Patents Examined by Suresh Memula
  • Patent number: 12287375
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method performed by a device for determining an action to be taken based on forecasted EoL parameters for an electric ESS and for an at least partly electric vehicle in which the electric ESS is comprised. The device obtains at least one ESS parameter impacted by utilization of the at least one electric vehicle and obtains at least one vehicle parameter impacted by utilization of the at least one electric vehicle. The device determines a forecasted EoL vehicle parameter based on the at least one vehicle parameter and a forecasted EoL ESS parameter based on the at least one ESS parameter. The device compares the forecasted EoL ESS parameter and the forecasted EoL vehicle parameter and determines the action to be taken based on a result of the comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Edward Jobson
  • Patent number: 12287567
    Abstract: Methods incorporate variable side wall angle (VSA) into calculated patterns, using a mask 3D (M3D) effect. Embodiments include inputting a mask exposure information and determining the M3D effect. Determining the M3D effect may include determining the VSA. Embodiments may include calculating a VSA; and calculating a pattern on a substrate using the calculated VSA, wherein calculating the pattern on the substrate includes a mask 3D effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: D2S, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Fujimura, Nagesh Shirali, Ajay Baranwal
  • Patent number: 12283830
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a display configured to perform a scanning operation in a scanning operation frequency range; a battery; a wireless charging antenna configured to induce a current when proximate to wireless charging signal in a frequency range adjacent to the scanning operation frequency range, and wherein the induced current charges the battery; a first flexible printed circuit board disposed between the wireless charging antenna and the battery and connected to the display; a second flexible printed circuit board disposed in parallel with the first flexible printed circuit board; and at least one shielding sheet disposed between the wireless charging antenna and the first printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junyoung Kim, Minyoung Lee, Johngy Lee, Jungki Choi, Jaeyoung Huh
  • Patent number: 12277377
    Abstract: A system and method for scheduling optical proximity correction (OPC) or other resolution enhancement technique (RET) operations on a layout design is disclosed. A layout design is divided into a plurality of regions, such as a plurality of tiles. OPC is performed on the plurality of tiles in order to generate a modified layout design. Performing OPC on the plurality of tiles may be time consuming. In order to more efficiently distribute the processing of OPC, estimates of OPC processing times for the plurality of tiles is performed. The estimate of the OPC processing time for a respective tile may be based on one or both of analysis of: analysis of the respective tile; or analysis of tile(s) that neighbor the respective tile. Based on the estimates, tiles that have a longer estimated processing tile are scheduled before tiles that have a shorter estimated processing time, thereby potentially resulting in more efficient OPC processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Industry Software Inc.
    Inventors: Soohong Austin Kim, Hien T. Vu
  • Patent number: 12254247
    Abstract: An inspection result analysis device includes a processor. The processor factorizes each first distribution of a first distribution group into a second distribution group and a weight group corresponding to the second distribution group by non-negative matrix factorization of the first distribution group. Each first distribution is a distribution of numerical data on a surface of a substrate, the numerical data resulting from an inspection of the substrate. The processor generates a fourth distribution by multiplying a third distribution by a weight corresponding to the third distribution to acquire a representative value of a numerical data group constituting the fourth distribution. The processor associates a fifth distribution with the third distribution when the representative value exceeds a threshold. The fifth distribution is one first distribution of the first distribution group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Arimura, Mizuka Nishio, Yukio Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 12252024
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electric vehicle charging cable, in which a cooling fluid is used to efficiently cool heat generated during charging of an electric vehicle, a thermally conductive material is added as well as the cooling fluid to improve cooling performance, thereby preventing damage to inner components due to heat, safety accidents such as fire are prevented, and a diameter of the cable is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: LS CABLE & SYSTEM LTD., LS EV KOREA LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Woong Kim, Jae Bok Lee, Dong Kyun Yoo, Uk Yeol Choi
  • Patent number: 12254258
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a pattern layout for a mask, shrinking the pattern layout to form a shrunk pattern, determining centerlines for each of a plurality of features within the shrunk pattern, and snapping the centerline for each of the plurality of features to a grid. The grid represents a minimum resolution size of a mask fabrication tool. The method further includes, after snapping the centerline for each of the plurality of features to the grid, fabricating the mask with the shrunk pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi-Ta Lu, Chi-Ming Tsai
  • Patent number: 12254259
