Patents by Inventor Ernest Villanueva
Ernest Villanueva 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).
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Publication number: 20240059417Abstract: The system can include an on-board thermal management subsystem. The system 100 can optionally include an off-board (extravehicular) infrastructure subsystem. The on-board thermal management subsystem can include: a battery pack, one or more fluid loops, and an air manifold. The system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable components.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Robert Lynn, Ernest Villanueva, Nathaniel Martin, JoeBen Bevirt, Jonathan Wagner, Kevin Witt, Brian Uznanski, Austin Newman
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Patent number: 11794905Abstract: The system can include an on-board thermal management subsystem. The system 100 can optionally include an off-board (extravehicular) infrastructure subsystem. The on-board thermal management subsystem can include: a battery pack, one or more fluid loops, and an air manifold. The system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable components.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: JOBY AERO, INC.Inventors: Robert Lynn, Ernest Villanueva, Nathaniel Martin, Joeben Bevirt, Jonathan Wagner, Kevin Witt, Brian Uznanski, Austin Newman
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Publication number: 20230299382Abstract: A battery cell that includes a plurality of anodes and a plurality of cathodes is provided. The battery cell has a pouch laminate disposed over the plurality of anodes and the plurality of cathodes along with a temperature control mechanism centrally located within the pouch laminate. The temperature control mechanism is disposed between anodes of the plurality of anodes and cathodes of the plurality of cathodes such that the temperature control mechanism is centrally located within battery cell. The temperature control mechanism can regulate a temperature of the battery cell while also regulate an amount of pressure applied to the plurality of anodes and cathodes. The temperature control mechanism can include passageways through which heat transfer fluid can pass that be used to regulate the temperature and the pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Marc Juzkow, Edward Thomas Sweet, Austin L. Newman, Pum Sang Cho, Ernest Villanueva, JoeBen Bevirt, Luigi Abbate, Jon Wagner
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Publication number: 20230299380Abstract: A battery interconnection system incorporating a temperature control mechanism having a first battery cell and a second battery cell is provided. The first battery cell has an electrically positive tab and an electrically negative tab. The second battery cell has an electrically positive tab and a electrically negative tab. The electrically positive tab of the first battery cell couples with the electrically positive tab of the second battery cell. Moreover, the electrically negative tab of the first battery cell couples with the electrically negative tab of the second battery cell. The first battery cell includes a cathode electrically coupled with the electrically positive tab of the first battery cell and the second battery cell includes a cathode electrically coupled with the electrically positive tab of the second battery cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Marc Juzkow, Edward Thomas Sweet, Austin L. Newman, Pum Sang Cho, Ernest Villanueva, JoeBen Bevirt, Luigi Abbate, Jon Wagner
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Patent number: 11597528Abstract: An aircraft includes a battery pack, an internal support structure to support the battery pack in the aircraft, a first bracket rigidly coupling the battery pack to the support structure, and a second bracket rotationally coupling the battery pack to the support structure. The first and second brackets may be located on opposite sides of the battery pack. The internal support structure may be located in a wing of the aircraft and the first and second brackets may be aligned in a fore-aft direction of the aircraft. The internal support structure may be located in a nacelle of the aircraft and the first and second brackets may be aligned along a transverse direction of the aircraft. The second bracket may include two hangers to support a mass of the battery pack in tension.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Joby Aero, Inc.Inventors: Ernest Villanueva, Austin Lawrence Newman, Michael Patrick Tucker, Robert Thodal, Christopher Cochran, Matthew Clyde Cusimano, Edward Stilson, Ahsan Mehmood
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Publication number: 20230015559Abstract: The battery thermal management system includes a battery pack, a circulation subsystem, and a heat exchanger. The system can optionally include a cooling system, a reservoir, a de-ionization filter, a battery charger, and a controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Ernest Villanueva, Nathaniel Martin, JoeBen Bevirt, Jonathan Wagner, Kevin Witt, Brian Uznanski, Austin Newman
