Patents by Inventor Dorian Watkins West

Dorian Watkins West 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).

  • Method and apparatus for the external application of a battery pack adhesive
    Patent number: 8389142
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for simplifying battery pack assembly that allows inspection of the cell-to-housing bonding region is provided. In particular, a battery pack housing member is provided that includes an interior surface that partially defines the interior region of the battery pack and that includes a plurality of cell mounting wells and an exterior surface that includes a plurality of bonding wells. Adhesive introduced into the bonding wells forms a mechanical bond between an exterior surface of a cell introduced into an adjacent cell mounting well and the housing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Bryan Kreiner, Weston Arthur Hermann, Dorian Watkins West, Morgan Daniel Adis, Ernest Matthew Villanueva, Noel Jason Mendez, William Vucich Beecher
  • Method and apparatus for battery potting
    Patent number: 8173295
    Abstract: One embodiment includes a bottom clamshell and a top clamshell sandwiching a first battery and a second battery, with a fill port extending from a top surface of the top clamshell through to the bottom surface of the top clamshell and to a space between the first and second batteries. The embodiment includes a protrusion coupled to the top clamshell proximate to the fill port and extending into the space, wherein the protrusion at least partially occludes a direct path through the fill port to the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest Matthew Villanueva, Brian Charles Hewett, William Vucich Beecher, Dorian Watkins West, Scott Ira Kohn, Eugene Michael Berdichevsky
  • Method and apparatus for the external application of a battery pack adhesive
    Publication number: 20110076538
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for simplifying battery pack assembly that allows inspection of the cell-to-housing bonding region is provided. In particular, a battery pack housing member is provided that includes an interior surface that partially defines the interior region of the battery pack and that includes a plurality of cell mounting wells and an exterior surface that includes a plurality of bonding wells. Adhesive introduced into the bonding wells forms a mechanical bond between an exterior surface of a cell introduced into an adjacent cell mounting well and the housing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Bryan Kreiner, Weston Arthur Hermann, Dorian Watkins West, Morgan Daniel Adis, Ernest Matthew Villanueva, Noel Jason Mendez, William Vucich Beecher
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BATTERY POTTING
    Publication number: 20090023060
    Abstract: One embodiment includes a bottom clamshell and a top clamshell sandwiching a first battery and a second battery, with a fill port extending from a top surface of the top clamshell through to the bottom surface of the top clamshell and to a space between the first and second batteries. The embodiment includes a protrusion coupled to the top clamshell proximate to the fill port and extending into the space, wherein the protrusion at least partially occludes a direct path through the fill port to the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Ernest Matthew Villanueva, Brian Charles Hewett, William Vucich Beecher, Dorian Watkins West, Scott Ira Kohn, Eugene Michael Berdichevsky