    Abstract: A discrete multi-row height cell in a hybrid row-height system with a plurality of rows of at least two different row-heights is disclosed. The discrete multi-row height cell includes: a first sub-cell deployed on a first row with a first row-height; a second sub-cell deployed on a second row with a second row-height, wherein the second row and the first row is separated by a third row with a third row-height, wherein the third row-height is different from the first row-height, wherein the first sub-cell and the second sub-cell are electrically connected by at least a wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Hung-Chih Ou, Wen-Hao Chen, Chun-Yao Ku
  • Patent number: 12242785
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for controlling or monitoring a wide variety of target hardware, which may use various interfaces and protocols, via non-customized software, without requiring additional software to interface between the non-customized software and the target hardware. An application repository can include a variety of software applications available to end users. An end user may request one or more such applications, and specify target hardware controlled or monitored by the applications. The app repository can then generate a hardware configuration template, corresponding to a configuration of a field-programmable hardware layer on a bridge device of the end user, which routes data between inputs and outputs of the target hardware and a memory on the bridge device. The template and applications can then be provisioned on the bridge device, such that the applications can execute to control and monitor the target hardware via interaction with the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Ectron Corporation
    Inventor: Gautam Kavipurapu
  • Patent number: 12244156
    Abstract: A system for ensuring the integrity of the enclosure of a wireless power transmitter. The enclosure of the transmitter comprises a window in order to allow a high-power beam to exit the transmitter. The window is equipped with an area which reflects at least a portion of the beam, and directs the reflected beam onto a detector. Thus the system can ascertain whether the window is undamaged, since if the detector is receiving a satisfactory portion of the beam, then it is indicative of an undamaged window. This advantageously prevents dangerous beam generated damage which may be caused if the exit window of the transmitter is damaged. The laser beam is preferably circularly polarized before exiting the transmitter to prevent dangerous laser damage caused by the reflections of the maximum of the P or S polarization components, which may occur with linearly polarized beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Wi-Charge Ltd.
    Inventors: Ortal Alpert, Yoav Biderman, Ori Mor, Omer Nahmias, Lior Golan, Ran Sagi, Zohar Levin, Alexander Slepoy, Yan Rosh, Eyal Conforti
  • Patent number: 12237704
    Abstract: A battery management system includes an electronic device including a battery and a management server connected to the electronic device via a network. The electronic device transmits battery information, including information indicating the battery status, to the management server. The management server accumulates the battery information received from the electronic device in a storage. The management server predicts the current status of the battery of the electronic device based on the battery information of the electronic device, and transmits control information for the battery control of the electronic device to the electronic device based on a prediction result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junya Kamijima
  • Patent number: 12227099
    Abstract: There is provided a power supply device that supplies electric power to a motor-driven vehicle including a power storage device through one of wireless supply of electric power using a wireless system and wired supply of electric power using a wired system to the motor-driven vehicle. The power supply device includes a processor configured to perform control for recommending the supply of electric power using the wired system as a power supply system for the motor-driven vehicle when information on a disaster is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Watanabe, Kizuku Yamada, Masaki Ito, Sakiko Yoshida, Yuki Takahashi, Tomonori Imamura
  • Patent number: 12223250
    Abstract: A method includes generating an integrated circuit (IC) layout design and manufacturing an IC based on the IC layout design. Generating the IC layout design includes generating a pattern of a first shallow trench isolation (STI) region and a pattern of a through substrate via (TSV) region within the first STI region; a pattern of a second STI region surrounding the first STI region, the second STI region includes a first and second layout region, the second layout region being separated from the first STI region by the first layout region, first active regions of a group of dummy devices being defined within the first layout region, and second active regions of a group of active devices being defined within the second layout region; and patterns of first gates of the group of dummy devices in the first layout region, each of the first active regions having substantially identical dimension in a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Chia Hu, Ming-Fa Chen, Sen-Bor Jan, Meng-Wei Chiang
  • Patent number: 12214184
    Abstract: In an implanted medical device system, an internal controller, external power transmitter and methods for performing battery conditioning are disclosed. According to one aspect, an internal controller includes processing circuitry configured to cause conditioning of an internal battery of the internal controller responsive to a direction from an external power transmitter in radio communication with the internal controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Joel B. Artmann, Bo Zhang, Eric A. Schilling, David I. Siegfried, Stephen M. Nelson
