Patents by Inventor James Jan

James Jan 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: 20240126038
    Abstract: A panel system includes a chassis holding one or more tray arrangements, which are each configured to receive one or more cassettes at two or more bays. The tray arrangements and cassettes cooperate to define a cassette sensor arrangement and a port occupancy sensor arrangement having separate interface points. The cassette sensor arrangement may include electronic memory storing physical layer information about the cassette. All active components of the port occupancy sensor arrangement are disposed on the tray while the electronic memories of the cassette sensor arrangement are stored on the cassettes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan Edward ENGE, Paula LOCKHART, Scott Martin KEITH, David Jan Irma VAN BAELEN, Jacob C. ANDERSON, Steven Walter KNOERNSCHILD, Brian J. FITZPATRICK, Pedro MALDONADO, Gary Federico GIBBS, James J. SOLHEID, Matthew J. HOLMBERG, Matthew Robert KIENER
  • Publication number: 20240006647
    Abstract: A battery pack has bus bars at one end, freeing the other end of the battery pack for cooling or other arrangements. A plurality of battery cells has first terminals of the battery cells at first ends of the battery cells. Portions of second terminals of the battery cells are at the first ends of the battery cells. The first ends of the battery cells are in a coplanar arrangement. A plurality of bus bars is assembled proximate to the first ends of the battery cells. The bus bars are coupled to the first terminals and the second terminals of the battery cells at the first ends of the battery cells to place the battery cells in one of a series connection, a parallel connection or a series and parallel connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: James Jan, Richard J. Biskup, Benson Tsai
  • Patent number: 11715842
    Abstract: A battery pack has bus bars at one end, freeing the other end of the battery pack for cooling or other arrangements. A plurality of battery cells oriented in the same manner in the battery pack has first terminals of the battery cells at first ends of the battery cells. Portions of second terminals of the battery cells are at the first ends of the battery cells. The first ends of the battery cells are in a coplanar arrangement. A plurality of bus bars is assembled proximate to the first ends of the battery cells. The bus bars are coupled to the first terminals and the second terminals of the battery cells at the first ends of the battery cells to place the battery cells in a series connection and a parallel connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventors: James Jan, Richard J. Biskup, Benson Tsai, Peter Rawlinson
  • Patent number: 11664522
    Abstract: A battery pack has bus bars at one end, freeing the other end of the battery pack for cooling or other arrangements. A plurality of battery cells has first terminals of the battery cells at first ends of the battery cells. Portions of second terminals of the battery cells are at the first ends of the battery cells. The first ends of the battery cells are in a coplanar arrangement. A plurality of bus bars is assembled proximate to the first ends of the battery cells. The bus bars are coupled to the first terminals and the second terminals of the battery cells at the first ends of the battery cells to place the battery cells in one of a series connection, a parallel connection or a series and parallel connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: James Jan, Richard J. Biskup, Benson Tsai
  • Patent number: 11289772
    Abstract: A battery pack has bus bars at one end, freeing the other end of the battery pack for cooling or other arrangements. A plurality of battery cells has first terminals of the battery cells at first ends of the battery cells. Portions of second terminals of the battery cells are at the first ends of the battery cells. The first ends of the battery cells are in a coplanar arrangement. A plurality of bus bars is assembled proximate to the first ends of the battery cells. The bus bars are coupled to the first terminals and the second terminals of the battery cells at the first ends of the battery cells to place the battery cells in one of a series connection, a parallel connection or a series and parallel connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventors: James Jan, Richard J. Biskup, Benson Tsai
  • Publication number: 20210249736
    Abstract: A battery pack has bus bars at one end, freeing the other end of the battery pack for cooling or other arrangements. A plurality of battery cells has first terminals of the battery cells at first ends of the battery cells. Portions of second terminals of the battery cells are at the first ends of the battery cells. The first ends of the battery, cells are in a coplanar arrangement. A plurality of bus bars is assembled proximate to the first ends of the battery cells. The bus bars are coupled to the first terminals and the second terminals of the battery cells at the first ends of the battery cells to place the battery cells in one of a series connection, a parallel connection or a series and parallel connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: James Jan, Richard J. Biskup, Benson Tsai
  • Patent number: 10869345