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Patent number: 11548407Abstract: The battery thermal management system includes a battery pack, a circulation subsystem, and a heat exchanger. The system can optionally include a cooling system, a reservoir, a de-ionization filter, a battery charger, and a controller.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Joby Aero, Inc.Inventors: Ernest Villanueva, Nathaniel Martin, JoeBen Bevirt, Jonathan Wagner, Kevin Witt, Brian Uznanski, Austin Newman
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Publication number: 20220402622Abstract: An aircraft includes a battery pack, an internal support structure to support the battery pack in the aircraft, a first bracket rigidly coupling the battery pack to the support structure, and a second bracket rotationally coupling the battery pack to the support structure. The first and second brackets may be located on opposite sides of the battery pack. The internal support structure may be located in a wing of the aircraft and the first and second brackets may be aligned in a fore-aft direction of the aircraft. The internal support structure may be located in a nacelle of the aircraft and the first and second brackets may be aligned along a transverse direction of the aircraft. The second bracket may include two hangers to support a mass of the battery pack in tension.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Ernest Villanueva, Austin Lawrence Newman, Michael Patrick Tucker, Robert Thodal, Christopher Cochran, Matthew Clyde Cusimano, Edward Stilson, Ahsan Mehmood
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Patent number: 11479146Abstract: The battery thermal management system includes a battery pack, a circulation subsystem, and a heat exchanger. The system can optionally include a cooling system, a reservoir, a de-ionization filter, a battery charger, and a controller.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Joby Aero, Inc.Inventors: Ernest Villanueva, Nathaniel Martin, JoeBen Bevirt, Jonathan Wagner, Kevin Witt, Brian Uznanski, Austin Newman
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Publication number: 20220169394Abstract: The system can include an on-board thermal management subsystem. The system 100 can optionally include an off-board (extravehicular) infrastructure subsystem. The on-board thermal management subsystem can include: a battery pack, one or more fluid loops, and an air manifold. The system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable components.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Robert Lynn, Ernest Villanueva, Nathaniel Martin, JoeBen Bevirt, Jonathan Wagner, Kevin Witt, Brian Uznanski, Austin Newman
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Patent number: 11230384Abstract: The system can include an on-board thermal management subsystem. The system 100 can optionally include an off-board (extravehicular) infrastructure subsystem. The on-board thermal management subsystem can include: a battery pack, one or more fluid loops, and an air manifold. The system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable components.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Joby Aero, Inc.Inventors: Robert Lynn, Ernest Villanueva, Nathaniel Martin, JoeBen Bevirt, Jonathan Wagner, Kevin Witt, Brian Uznanski, Austin Newman
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Publication number: 20210391627Abstract: An aircraft includes a battery pack mounted inside the aircraft, a vent coupled between the battery pack and a surface of the aircraft to at least partly define a vent path between the battery pack and the surface of the aircraft, and a burst membrane located in the vent path. The vent may be coupled to a rear upper portion of a wing or to an outboard side of a nacelle. The aircraft may also include a flexible coupling between the vent and the surface of the aircraft. The aircraft may also include a fairing over a vent outlet to provide a smooth surface for the vent outlet. The battery pack may include battery modules and an enclosure, the battery modules and the enclosure defining paths along which discharge from a thermal event can flow towards the vent.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Ernest Villanueva, Austin Newman, Michael Tucker, Robert Thodal, Christopher Cochran, Matthew Cusimano, Edward Stilson, Ahsan Mehmood, Ted Sweet
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Publication number: 20210170908Abstract: The battery thermal management system includes a battery pack, a circulation subsystem, and a heat exchanger. The system can optionally include a cooling system, a reservoir, a de-ionization filter, a battery charger, and a controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Ernest Villanueva, Nathaniel Martin, JoeBen Bevirt, Jonathan Wagner, Kevin Witt, Brian Uznanski, Austin Newman
