Patent number: 9361421
    Abstract: A method for designing a system on a target device includes assigning resources on the target device to static logic modules and partial reconfigurable (PR) modules in the system. The instances of one of the PR modules are placed and routed in parallel utilizing resources from those that are assigned. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: David Samuel Goldman, Mark Bourgeault, Vaughn Betz, Alan Louis Herrmann
  • Patent number: 9354511
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of a novel modeling scheme for performing optical lithography simulation for a multi-tone mask with a plurality of mask tones is described. The method generates a transmission function matrix based on a setting of the multi-tone mask. The method applies the transmission function matrix to transform a formula for calculating light intensity from Abbe's form to Hopkins' form while maintaining the accuracy of Abbe's form. The method then computes the light intensity using the transformed formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Hongbo Zhang, Qiliang Yan
  • Patent number: 9342642
    Abstract: Place-and-route (P&R) includes maintaining a set of local arrival time information and local required time information associated with a circuit layout; determining a candidate fix on a critical path in the circuit layout; statistically determining, using one or more computer processors, a set of one or more adjusted local slacks associated with a region affected by the candidate fix; and in the event that the set of one or more adjusted local slacks indicates that the candidate fix results in a timing improvement, accepting the candidate fix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Atoptech, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Cheng Wang, Wei-Shen Wang
  • Patent number: 9331503
    Abstract: A power exchange controller adjusts a power exchange rate between a plurality of batteries and an upper authority to modify a state-of-health of each of the plurality of batteries over time. The power exchange controller is operable to receive a total power demand from an upper authority and each of the plurality of batteries connected to a charging station and adjust the power exchange between the upper authority and each of the plurality of batteries by detecting a battery state-of-health of each of the plurality of batteries, determining the target state-of-health for the plurality of batteries based on the state-of-health of each of the plurality of batteries and determining a power exchange with each of the plurality of batteries based on the total power demand and a difference between the target state-of-health and the state-of-health of each battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Shinsuke Yonetani