Patents by Inventor Mark Riegel

Mark Riegel 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).

  • Patent number: 9972814
    Abstract: An enhanced multi object potting fixture for exposure to a curing modality that sets an adhesive includes a fixture housing supporting a plurality of objects, the fixture housing having a wall defining a plurality of bonding wells with each the bonding well receiving a first portion of one of the objects, each the bonding well including an aperture in the wall proximate the first portion wherein each bonding well includes a target zone for selective cure of the adhesive to inhibit the adhesive from exiting the aperture; and a fixture enhancement structure integrated into the wall concentrating the curing modality in each the target zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: TESLA, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Dean Hachtmann, Mark Riegel, David Elias Hegeman, William Christopher Bishop, William Vucich Beecher
  • Publication number: 20170365895
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: 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
  • Patent number: 9761919
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20160336565
    Abstract: An enhanced multi object potting fixture for exposure to a curing modality that sets an adhesive includes a fixture housing supporting a plurality of objects, the fixture housing having a wall defining a plurality of bonding wells with each the bonding well receiving a first portion of one of the objects, each the bonding well including an aperture in the wall proximate the first portion wherein each bonding well includes a target zone for selective cure of the adhesive to inhibit the adhesive from exiting the aperture; and a fixture enhancement structure integrated into the wall concentrating the curing modality in each the target zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Dean Hachtmann, Mark Riegel, David Elias Hegeman, Wiliam Christopher Bishop, William Vucich Beecher
  • Patent number: 9403296
    Abstract: An enhanced multiobject potting fixture for exposure to a curing modality that sets an adhesive includes a fixture housing supporting a plurality of objects, the fixture housing having a wall defining a plurality of bonding wells with each the bonding well receiving a first portion of one of the objects, each the bonding well including an aperture in the wall proximate the first portion wherein each bonding well includes a target zone for selective cure of the adhesive to inhibit the adhesive from exiting the aperture; and a fixture enhancement structure integrated into the wall concentrating the curing modality in each the target zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: TELSA MOTORS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Dean Hachtmann, Mark Riegel, David Elias Hegeman, William Christopher Bishop, William Vucich Beecher
  • Publication number: 20150244036
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Tesla Motors, 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
  • Publication number: 20130270749
    Abstract: An enhanced multiobject potting fixture for exposure to a curing modality that sets an adhesive includes a fixture housing supporting a plurality of objects, the fixture housing having a wall defining a plurality of bonding wells with each the bonding well receiving a first portion of one of the objects, each the bonding well including an aperture in the wall proximate the first portion wherein each bonding well includes a target zone for selective cure of the adhesive to inhibit the adhesive from exiting the aperture; and a fixture enhancement structure integrated into the wall concentrating the curing modality in each the target zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: TESLA MOTORS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Dean Hachtmann, Mark Riegel, David Elias Hegeman, William Christopher Bishop, William Vucich Beecher