Patents by Inventor Derek Paul

Derek Paul has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260088393
    Abstract: A battery pack including a plurality of battery modules, each battery module including a plurality of battery cells, a coolant inlet, and a coolant outlet; a coolant manifold plate for supplying and return coolant to and from the battery modules, the coolant manifold plate including: a wall of the battery pack; a vertical coolant rail; a plurality of horizontal coolant rails, wherein the plurality of horizontal rails are parallel with one another and perpendicular to the vertical rail, the vertical coolant rail supplies coolant to each of the plurality of horizontal coolant rails, and the manifold plate supports each battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Applicant: PROTERRA POWERED, LLC
    Inventors: DUYBAO DAO, DUSTIN GRACE, DEREK PAUL
  • Patent number: 9187131
    Abstract: An impact protection structure for a vehicle impacting a blunt-object barrier includes a support structure of the vehicle, an energy absorbing rail coupled to the support structure, and a localized energy dissipation structure. The energy absorbing rail extends an energy absorbing rail length and includes a plurality of lumens. The localized energy dissipation structure extends a localized energy dissipation structure length less than the energy absorbing rail length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Richard Young, Donald James Robert Parr, Ernest Matthew Villanueva, Derek Paul
  • Publication number: 20140049070
    Abstract: An impact protection structure for a vehicle impacting a blunt-object barrier includes a support structure of the vehicle, an energy absorbing rail coupled to the support structure, and a localized energy dissipation structure. The energy absorbing rail extends an energy absorbing rail length and includes a plurality of lumens. The localized energy dissipation structure extends a localized energy dissipation structure length less than the energy absorbing rail length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicants: Tesla Motor, Inc., Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Richard Young, Donald James Robert Parr, Ernest Matthew Villanueva, Derek Paul
  • Patent number: 8608230
    Abstract: An impact protection structure for a vehicle impacting a blunt-object barrier includes a support structure of the vehicle, an energy absorbing rail coupled to the support structure, and a localized energy dissipation structure. The energy absorbing rail extends an energy absorbing rail length and includes a plurality of lumens. The localized energy dissipation structure extends a localized energy dissipation structure length less than the energy absorbing rail length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Tesla Motor, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Richard Young, Donald James Robert Parr, Ernest Matthew Villanueva, Derek Paul
  • Publication number: 20130270864
    Abstract: An impact protection structure for a vehicle impacting a blunt-object barrier includes a support structure of the vehicle, an energy absorbing rail coupled to the support structure, and a localized energy dissipation structure. The energy absorbing rail extends an energy absorbing rail length and includes a plurality of lumens. The localized energy dissipation structure extends a localized energy dissipation structure length less than the energy absorbing rail length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicants: Tesla Motor Inc., Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Richard Young, Donald James Robert Parr, Ernest Matthew Villanueva, Derek Paul
  • Patent number: 8042852
    Abstract: A garnish for a vehicle body including a plastic exterior skin and a metal reinforcement member. The garnish is installed on the vehicle for coating or painting and then the garnish and the vehicle body are sent through a bake oven to cure the coating or paint. After exposure to the bake oven, the garnish is removed from the vehicle body for installation of a headlight assembly. The garnish is then reinstalled on the vehicle body after the headlight assembly is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Onuma, Mark Kralevich, Aron Madsen, Derek Paul
  • Patent number: 7726717
    Abstract: A garnish for a vehicle body including a plastic exterior skin and a metal reinforcement member. The garnish is installed on the vehicle for coating or painting and then the garnish and the vehicle body are sent through a bake oven to cure the coating or paint. After exposure to the bake oven, the garnish is removed from the vehicle body for installation of a headlight assembly. The garnish is then reinstalled on the vehicle body after the headlight assembly is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Onuma, Mark Kralevich, Aron Madsen, Derek Paul
  • Publication number: 20090302627
    Abstract: A garnish for a vehicle body including a plastic exterior skin and a metal reinforcement member. The garnish is installed on the vehicle for coating or painting and then the garnish and the vehicle body are sent through a bake oven to cure the coating or paint. After exposure to the bake oven, the garnish is removed from the vehicle body for installation of a headlight assembly. The garnish is then reinstalled on the vehicle body after the headlight assembly is installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Onuma, Mark Kralevich, Aron Madsen, Derek Paul
  • Publication number: 20090160218
    Abstract: A garnish for a vehicle body including a plastic exterior skin and a metal reinforcement member. The garnish is installed on the vehicle for coating or painting and then the garnish and the vehicle body are sent through a bake oven to cure the coating or paint. After exposure to the bake oven, the garnish is removed from the vehicle body for installation of a headlight assembly. The garnish is then reinstalled on the vehicle body after the headlight assembly is installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Onuma, Mark Kralevich, Aron Madsen, Derek Paul