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Publication number: 20210162884Abstract: The battery thermal management system includes a battery pack, a circulation subsystem, and a heat exchanger. The system can optionally include a cooling system, a reservoir, a de-ionization filter, a battery charger, and a controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Ernest Villanueva, Nathaniel Martin, JoeBen Bevirt, Jonathan Wagner, Kevin Witt, Brian Uznanski, Austin Newman
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Patent number: 10960785Abstract: The battery thermal management system includes a battery pack, a circulation subsystem, and a heat exchanger. The system can optionally include a cooling system, a reservoir, a de-ionization filter, a battery charger, and a controller.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Joby Aero, Inc.Inventors: Ernest Villanueva, Nathaniel Martin, JoeBen Bevirt, Jonathan Wagner, Kevin Witt, Brian Uznanski, Austin Newman
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Publication number: 20210053689Abstract: The system can include an on-board thermal management subsystem. The system 100 can optionally include an off-board (extravehicular) infrastructure subsystem. The on-board thermal management subsystem can include: a battery pack, one or more fluid loops, and an air manifold. The system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable components.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Robert Lynn, Ernest Villanueva, Nathaniel Martin, JoeBen Bevirt, Jonathan Wagner, Kevin Witt, Brian Uznanski, Austin Newman
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Publication number: 20200339010Abstract: The battery thermal management system includes a battery pack, a circulation subsystem, and a heat exchanger. The system can optionally include a cooling system, a reservoir, a de-ionization filter, a battery charger, and a controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Ernest Villanueva, Nathaniel Martin, JoeBen Bevirt, Jonathan Wagner, Kevin Witt, Brian Uznanski, Austin Newman
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Publication number: 20170365895Abstract: An energy storage system includes multiple cells, a heat pipe, a first heat transfer channel, and a second heat transfer channel. Each cell has a first end with anode and cathode terminals and a second end opposite the first end with the multiple cells arranged so that the second ends are aligned. The heat pipe has a U-shape and includes an evaporation portion having a flat evaporation surface facing the second ends of the multiple cells, a first condensation portion oriented substantially perpendicular to the evaporation portion, and a second condensation portion oriented substantially perpendicular to the evaporation portion. The first condensation portion is at a first end of the evaporation portion and the second condensation portion is at a second end of the evaporation portion. The first heat transfer channel abuts the first condensation portion and the second heat transfer channel abuts the second condensation portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Robert C. Lane, Hae-Won Choi, Jeff Weintraub, Carlos Mario Aguirre, Mark Riegel, Orion A. King, Nathan Chidiac, Jon Wagner, Augusto E. Barton, Ernest Villanueva, David Rosenberg
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Patent number: 9761919Abstract: An energy storage system includes: multiple cells, each cell having a first end with anode and cathode terminals, and a second end opposite the first end, the cells arranged so that the second ends are aligned; for each of the cells, electrical connections coupled to the anode and cathode terminals at the first end; and a heat pipe having a flat evaporation surface facing the second ends.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Robert C. Lane, Hae-Won Choi, Jeff Weintraub, Carlos Mario Aguirre, Mark Riegel, Orion A. King, Nathan Chidiac, Jon Wagner, Augusto E. Barton, Ernest Villanueva, David Rosenberg
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Patent number: 9577227Abstract: A method includes: assembling a thermal-exchange tube in a module housing for an energy storage pack; assembling cells in the module housing, wherein the thermal-exchange tube runs between rows of the cells; applying an adhesive that affixes the cells and the thermal-exchange tube to the module housing; curing a first portion of the adhesive by radiation, wherein a second portion of the adhesive is shielded from the radiation by the cells or the thermal-exchange tube; and curing at least the second portion of the adhesive by a chemical cure mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.Inventors: Robert D. Sumpf, Ernest Villanueva, David E. Hegeman, Satvik Vipin Batavia, Ganesh Singh, Alex Prilutsky, Scott I. Kohn, Bruce P. Edwards, Peter Tennessen