Patents Examined by Suresh Memula
  • Patent number: 11681231
    Abstract: A method for selecting an optimal set of locations for a measurement or feature on a substrate, the method includes: defining a first candidate solution of locations, defining a second candidate solution with locations based on modification of a coordinate in a solution domain of the first candidate solution, and selecting the first and/or second candidate solution as the optimal solution according to a constraint associated with the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Pierluigi Frisco, Svetla Petrova Matova, Jochem Sebastiaan Wildenberg
  • Patent number: 11660965
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a battery, an electric power acquirer, a relay, a power supply unit, and a controller. The controller is able to switch a mode of electric power transmission to a direct transmission mode on the first condition that electric power is transmitted from the electric power acquirer to the battery and the power supply unit is in continuous operation or starts up. The direct transmission mode includes that the relay is in a disconnected state and electric power is transmitted from the electric power acquirer to the power supply unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Moriya, Kazuya Fuke
  • Patent number: 11662479
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may access design data of a printed circuit board to be produced by a manufacturing process. The system may determine one or more corrections for the design data of the printed circuit board based on one or more correction rules for correcting one or more parameters associated with the printed circuit board. The system may automatically adjust one or more of the parameters associated with the design data of the printed circuit board based on the one or more corrections. The adjusted parameters may be associated with an impedance of the printed circuit board. The one or more corrections may cause the impendence of the printed circuit board to be independent from layer thickness variations of the printed circuit board to be produced by the manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Bruker Nano, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lewis Adler, Freddie Erich Babian, Scott Joseph Jewler
  • Patent number: 11657201
    Abstract: A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer usable medium includes a sequence of instructions causing at least one processor to execute a method of identification of useful untested states of an electronic design. A computer receives a representation of said electronic design comprised at least in part of at least one analog portion, at least one specification of said electronic design, at least one manufacturing process variation of said at least one analog portion of said electronic design and at least one functional variation of said at least one analog portion of said electronic design. At least one set of valid states delimited by one of said at least one specification, said at least one manufacturing process variation and said at least one functional variation is then generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: ZIPALOG, INC.
    Inventors: Felicia James, Michael Krasnicki
  • Patent number: 11641119
    Abstract: A method for detecting a bad contact of a charging cable comprises: measuring a cooling fluid temperature of a cooling fluid flowing through the charging cable; measuring a connector base temperature of a connector base of the charging cable, which connector base carries an electrical contact element of the charging cable; estimating a contact temperature of the electrical contact element by determining the contact temperature from a difference of the connector base temperature and the cooling fluid temperature; and deciding presence of a bad contact, when the estimated contact temperature is higher than a threshold temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: ABB E-MOBILITY B.V.
    Inventors: Wiebe Zoon, Matteo Bortolato
  • Patent number: 11634041
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an access cover detection circuit for an electrified vehicle component and a corresponding method. An exemplary component of an electrified vehicle includes an access cover configured to selectively open and close relative to the component, and a circuit configured to indicate whether the access cover is open. The circuit includes a light sensitive electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Sturza, Philip Michael Gonzales, Abdul Lateef, Charles Honick, Stephanie Singer, Suriyaprakash Ayyangar Janarthanam
  • Patent number: 11636248
    Abstract: An IC layout diagram generation system includes a processor and a non-transitory, computer readable storage medium including computer program code for one or more programs. The non-transitory, computer readable storage medium and the computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the system to align a border segment of a cell at a predetermined location relative to a plurality of second metal layer tracks, position the cell relative to a first metal layer cut region alignment pattern based on the plurality of second metal layer tracks, overlap the cell with a first metal layer cut region based on the first metal layer cut region alignment pattern, and generate an IC layout diagram of an IC device based on the cell and the first metal layer cut region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Chan Yang, Ting Yu Chen, Li-Chun Tien, Fong-Yuan Chang
  • Patent number: 11630152
