582 patents
Utility
Charging Management Engine In an Electric Vehicle Management System
18 Jan 24
Methods, systems, and computer storage media for providing energy consumption tracking data based on tracking energy consumption of a charging station for a charging session of an electric vehicle (EV).
Chakravarthy K. ALLAMSETTY, Connie Wong YANG
Filed: 15 Jul 22
Utility
Charging Systems and Methods for Detecting and Identifying a Vehicle and Utilizing This Information In a Charging Application
18 Jan 24
A vehicle charging system and method, including: a charging station configured to selectively deliver charging power to a vehicle in an intelligent manner when connected; a perception sensor coupled to the charging station configured to obtain an image of the vehicle when present in proximity to the charging station; and memory storing instructions executed by a processor to identify the vehicle from the image of the vehicle using an artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithm, including, for example, identifying one or more of a make/model of the vehicle using a trained image recognition algorithm and a license plate number of the vehicle using a trained text recognition algorithm from the image of the vehicle.
Nilesh Darade, Dipesh Khakhkhar
Filed: 12 Jul 22
Utility
Automatic Interior Protection
18 Jan 24
Illustrative examples of a vehicle system and associated methods may be directed to monitoring one or more vehicle components to prevent excess temperatures or heat.
Laura MacLean Ochsner, Ajay Panekkad, Ean Joshua Hall
Filed: 12 Jul 22
Utility
Virtual High Voltage Interlock System and Method Using a Dc-to-dc Converter In Electrified Vehicles
18 Jan 24
A virtual high voltage interlock is disclosed that utilizes a software-based function (e.g., an electronic control unit) to determine if there are any open wires or connectors, based on voltage signals reported by internal components, to prevent high voltage exposure.
Baojin Wang, Jing Hong, Chen Yin, Kyle Lobo, Thomas Rocroi
Filed: 12 Jul 22
Utility
Vehicle Hvac Drying Mode
18 Jan 24
Systems and methods are provided for implementing a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, and processing circuitry configured to determine to enter a drying mode, retrieve a parameter of the HVAC system for the drying mode, and cause the HVAC system to activate the drying mode to direct thermal energy to a particular portion of the vehicle based on the retrieved parameter.
Graham Lloyd Feltham
Filed: 15 Jul 22
Utility
Mechanism Which Enables Accessories to Receive Power When Attached to a Vehicle Bay Divider
18 Jan 24
Systems and methods are presented herein for a vehicle bay divider comprising a plurality of powered through openings configured to interface with a locking mechanism, where the locking mechanism affixes an accessory to the vehicle bay divider enabling a powered connection between at least one of the through openings and the powered accessory.
Lindsey Cross, Jeremy Fu, Matthew Blunt
Filed: 18 Jul 22
Utility
Mechanism Which Enables Accessories to Receive Power When Attached to a Vehicle Bay Divider
18 Jan 24
Systems and methods are presented herein for a vehicle bay divider comprising a plurality of powered through openings configured to interface with a locking mechanism, where the locking mechanism affixes an accessory to the vehicle bay divider enabling a powered connection between at least one of the through openings and the powered accessory.
Lindsey Cross, Jeremy Fu, Matthew Blunt
Filed: 18 Jul 22
Utility
Integrated Disconnect for Drive Unit
18 Jan 24
Systems and methods are presented herein for providing an integrated disconnect.
Mason Verbridge, George Zalanca, Cameron P. Williams
Filed: 15 Jul 22
Utility
Dual Gearbox Central Bearing Layout
18 Jan 24
Systems and methods are presented herein for an interface that reduces loads transferred across the interface, wherein the interface couples a pair of independently actuated rotating shafts.
Jefferey Ziemba, Eric Sharkness
Filed: 15 Jul 22
Utility
Thermal shield for protection of electrical components in electric vehicle battery pack
16 Jan 24
An electric vehicle battery pack with a thermal shield that protects internal components from, for example, battery ventilation, and in particular allows battery pack electrical components to be placed above venting ends of batteries.
Ehsan Baseri, Kyle Butterfield, Vignesh Sekar
Filed: 13 Jul 21
Utility
Thermal component
16 Jan 24
An apparatus can include a thermal component that can couple with a battery module at a middle portion of the battery module.
Tyler Jacobs, Aaron Churchill, Christopher LaMorte
Filed: 16 Aug 22
Utility
Venturi Ventilator for an Enclosure
11 Jan 24
Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for ventilating an enclosure such as the cargo space of a vehicle.
Graham Lloyd Feltham
Filed: 11 Jul 22
Utility
Energy Source Balancer
11 Jan 24
Systems and methods for an energy source balancer are provided.
Andrew Peterman, Ben Villagra, Trent Warnke, Brian Wang, Ryan Auker
Filed: 11 Jul 22
Utility
Folding Vehicle Rack System
11 Jan 24
Particular embodiments may provide an apparatus that includes a bar and a hinge connected to the bar, wherein the hinge is configured to rotate the bar and reconfigure the apparatus between an extended configuration and a folded configuration.
Christian V. ELDER, Cameron James Robert MCROBERTS
Filed: 27 Dec 22
Utility
Crossbar with Lighting
11 Jan 24
Particular embodiments may provide a crossbar with a plurality of light sources and a controller.
Austin FREDERICKSON, Joshua BAYER, Christian V. ELDER, Paula Michelle LOBACCARO, Zechariah John RUDNICKI, Erik Robert GLASER
Filed: 12 Sep 22
Utility
Departure Lighting
11 Jan 24
Particular embodiments may provide an apparatus that includes a departure light source, a crossbar with a light source, and a controller.
Austin FREDERICKSON, Joshua BAYER, Christian V. ELDER, Paula Michelle LOBACCARO, Zechariah John RUDNICKI, Lily MACARUSO
Filed: 12 Sep 22
Utility
Passivated Current Collector for a Battery Cell
11 Jan 24
A passivated current collector for a battery cell is provided.
Ki Woon Kim, Sun Kim, Sanket Sudam Mundhe, Yunki Baik
Filed: 6 Jul 22
Utility
Battery Cell
11 Jan 24
Disclosed are systems and methods for a device.
Ki Woon Kim, Yunki Baik, Sun Kim
Filed: 6 Jul 22
Utility
Gearbox having internal cooling pins
9 Jan 24
A drivetrain system includes a housing configured to at least partially contain a liquid lubricant such as oil that flows through a gearset.
Mason Verbridge
Filed: 4 Feb 22
Utility
Energy assessment for charging a towed vehicle
9 Jan 24
Disclosed embodiments include systems, vehicles, and methods for determining a quantity of energy expendable in charging a towed vehicle while it is towed.
Rahul Madineni, Gary Gloceri
Filed: 31 Aug 20