Patents by Inventor Istaq Ahmed

Istaq Ahmed 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: 20250183402
    Abstract: A thermal management film for detecting and/or for regulating a temperature of an electrical device comprising at least one surface is described. Thermal management film is arranged to be abutted against the surface of the electrical device. The thermal management film has a substrate, a temperature sensing arrangement arranged on the substrate and configured to detect a temperature associated parameter at one or more areas on the film, and a temperature regulating arrangement arranged on the substrate and configured to regulate the temperature distribution across the film by selectively generating heat at one or more areas of said film and/or by selectively generating (a) cooling flux(es) at one or more areas of said film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sophie TINTIGNAC, Youngjin Choi, Istaq Ahmed
  • Publication number: 20240213515
    Abstract: A battery cell includes a wound electrode assembly arranged in a cell casing. The wound electrode assembly includes a positive electrode substrate on which a positive electrode active material is coated; a negative electrode substrate on which a negative electrode active material is coated; a separator positioned between the positive and negative electrode substrates, wherein the separator insulates a positive electrode from a negative electrode; and core portion of the wound electrode assembly. The core portion includes a through hole extending in a vertical direction of said battery cell, and wherein said through hole has a diameter in the range of 4 to 7 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Istaq AHMED, Sophie TINTIGNAC, Benjamin MCCARTHY, Youngjin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240204286
    Abstract: A computer system is provided. The computer system includes a processor device configured to determine a requested take-off of a parked electric vehicle; determine a battery temperature of at least one battery cell of the electric vehicle; determine an ambient temperature of the electric vehicle; determine a thermal activity state of at least one battery cell as the difference between the battery temperature and the ambient temperature; and prevent the requested take-off when the thermal activity state is above a predetermined thermal activity state threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Istaq AHMED
  • Publication number: 20240194970
    Abstract: A battery cell includes a cell casing, and an electrode assembly comprising a negative electrode and a positive electrode, and at least two insulating layers in a sandwich configuration. The negative electrode comprises a current collector and a negative electrode material coating arranged thereon, and has an outer vertical edge extending along a vertical axis, and which is facing said cell casing, wherein said outer vertical edge is attached to said cell casing by at least 80% of the length of the vertical edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Istaq AHMED, Alice HAMRIN, Sophie TINTIGNAC, Benjamin MCCARTHY, Youngjin CHOI, Soran SHAWN
  • Publication number: 20240109458
    Abstract: A method of determines one or more voltage threshold values for controlling a cooling of battery cells. The method includes determining, during e.g. charging of the battery cells, a charging voltage threshold value for starting or increasing a battery cell cooling, corresponding to a voltage across a reference set of battery cells at which a rate of change of temperature with respect to voltage of the reference set goes above a charging temperature rate threshold value. A method for using such one or more voltage threshold values for controlling a cooling of the battery cells, by comparing a measured voltage across the battery cells against the voltage threshold value(s) is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Istaq Ahmed, Alice Hamrin, Sophie Tintignac, Niladri Roy Chowdhury, Masood Tamadondar, Praveen Raju Hasbavi, Gustav Giske
  • Publication number: 20240103092
    Abstract: A method of determining ageing of a mixed electrode of a full cell lithium ion battery is presented. The method includes obtaining a voltage hysteresis of the full cell lithium ion battery by comparison of a charging voltage to a discharging voltage at a specific state of charge, SOC. The specific SOC is in a range from 0% to 20% of a maximum SOC. The method further includes determining ageing of a volume expanding component of the mixed electrode based on the obtained voltage hysteresis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Niladri ROY CHOWDHURY, Gustav GISKE, Istaq AHMED, Martin PETISME, Carl-Robert FLORÉN, Alice HAMRIN, Masood TAMADONDAR, Praveen Raju HASBAVI
  • Publication number: 20230223647
    Abstract: An electric energy storage system for a vehicle, comprising a battery unit, a easing enclosing the battery unit, a cooling system comprising at least one coolant conduit arranged for cooling of the at least one battery tint during normal operation of the energy storage system by circulating coolant fluid through the at least one, coolant conduit, a means for detecting a thermal runaway within the electric energy storage system, a valve arrangement being configured to respond to the detection of a thermal runaway by releasing coolant fluid from the cooling system into the casing, foam-forming substance being configured to produce a foam when coming into contact with the coolant fluid and/or when the coolant fluid is released into the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sebastien RAGOT, Jonatan Hörder, Istaq AHMED, Natalie LJUNGDAHL
  • Publication number: 20220294040
    Abstract: A safety system for detecting a critical condition in a battery pack. The safety system includes a control unit configured to obtain measurement data relating to a battery unit voltage and/or a battery unit temperature of at least some of the plurality of battery units, and to, based on the obtained measurement data, detect a critical condition of the battery pack, a stand-alone power supply configured to supply electric power to the safety system, a stand-alone communication interface configured to provide and/or communicate information relating to any critical condition of the battery pack detected by the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Istaq Ahmed