    Abstract: Techniques facilitating determination and correction of physical circuit event related errors of a hardware design are provided. A system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a simulation component that injects a fault into a latch and a combination of logic of an emulated hardware design. The fault can be a biased fault injection that can mimic an error caused by a physical circuit event error vulnerability. The computer executable components can also comprise an observation component that determines one or more paths of the emulated hardware design that are vulnerable to physical circuit event related errors based on the biased fault injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pradip Bose, Alper Buyuktosunoglu, Schuyler Eldridge, Karthik V. Swaminathan, Yazhou Zu
  • Patent number: 11630938
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide for failure mode analysis of a circuit design, which can be used as part of electronic design automation (EDA). In particular, some embodiments provide for failure mode analysis of a circuit design by determining a set of functional primitives of a circuit design component (e.g., cell at gate level) that contribute to a root cause logic for a specific failure mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefano Lorenzini, Antonino Armato
  • Patent number: 11603004
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for setting at least one communication parameter of a communication module (28) of a charging station (10), used for communication, in particular wired communication, via an interface (18) of the charging station (10). The invention addresses the problem of enabling the at least one communication parameter to be set in the simplest manner possible, with significant reliability and great security. It is proposed according to the invention that: —a calibration device (56) is coupled to the interface (18), —authentication data is transmitted from the calibration device (56) to the communication module (28), —a value for the at least one communication parameter is transmitted from the calibration device (56) to the communication module (28), and—the at least one communication parameter is set by the communication module (28) depending on an evaluation of the authentication data by the communication module (28) according to the value transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Sebastian Bode, Albert Krenz, Klaus-Peter Linzmaier
  • Patent number: 11597286
    Abstract: This specification describes a charging apparatus for use in an electric vehicle charging system which comprises an AC charging circuit connected to an AC power source, a DC charging circuit connected to a DC power source or the AC power source, the charging apparatus comprising: a first switch; a second switch; and a charging cable comprising a plurality of power lines, wherein each of the first switch and the second switch comprises a plurality of poles and a plurality of sets of contacts, wherein the plurality of poles corresponds to the plurality of power lines of the charging cable, the first switch is configured to move the plurality of poles of the first switch between a first position wherein the plurality of power lines of the charging cable is connected to a first set of contacts of the first switch connected to the AC charging circuit, and a second position wherein the plurality of power lines of the charging cable is not connected to the first set of contacts of the first switch connected to the A
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ENTRUST SMART HOME MICROGRID LTD
    Inventor: Xiongwei Liu
  • Patent number: 11588330
    Abstract: A method for controlling an energy terminal, comprises determining a metric indicating a future availability of an energy resource at an energy terminal based on usage data associated to use of the energy resource by the energy terminal, generating control data to control the distribution of the energy resource between the energy terminal and an energy infrastructure based on the metric, and communicating the control data to the energy terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: A.T. KEARNEY LIMITED
    Inventor: John Lindup
  • Patent number: 11588402
    Abstract: The present technology relates to systems and methods for rapidly charging a battery of a device when the device is attached to an AC adapter. Some embodiments of the present disclosure describe an activation circuit in an AC adaptor and a detection circuit in a downstream device that cooperatively ensure optimal power delivery. Some embodiments of the present disclosure describe a device with a system load, a battery, and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to provide the battery with a charging current of Ibat=Imax?Isys when the device is in a USB compliant mode of operation and a charging current of Ibat=Imax when the device is connected to an AC adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: FUNDAMENTAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventor: Dusan Veselic
  • Patent number: 11584245
    Abstract: A charging socket for a power supply arrangement for supplying a motor vehicle with electrical energy via a conductive plug connection has at least one electrical mating contact for conductively contacting a contact of a charging station. The electrical mating contact is displaceably mounted with respect to a central longitudinal axis of the charging socket in the radial direction between a first mating contact position and a second mating contact position different from the first mating contact position, wherein the charging socket has an adjusting ring which is mounted rotatably about the central longitudinal axis and has at least one adjustment ramp which, in a first angular position of the adjusting ring, permits a displacement of the electrical mating contact into the first mating contact position and, in a second angular position of the adjusting ring, pushes the electrical mating contact into the second mating contact position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Alexander Kupfer, Ilias Gkoumas, Hardo Tumm
