Patents Examined by Thiem D Phan
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Patent number: 12272997Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for reshaping one or more conductor pieces arranged in a stator core, wherein a plurality of conductor pieces is arranged in the stator core, the conductor pieces being arranged on a plurality of circular paths running in a circumferential direction in rows which extend in a radial direction, and wherein the reshaping takes place in a free end of the conductor piece projecting out of the stator core.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co. KGInventor: Christoph Bäder
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Patent number: 12272788Abstract: A method for forming a bipolar solid-state battery includes preparing a mixture of gel precursor solution and solid electrolyte. The gel precursor includes a polymer, a first solvent, and a liquid electrolyte. The liquid electrolyte includes a second solvent, a lithium salt, and electrolyte additive. The method includes loading the mixture onto at least one of a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. Each of the first, second, and third electrodes includes a plurality of solid-state electroactive particles. The method includes removing at least a portion of the first solvent from the mixture to form a gel and positioning one of the first, second, and third electrodes with respect to another of the first, second, and third electrodes. The method includes applying a polymer blocker to a border of the first, second, or third electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Zhe Li, Meiyuan Wu, Yong Lu, Haijing Liu, Xiaochao Que
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Patent number: 12273050Abstract: An example electrostatic machine including a rotor stack comprising a plurality of a rotor plates each including a plurality of rotor electrodes positioned on each side of the rotor plate; and at least one rotor via comprising an electrical connection between the plurality of rotor electrodes on a first side of the rotor plate and the plurality of rotor electrodes on a second side of the rotor plate; and a stator stack comprising a plurality of stator plates, each including a plurality of stator electrodes positioned on each side of the stator plate; and at least one stator via comprising an electrical connection between the plurality of stator electrodes on a first side of the stator plate and the plurality of stator electrodes on a second side of the stator plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: C-MOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Justin Kyle Reed, Ryan Knippel, William D. Butrymowicz, Graham T. Reitz, Baoyun Ge, Daniel Colin Ludois, Aditya Nandakumar Ghule, Serge Kuro
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Patent number: 12272935Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rectangular conducting wire wherein insulating coating of rectangular conducting wire is removed by applying laser light the insulating coating, four planar portions on exterior of rectangular conducting wire are sequentially defined as a first, second, third, and fourth face portion, second corner portion is defined between second and third face portions, and fourth corner portion is defined between fourth and first face portions.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Hideharu Ushida, Michiharu Ikeda, Takaya Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Ono
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Patent number: 12273997Abstract: A wiring circuit board includes a base insulating layer, a conductive layer, and a metal protective film in order toward one side in a thickness direction. The conductive layer includes a signal wiring and a terminal continuous therewith. The signal wiring has one surface in the thickness direction, and first and second surfaces continuous with the one surface and disposed to face each other in a width direction. The terminal has one surface in the thickness direction, and the other surface disposed to face the one surface at the other side in the thickness direction at spaced intervals thereto. The other surface of the terminal is exposed from the base insulating layer toward the other side in the thickness direction. The metal protective film covers the one surface of the signal wiring and one surface of the terminal but not both first or second surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Rihito Fukushima, Hayato Takakura, Shuichi Wakaki
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Patent number: 12266753Abstract: A method of manufacturing a unit cell having a negative electrode, a separator, and a positive electrode are stacked and placed between guide rollers. One of the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The separator is coated with a binder, and the separator is dipped in a solvent to soften a cured binder before the separator is put between the guide rollers. An apparatus for manufacturing a unit cell includes a reservoir in which at least two or more transfer rollers that rotate while the separator passes therethrough are mounted, and a solvent is stored at a predetermined level; and a chamber into which the separator passing through a reservoir is put together with the positive electrode and the negative electrode. Guide rollers are disposed so that the negative electrode and the positive electrode move to both surfaces of the separator, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Byeong Kyu Lee, Su Taek Jung, Soon Kwan Kwon, Hyun Kyung Shin, Won Nyeon Kim, Seong Won Choi
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Patent number: 12266756Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode assembly comprises: a primary stack manufacturing step in which a first electrode and a second electrode are alternately stacked with a separator on a top surface of a table; a secondary stack manufacturing step in which the first electrode and the second electrode are alternately stacked with the separator on the primary stack so that the second electrode is stacked to be disposed at the lowermost end; a stack rotating step in which the primary stack and the secondary stack are rotated together at an angle of 180° to change positions of the primary stack and the secondary stack; and an electrode assembly manufacturing step in which the first electrode and the second electrode are alternately stacked with the separator on the primary stack so that the second electrode is stacked to be disposed at the lowermost end to manufacture a tertiary stack.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Tai Joon Seo, Dong Hun Song, Chun Ho Kwon, Tai Jin Jung