  • Patent number: 12214686
    Abstract: The present invention reduces the possibility that a connector for charging cannot be appropriately inserted into a power feeding port of an electric automobile. The information processing device identifies a position of a power feeding port provided in an electric automobile and controls an arm portion, on the basis of a result of identification, so as to move a connector to a position facing the power feeding port. The information processing device controls the arm portion so as to insert the connector into the power feeding port. At this time, the information processing device controls the arm portion, on the basis of a value detected by a force sensor, so that a force along a direction other than an insertion direction in which the connector is inserted and/or a torque have/has a magnitude not greater than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikane Tanaami, Koji Ito
  • Patent number: 12212176
    Abstract: A battery management system according to the present disclosure is for a battery connected in parallel to a smoothing capacitor through a high side power line and a low side power line. The battery management system includes a discharge control switch connected between a first node and a second node of the low side power line, a temperature sensing circuit including a thermistor, wherein a first terminal of the thermistor is connected to the first node, a precharge switch connected to a precharge power line between a second terminal of the thermistor to the second node, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to turn off the discharge control switch and turn on the precharge switch, for precharging of the smoothing capacitor, when the control unit receives a key-on signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Jin Noh, Seog-Jin Yoon, Won-Hoe Lee
  • Patent number: 12202363
    Abstract: The invention relates to the technical field of vehicle charging, and particularly provides a vehicle charging port mounting assembly and a vehicle. The invention aims to solve the problem that existing charging port components have a poor design of mounting structure and thus cannot well meet the usage requirements. To this end, the vehicle charging port mounting assembly of the invention comprises a body side outer panel, a charging port component, a charging port mounting component, a rear wheel cover outer panel and a rear wheel cover outer panel reinforcing plate, wherein the charging port mounting component comprises a mounting bracket and an accommodation support member which is provided with an accommodation chamber, the mounting bracket being disposed in the accommodation chamber and fixedly connected to the accommodation support member, and the accommodation support member being disposed between the body side outer panel and the rear wheel cover outer panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: NIO TECHNOLOGY (ANHUI) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yuxuan Liu, Hongli Wang, Ming Cheng, Xiaohua Liu, Wenhui Shi
  • Patent number: 12204833
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed synthesis of network, such as a network-on-chip (NoC). The network is initially synthesized. In accordance with various embodiments and aspects of the invention, a tool is used to synthesize and generate the NoC from a set of constraints. The tool produces consistent results between different synthesis runs, which have slight varying constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ARTERIS, INC.
    Inventors: Moez Cherif, Benoit De Lescure
  • Patent number: 12197840
    Abstract: A technique for convergence verification including receiving a data object representation of a first circuit block, receiving one or more assumptions associated with the first circuit block, identifying a synchronization scheme coupled to a port of the first circuit block, determining that the synchronization scheme is within a threshold flip-flop depth, identifying, based on the determination that the synchronization scheme is within the threshold flip-flop depth, a type of the synchronization scheme and a flip-flop depth between the synchronization scheme and the port, generating first convergence information for the first circuit block based on the identified type and flip-flop depth of the synchronization scheme, and outputting the generated convergence information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Sudhakar Surendran, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
  • Patent number: 12187155
    Abstract: Swap stations for switching power batteries of electric vehicles are provided. The swap stations include: an identification and battery handling unit performing vehicle acceptance, vehicle identification, cap opening and battery identification operations, a transport and control unit sending continue process command for a certain station, a full battery conveyor belt carrying a full battery from a full battery storage to a vehicle, an empty battery conveyor belt carrying an empty battery from an empty battery storage to the vehicle, the full battery storage, the empty battery storage, an electrical panel ensuring a controlled and safe operation of an electrical installation, a main PLC ensuring controlling of all operations, a battery replacement automation unit providing disassembly and movement operations, a transmission line unit, a battery replacement belt and automation unit, located within the transport and control unit, and a battery charge controller controlling a charge status of batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: T.C. PIRI REIS UNIVERSITESI
    Inventor: Tolunay Kayaarasi