    Abstract: A wireless network interface generates a beacon frame, and transmits the beacon frame outside of a wireless local area network (WLAN) served by an access point (AP). Additionally or alternatively, the wireless network interface receives a first probe request frame from a client station in the WLAN, and in response, generates and transmits a probe response frame outside of the WLAN. The wireless network interface receives one or more frames from the client station of the WLAN, the one or more frames having been transmitted outside of the WLAN. Network security information corresponding to the WLAN is extracted from the one or more frames, and the wireless network interface uses the network security information to wirelessly connect to the AP as part of the WLAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
    Inventors: Frank Huang, Yogesh Powar, Nishant Sarmukadam, Amey Dattatray Inamdar, Xiaohua Luo, James Jan
  • Publication number: 20200259154
    Abstract: A battery pack has bus bars at one end, freeing the other end of the battery pack for cooling or other arrangements. A plurality of battery cells oriented in the same manner in the battery pack has first terminals of the battery cells at first ends of the battery cells. Portions of second terminals of the battery cells are at the first ends of the battery cells. The first ends of the battery cells are in a coplanar arrangement. A plurality of bus bars is assembled proximate to the first ends of the battery cells. The bus bars are coupled to the first terminals and the second terminals of the battery cells at the first ends of the battery cells to place the battery cells in a series connection and a parallel connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: James Jan, Richard J. Biskup, Benson Tsai, Peter Rawlinson
  • Patent number: 10637110
    Abstract: A battery pack has bus bars at one end, freeing the other end of the battery pack for cooling or other arrangements. A plurality of battery cells oriented in the same manner in the battery pack has first terminals of the battery cells at first ends of the battery cells. Portions of second terminals of the battery cells are at the first ends of the battery cells. The first ends of the battery cells are in a coplanar arrangement. A plurality of bus bars is assembled proximate to the first ends of the battery cells. The bus bars are coupled to the first terminals and the second terminals of the battery cells at the first ends of the battery cells to place the battery cells in a series connection and a parallel connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: ATIEVA, INC.
    Inventors: Benson Tsai, Richard J. Biskup, James Jan, Peter Rawlinson
  • Patent number: 10409507
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and apparatuses for implementing virtual dynamic library loading in embedded systems. In some aspects, a determination is made that a feature is not available in firmware executed from a first memory. Based on information associated with the feature, a portion of a second memory is allocated for code of the feature. In some cases, the portion of the second memory is allocated from a data buffer or part of a shared memory. The code of the feature is loaded to the allocated portion of the second memory and address aliasing logic is configured enable execution of the feature from the second memory. By allocating and executing firmware features from the second memory, a size of the firmware executed from the first memory can be reduced to conserve memory space and other firmware features may be dynamically loaded and executed from the second memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhengqiang Huang, Shuangqing Yuan, Tao Song, James Jan, Xinyu Zang, Yun-Chang Chang, Albert Xi Cheng
  • Patent number: 10321613
    Abstract: A heat sink is provided. The heat sink includes a single-piece housing having a floor and two walls, the walls perpendicular to the floor and the walls are parallel to each other. The heat sink includes the housing having an inlet and an outlet. The housing is configured to attach power modules to an outer surface of the floor and to outer surfaces of the two walls. The housing is configured to cool the power modules in response to fluid flow into the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Atieva, Inc.
    Inventors: Yifan Tang, James Jan, Benson Tsai
  • Publication number: 20180261823
    Abstract: A battery pack has bus bars at one end, freeing the other end of the battery pack for cooling or other arrangements. A plurality of battery cells has first terminals of the battery cells at first ends of the battery cells. Portions of second terminals of the battery cells are at the first ends of the battery cells. The first ends of the battery cells are in a coplanar arrangement. A plurality of bus bars is assembled proximate to the first ends of the battery cells. The bus bars are coupled to the first terminals and the second terminals of the battery cells at the first ends of the battery cells to place the battery cells in one of a series connection, a parallel connection or a series and parallel connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: James Jan, Richard J. Biskup, Benson Tsai
  • Patent number: 9966584
    Abstract: A battery pack has bus bars at one end, freeing the other end of the battery pack for cooling or other arrangements. A plurality of battery cells has first terminals of the battery cells at first ends of the battery cells. Portions of second terminals of the battery cells are at the first ends of the battery cells. The first ends of the battery cells are in a coplanar arrangement. A plurality of bus bars is assembled proximate to the first ends of the battery cells. The bus bars are coupled to the first terminals and the second terminals of the battery cells at the first ends of the battery cells to place the battery cells in one of a series connection, a parallel connection or a series and parallel connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Atieva, Inc.