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Patent number: 12255007Abstract: A coil component includes a core including a winding core portion and a first flange portion, a first wire and a second wire that are wound around the winding core portion in the same direction, and a first terminal electrode that is disposed on the first flange portion and that is connected to a first end portion of the first wire. The shape of an outer edge of the first terminal electrode includes a convex curve.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshifumi Maki, Reiichi Matsuba, Takashi Sukegawa, Yasuhiro Itani, Takanori Suzuki, Yuuki Kitadai
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Patent number: 12251878Abstract: The disclosure belongs to the technical field of additive manufacturing, and discloses a flexible piezoelectric sensor based on 4D printing. The sensor includes a magnetic part and a conductive part, wherein: the conductive part includes two substrates disposed opposite to each other and a spiral structure disposed between the two substrates. Both the two substrates and the spiral structure are made of conductive metal materials. The magnetic part has a flexible porous structure and is arranged between the two substrates to generate a magnetic field. When the two substrates are subjected to external pressure, the spiral structure and the magnetic part are compressed simultaneously, the magnetic flux passing through the spiral structure changes, and the voltage of the two substrates changes, by measuring the voltage change of the two substrates to reflect the change of external pressure, the pressure measuring process is achieved.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Chunze Yan, Hongzhi Wu, Bin Su, Yusheng Shi
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Patent number: 12255505Abstract: A method for manufacturing a motor core includes a step of manufacturing a motor core by performing melt-cutting on an electrical steel sheet using heat input from a surface, the electrical steel sheet having an average thermal conductivity in depth positions from the surface to one-third depth of a sheet thickness lower than a thermal conductivity in a middle position in a sheet thickness direction by 30% or greater.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Souichiro Yoshizaki, Kunihiro Senda, Yoshiaki Zaizen, Yukino Miyamoto
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Patent number: 12252826Abstract: A method of preparing an electret by saturating a nonwoven fabric with a liquid, such as water, and removing the liquid via suction to generate charges by friction between the fabric fibers and the liquid is described. The saturating can be carried out, for example, by impinging the bottom side of the fabric with a jet or jets of water while the fabric is being pulled under a solid roller. Excess water can also be applied during a water quenching step of a meltblowing or spunbonding process. An apparatus for preparing an electret according to the presently disclosed methods is also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: University of Tennessee Research FoundationInventor: Peter Ping-Yi Tsai
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Patent number: 12240348Abstract: A device for substituting a spent battery with a fully charged battery in AGV and AMR robots and recharging the spent battery includes a supporting assembly, a detection assembly, a driving assembly, and a locking assembly. The supporting assembly 10 carries a battery. The driving assembly drives the battery to move into a position in the supporting assembly according to signals of the detection assembly and the locking assembly, to complete automatic replacement and installation process of the fresh battery. Battery replacement and installation process can be completed automatically, work efficiency is improved, and labor intensity of staff is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignees: Futaijing Precision Electronics (Yantai) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yen-Chen Chen
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Patent number: 12237735Abstract: The present disclosure provides a potting method of a coreless motor, a potting tooling thereof, and a coreless motor. Wherein the potting method includes the steps of providing a stator assembly and a housing, wherein the housing is sleeved on an outer wall of the stator assembly; providing a potting tooling, wherein the potting tooling includes a first potting fixture and a second potting fixture; inserting the first potting fixture into one end of the housing in an axial direction and inserting the second potting fixture into the other end of the housing in an axial direction to form a potting space; injecting glue into the potting space to form an encapsulation layer to encapsulate the stator assembly on the inner wall of the housing. With the potting method of the present disclosure, so as to improve the stability of the stator assembly in the potting process.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2024Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: SUZHOU HEARTHILL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Liwei Han, Xiaotian Tan, Wenji Geng, Xiaoshen Yan
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Patent number: 12226263Abstract: An electrode lead is provided having a distal side and a circumferential surface, the electrode lead comprising a plurality of interlocked filaments having a conductive core coated with a nonconductive coating and at least one 3D distinct conductive mass at the distal end, wherein the filaments in the conductive mass are having an exposed conductive core and wherein a portion of the filaments with the exposed conductive core are disposed on the circumferential surface. The 3d pattern of spaced-apart regions along or within the electrode lead, each one is a network of spaced-apart conductive segments determining together critical parameters of: directionality of the region and electrical property of the region.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: SENSO MEDICAL LABS LTD.Inventor: Maroun Farah