  • Patent number: 11581757
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a wireless power transmitter includes a charging surface, a transmitting antenna configured to generate an electromagnetic field extending above the charging surface, a sensing array disposed between the transmitting antenna and the charging surface, and a controller coupled to the sensing array. The sensing array includes a plurality of sensors. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to generate a respective signal indicative of a strength of the electromagnetic field. The controller is configured to detect a presence of a metallic object, other than a receiving antenna of a power receiver, in the electromagnetic field based on the respective signal generated by one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SPARK CONNECTED LLC
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Kenneth Moore
  • Patent number: 11571979
    Abstract: A rapidly deployable electric vehicle (EV) charging station and components thereof are disclosed herein. The rapidly deployable electric vehicle charging station is connected to a distribution point on an electrical grid. In one embodiment, the rapidly deployable electric vehicle charging station includes an elevated platform having a top surface and a bottom surface and opposing sides, and at least one beam spanning between the opposing sides and affixed to the bottom surface of the platform. The rapidly deployable electric vehicle charging station includes an electric vehicle charging dispenser coupled to the top surface of the elevated platform. A plurality of cable blocks spanning between the platform and the electrical distribution point, wherein the cable blocks house electrical cabling extending from the electrical distribution point to the electric vehicle charging dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventors: Cameron Flynn, Catherine Radford Zoi
  • Patent number: 11574104
    Abstract: An electronic design flow generates an electronic architectural design layout for analog circuitry from a schematic diagram. The electronic design flow assigns analog circuits of the schematic diagram to various categories of analog circuits. The electronic design flow places various analog standard cells corresponding to these categories of analog circuits into analog placement sites assigned to the analog circuits. These analog standard cells have a uniform cell height which allows these analog standard cells to be readily connected or merged to digital standard cells which decreases the area of the electronic architectural design layout. This uniformity in height between these analog standard cells additionally provides a more reliable yield when compared to non-uniform analog standard cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Ting Lu, Chih-Chiang Chang, Chung-Peng Hsieh, Chung-Chieh Yang, Yung-Chow Peng, Yung-Shun Chen, Tai-Yi Chen, Nai Chen Cheng
  • Patent number: 11574763
    Abstract: A coil component includes a body having both end surfaces opposing each other in a length direction; a support substrate disposed in the body; a coil portion disposed on the support substrate in a width direction of the body, and including first and second lead-out portions each exposed to a first surface and a second surface of the body opposing each other in a thickness direction of the body, respectively, and disposed on the support substrate; and first and second external electrodes disposed on the first surface of the body, spaced apart from each other, and connected to one ends of the first and second lead-out portions exposed to the first surface of the body, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Il Park, In Suk Kim, Young Sun Kim, Sung Hee Kim, In Young Kang
  • Patent number: 11560063
    Abstract: A charging connector control system may include a charging control unit of a charging equipment for supplying a control signal for charging; and a vehicle control unit for changing a sensing control signal to a normal control signal by executing a variable resistor control according to whether the sensing control signal, which is generated by sensing the control signal transmitted through a charging connector for connecting the charging equipment and a vehicle, is normal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kyu-Beom Ko, Ik-Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 11562850
    Abstract: A coil component includes a body, a support substrate embedded in the body, a coil portion including first and second lead-out portions disposed on one surface of a support substrate and spaced apart from each other, slit portions formed along edge portions between both end surfaces of the body, opposing each other, and a first surface of the body, respectively, and exposing the first and second lead-out portions to internal surfaces of the slit portions, respectively, plating prevention portions embedded in the first and second lead-out portions, respectively, and having first surfaces exposed to the internal surfaces of the slit portions, respectively, and first and second external electrodes disposed on the first surface of the body, spaced apart from each other, extending to the internal surfaces of the slit portions, respectively, and connected to the first and second lead-out portions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Soo Kang, Seung Mo Lim, Seung Min Lee, Byeong Cheol Moon, Yong Hui Li, Ju Hwan Yang