    Inventors: James Jan, Richard J. Biskup, Benson Tsai
  • Publication number: 20170229378
    Abstract: A heat sink is provided. The heat sink includes a single-piece housing having a floor and two walls, the walls perpendicular to the floor and the walls are parallel to each other. The heat sink includes the housing having an inlet and an outlet. The housing is configured to attach power modules to an outer surface of the floor and to outer surfaces of the two walls. The housing is configured to cool the power modules in response to fluid flow into the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Yifan TANG, James JAN, Benson TSAI
  • Patent number: 9578788
    Abstract: A heat sink is provided. The heat sink includes a single-piece housing having a floor and two walls, the walls perpendicular to the floor and the walls are parallel to each other. The heat sink includes the housing having an inlet and an outlet. The housing is configured to attach power modules to an outer surface of the floor and to outer surfaces of the two walls. The housing is configured to cool the power modules in response to fluid flow into the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Atieva, Inc.
    Inventors: Yifan Tang, James Jan, Benson Tsai
  • Patent number: 9490465
    Abstract: A battery pack with a compact and robust bus bar assembly is provided. The batteries within the pack are divided into groups, where the batteries within each battery group are connected in parallel and the groups are connected in series. A repetitive sequence of overlapping bus bars is used, with each bus bar comprised of upper and lower segments coupled together via a step segment. The overlapping design allows the upper surface of the upper segment of each of the repetitive bus bars to be aligned within an upper plane, and the lower surface of the lower segment of each of the repetitive bus bars to be aligned within a lower plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: ATIEVA, INC.
    Inventors: James Jan, Richard J. Biskup, Benson Tsai, Peter Dore Rawlinson
  • Patent number: 9332496
    Abstract: In accordance with the invention, a method, system and apparatus for saving power consumed by a station in an ad hoc wireless network are presented. The method comprises transmitting or receiving a signal by a station in the ad hoc wireless network during a beacon interval. The station enters a power saving doze state immediately following the transmission or reception of the signal and prior to the end of the beacon interval. Additionally or alternatively, the station may enter power saving doze state following a timed period, according to a counter, or according to a periodic pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: James Jan, Robert Lee, Long Chow, Frank Huang, Xiaohua Luo
  • Patent number: 9226335
    Abstract: A communication device using a current wireless network via a first access point confirms availability of a second access point before breaking the current connection. To confirm availability of the second access point, the communication device sends a power management message that causes the first access point to store packets during the power management period. After the connection to the second access point is confirmed, the second session may be put on hold using the same technique while the connection to the first access point is restored, the stored packets processed and the connection closed. Then the connection to the second access point may be reactivated and further communication made through the second access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Matthew L. Semersky, Frank Huang, James Jan, Robert Lee
  • Publication number: 20140262177
    Abstract: A heat sink is provided. The heat sink includes a single-piece housing having a floor and two walls, the walls perpendicular to the floor and the walls are parallel to each other. The heat sink includes the housing having an inlet and an outlet. The housing is configured to attach power modules to an outer surface of the floor and to outer surfaces of the two walls. The housing is configured to cool the power modules in response to fluid flow into the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Atieva, Inc.
    Inventors: Yifan TANG, James JAN, Benson TSAI
  • Publication number: 20140255750
    Abstract: A battery pack with a compact and robust bus bar assembly is provided. The batteries within the pack are divided into groups, where the batteries within each battery group are connected in parallel and the groups are connected in series. A repetitive sequence of overlapping bus bars is used, with each bus bar comprised of upper and lower segments coupled together via a step segment. The overlapping design allows the upper surface of the upper segment of each of the repetitive bus bars to be aligned within an upper plane, and the lower surface of the lower segment of each of the repetitive bus bars to be aligned within a lower plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: ATIEVA, INC.
    Inventors: James Jan, Richard J. Biskup, Benson Tsai, Peter Dore Rawlinson