Patents by Inventor Susan Carol Ellis

Susan Carol Ellis 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: 20240046867
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a window and a display for the window. The window includes a first pane, a second pane. The display is disposed between the first pane and the second pane. The display includes an active region, a bus region having bus lines for supplying a current to the active region, the bus region having a first line density, and a border to the bus region, the border including the bus lines and having a second line density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Julien P. Mourou, Susan Carol Ellis, Jonglee Park
  • Publication number: 20240021587
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include light-emitting diodes (LEDs) formed without phosphor deformation during the lamination process. An exemplary method can include forming one or more LEDs on a backplane and forming a protective layer on the backplane. The protective layer can be patterned to define one or more trenches exposing sidewalls of a respective one LED of the one or more LEDs and a surface of the backplane. Each trench can be filled with a color-shifting coating. The method includes laminating the one or more LEDs, the backplane, the protective layer, and the color-shifting coating between one or more inner reinforcing layers and one or more outer layers to define a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jonglee Park, Susan Carol Ellis
  • Publication number: 20230402665
    Abstract: A solar energy charging system of a vehicle includes a dynamically adjustable battery (DAB) configured to be connected to a solar energy conversion device and charged by the solar energy conversion device. The DAB is controllable to adjust an output voltage of the DAB to one of a plurality of output voltages, and the DAB is configured to supply electrical power generated by the solar energy conversion device to a vehicle battery assembly. The solar energy charging system also includes a controller configured to detect an input voltage to the conversion device, select an output voltage of the DAB based on the input voltage, and control the DAB to provide the selected output voltage to a high voltage DC-DC converter to charge the battery assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Taeyoung Han, Jun-mo Kang, Shyh-yeu Jao, Susan Carol Ellis, Valerie Sue Malaney
  • Patent number: 11735124
    Abstract: A reflective display device includes a layer of pigment material that is divided into a plurality of pixels, the pigment material in each pixel displaying information by reflecting light. The reflective display device further includes a light source embedded in the layer of a pigment material, wherein the light source emits light that is reflected by the pigment material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jonglee Park, Susan Carol Ellis
  • Publication number: 20230178038
    Abstract: A reflective display device includes a layer of pigment material that is divided into a plurality of pixels, the pigment material in each pixel displaying information by reflecting light. The reflective display device further includes a light source embedded in the layer of a pigment material, wherein the light source emits light that is reflected by the pigment material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jonglee Park, Susan Carol Ellis