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Patent number: 12226801Abstract: The teachings of the present disclosure enable the manufacture of one or more piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (PMUTs) having a resonant frequency of a specific target value and/or substantially matched resonant frequencies. In accordance with the present disclosure, a flexible membrane of a PMUT is modified to impart a desired parameter profile for stiffness and/or mass to tune its resonant frequency to a target value. The desired parameter profile is achieved by locally removing or adding material to regions of one or more layers of the flexible membrane to alter its geometric dimensions and/or density. In some embodiments, material is added or removed non-uniformly across the structural layer to realize a material distribution that more strongly affects membrane stiffness than mass. In some embodiments, material having a specific residual stress is added to, and/or removed from, the membrane to define a desired modal stiffness for the membrane.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2024Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: InvenSense, Inc.Inventors: Stefon Shelton, Fabian Goericke, Benedict Costello
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Patent number: 12224562Abstract: A peeling device for a resin layer coating a rectangular wire in which an outer side of a metal conductor having a rectangular shape in cross section is coated with the resin layer, including a processing blade configured to peel off the resin layer, a jig configured to hold the rectangular wire, and a position detection means configured to detect a position of a cutting edge of the processing blade with respect to a surface of the metal conductor, in which the cutting edge of the processing blade is caused to penetrate into a predetermined thickness position of the resin layer, and the processing blade and the rectangular wire are relatively moved in a longitudinal direction of the rectangular wire without contact of the cutting edge with the metal conductor to perform treatment of peeling off the resin layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: ESSEX FURUKAWA MAGNET WIRE JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventor: Keisuke Atsumi
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Patent number: 12220115Abstract: A powered medical device includes electronic components on a circuit board embedded within the body of a plug for connecting the device with a control apparatus. The medical device may be repaired or refurbished without the need to access the embedded circuit board through the use of a supplemental circuit board installed into the open end of the plug adjacent the plug pins. The supplemental circuit board may include a variety of electronic components, including fuses or non-volatile memory.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Medline Industries, LPInventors: Richard Walton, Harold D. Pogue, Richard L. McCulley, Jr., James Patrick Wiggins
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Patent number: 12212110Abstract: A method for assembling a cable connector which has an outer conductor part, and insulating part and an electrical cable that is prefabricated with an inner conductor part. In a first method step, the insulating part is introduced into the outer conductor part by relative movement between the insulating part and the outer conductor part. In a second method step, before or at least partially during the first method step, the electrical cable is prefabricated to have an inner conductor part secured on an inner conductor of the cable. In a third method step, during or after the first method step, the prefabricated cable is introduced into the insulating part up to a defined axial terminal position. The positions of the inner conductor part, the outer conductor part and/or the insulating part are fixed relative to each other by compressing the outer conductor part at least partly.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Martin Zebhauser, Till Bredbeck
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Patent number: 12212252Abstract: An example system including an electrostatic machine including a rotor plate comprising a plurality of rotor electrodes, and rotatably fixed to a shaft configured to rotate about an axis; a stator plate comprising a plurality of stator electrodes, and rotatably fixed to a housing defining the rotor plate, the stator plate, and at least a portion of the shaft; an excitation circuit electrically; a controller, comprising: a rotor feedback circuit structured to interpret a voltage response value; a rotor position characterizing circuit structured to determine a voltage injection value; and a rotor position circuit structured to determine a calibrated rotor position value in response to the rotor position value; and wherein the excitation circuit is responsive to the voltage injection value to inject a voltage on at least one of the plurality of rotor electrodes or stator electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: C-MOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Justin Kyle Reed, Graham T. Reitz, Baoyun Ge, Daniel Colin Ludois, Aditya Nandakumar Ghule, Serge Kuro
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Patent number: 12207900Abstract: An electromagnetic (EM) probe for monitoring one or more biological tissues. The EM probe comprises a cup shaped cavity having an opening and an interior volume, a circumferential flange formed substantially around the cup shaped cavity, in proximity to the opening, at least one layer of a material, for absorbing electromagnetic radiation, applied over at least one of a portion of the circumferential flange and a portion of the outer surface of the cup shaped cavity, and at least one EM radiation element which performs at least one of emitting and capturing EM radiation via the interior volume.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Sensible Medical Innovations Ltd.Inventors: Amir Saroka, Benyamin Almog, Shlomi Bergida