GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC patent applications on October 10th, 2024
Patent Applications by GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC on October 10th, 2024
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC: 17 patent applications
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC has applied for patents in the areas of B60W60/00 (3), H02J7/00 (2), B60W50/14 (2), B60W50/00 (2), H01M50/249 (2) B60L53/16 (1), G06T7/55 (1), H03K3/017 (1), H01M50/526 (1), H01M50/367 (1)
With keywords such as: vehicle, battery, module, configured, cells, signal, optical, camera, control, and fiber in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor(s): Chih-hung Yen of Bloomfield Hills MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Satish P. Ketkar of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, SeungHwan Keum of Northville MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Peter Paul Andruskiewicz, IV of Ann Arbor MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Taeyoung Han of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): B60L53/16, F28F3/02, H01R13/502, H10N10/13
CPC Code(s): B60L53/16
Abstract: aspects of the disclosure include a charge port having fast phase change material resolidification. an exemplary charge port can include a plug housing and a direct current terminal electrically coupled to the plug housing. a subassembly is coupled to the direct current terminal. the subassembly includes a cartridge filled with a phase change material and an enhancer. the enhancer includes a top portion and a bottom portion. the bottom portion is embedded within the phase change material and the top portion extends beyond the cartridge into ambient. the phase change material removes heat from the direct current terminal when charging. the enhancer removes heat from the phase change material for rapid resolidification.
Inventor(s): Ali H. Fawaz of Dearborn Heights MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Robert Myers of Canton MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Ryan J. Baik of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): B60R25/04, B60R25/102, B60R25/24, B60R25/33, G06Q50/26
CPC Code(s): B60R25/04
Abstract: herein, a technology is discussed that facilitates the reduction of vehicle-related crime by disabling the use of a vehicle's engine when the vehicle is parked in a high-risk crime zone. the technology includes a method that sends a parked location of the vehicle to a data center and receives, from the data center, an indication to enable remote ignition block (rib) of the vehicle when the parked location is part of a high-risk crime zone. in response, the vehicle enables rib so that its engine will not start.
Inventor(s): Alec M. Wuorinen of Columbus OH (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Christopher L. Oesterling of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Alexander Bower of Grosse Pointe Farms MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): B60W50/14, B60W30/14, B60W40/06, B60W50/00, B60W60/00, H04W4/46
CPC Code(s): B60W50/14
Abstract: a method and system for assisting a vehicle when traveling within an area experiencing a meteorological event capable of potentially flooding a roadway is disclosed. the assistance may include determining a water level over top of the roadway, determining a plurality of surface water related operating parameters for the vehicle, and comparing the water level to the surface water related operating parameters to generate a flooded roadway assessment. the flooded roadway assessment may be used for determining the roadway to be in one of a passable state and an impassable state for the vehicle. based thereon, a flooded roadway command may be generated for correspondingly controlling one or more systems onboard the vehicle.
Inventor(s): Rouhollah Sayed Jafari of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Alireza Esna Ashari Esfahani of Novi MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): B60W60/00, B60W50/00, G06V20/56, G06V20/58, H04W4/44
CPC Code(s): B60W60/0011
Abstract: an autonomous driving system for a vehicle includes one or more controllers that execute instructions to monitor image data captured by one or more cameras. in response to detecting a road sign in the image data, the controllers interpret a message displayed by the road sign. the controllers classify the message conveyed by the road sign into a sign application class based on a time frame when the message conveyed by the road sign is applicable. in response to determining the message conveyed by the road sign is classified as a future traffic condition encountered by the vehicle, the controllers identify lane segments having one or more updated lane attributes that are impacted by the message of the road sign and determine a planned route based on the one or more updated lane attributes of the lane segments impacted by the message displayed by the road sign.
Inventor(s): Md Mhafuzul Islam of Warren MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Arun Adiththan of Sterling Heights MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Yubiao Zhang of Sterling Heights MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): B60W60/00, B60W50/14
CPC Code(s): B60W60/0015
Abstract: a system for imitating target vehicle behavior in automated driving includes sensors capturing ego and target vehicle condition information, actuators selectively altering an ego vehicle state, and control modules. the control modules execute a target vehicle imitating (tvi) application. a first tvi control logic estimates a target vehicle state and trajectory. the ego and target vehicle condition information partially define the target vehicle state and trajectory. a second control logic evaluates target vehicle safety and performance constraints. a third control logic selectively initiates an imitation mode of the ego vehicle based on target and ego vehicle statuses relative to the target vehicle safety and performance constraints. a fourth control logic, models the target vehicle and optimizes a planned ego vehicle path subject to actuator constraints. a fifth control logic generates outputs to the actuators to cause the ego vehicle to follow the planned path and imitate the target vehicle.
Inventor(s): Mohammad Hamza KIRMANI of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Bradley Allen NEWCOMB of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): D01C1/02, D02G1/16, D02G3/04
CPC Code(s): D01C1/02
Abstract: a method for creating a fiber includes obtaining constituent natural fiber components by breaking down at least one of fresh natural fibers, fibers extracted after post-industrial use, fibers extracted after post-consumer use, and combinations thereof. the constituent natural fiber components comprise at least one material selected from a group consisting of cellulose, pectin, hemicellulose, lignin, and wax. the method includes separating the constituent natural fiber components into n natural fiber precursors, where n is an integer greater than one; creating a mixture of the n natural fiber precursors using a predetermined ratio of the n natural fiber precursors; and creating at least one of fiber and yarn using the mixture.
Inventor(s): Edward W. Mellet of Rochester Hills MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Peter Beller of West Bloomfield MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Mazharul Chowdhury of Canton MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): F16H57/023, F16H3/44
CPC Code(s): F16H3/44
Abstract: compact transmission systems and vehicles with such transmission systems are provided. an exemplary compact transmission includes a drive shaft defining a drive axis and configured to be powered by a drive unit; a planetary gearset having a ring gear member, a planet gear member, a sun gear member, and a planet carrier having a carrier shaft defining a planetary axis, wherein the planetary axis is distanced from the drive axis; an output shaft defining an output axis, wherein the output axis is distanced from the planetary axis and from the drive axis; an output gear connected to the output shaft; a drive pinion gear configured to transfer torque from the drive shaft to the planetary gearset; and an output pinion gear configured to transfer torque from the planetary gearset to the output shaft.
Inventor(s): Gregory BEVEL of Fowlerville MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Scott P. SHERMAN of Fenton MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Ian Y. HWA of West Bloomfield MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Kevin HUEMMER of Pinckney MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Daniel J. HRBEK of Fenton MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): G01M17/04
CPC Code(s): G01M17/04
Abstract: a system for testing a damping module includes a test machine configured to test a damping module, and a control module in communication with the test machine. the control module is configured to create an engineered input based on vehicle data, activate the test machine to test the damping module, provide the created engineered input to the test machine to simulate the vehicle data on the damping module while the test machine is testing the damping module, and receive, from the test machine, an output response of the damping module based on the engineered input. other examples systems and methods for testing a damping module are also disclosed.
Inventor(s): Kamran Ali of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Bo Yu of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Hariharan Krishnan of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Fan Bai of Ann Arbor MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Vivek Vijaya Kumar of Shelby Township MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): G06T3/40, G06T7/20
CPC Code(s): G06T3/4053
Abstract: an infrastructure-supported perception system for connected vehicle applications includes one or more infrastructure perception sensors that capture perception data having a reduced resolution and a reduced frame rate. the reduced resolution includes a reduced number of pixels for a given frame when compared to a standard resolution and the reduced frame rate captures data at a lower rate when compared to a standard frame rate. the infrastructure-supported perception system includes one or more controllers that are part of a connected vehicle. the controllers of the connected vehicle are in wireless communication with the one or more infrastructure perception sensors and one or more servers, and the one or more servers are in wireless communication with the one or more infrastructure perception sensors. the controllers receive dynamic information regarding one or more detected objects in an environment surrounding the connected vehicle from the one or more servers.
Inventor(s): Ahmad R. Alghooneh of Waterloo (CA) for gm global technology operations llc, Amir Khajepour of Waterloo (CA) for gm global technology operations llc, Mansoor Alghooneh of Richmond Hill (CA) for gm global technology operations llc, Brent Navin Roger Bacchus of Sterling Heights MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Neel Pratik Bhatt of Waterloo (CA) for gm global technology operations llc, Ruihe Zhang of London (CA) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): G06T7/55
CPC Code(s): G06T7/55
Abstract: a monocular camera system for a vehicle includes a front mono camera, a side mono camera, and one or more controllers in electronic communication with the front mono camera and the side mono camera. the one or more controllers execute instructions to determine an ideal lagged distance the vehicle travels between a current time step and a previous time step as two asynchronous camera frames are captured by the front mono camera and the side mono camera, determine a number of delayed frames captured by either the front mono camera or the side mono camera between the current time step and the previous time step based on the ideal lagged distance. the controllers determine a direction of travel of the vehicle that indicates which mono camera is selected to provide a previous camera frame captured at the previous time step.
Inventor(s): Kurt Chamberlin of Bristol RI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Russell A. Patenaude of Macomb Township MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Matthew E. Gilbert-Eyres of Rochester Hills MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Eric T. Hosey of Royal Oak MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Noah Stone of West Bloomfield MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): G08G1/16, B60K31/00, B60Q5/00, B60Q9/00, B60T7/22, G06N5/022
CPC Code(s): G08G1/166
Abstract: a vehicle has been proposed that is equipped with a processing system coupled to different sensors that may anticipate and mitigate risks leading to vehicle-pedestrian incidents. in some aspects, the processing system identifies, using a plurality of sensors and external vehicle sources over a wireless network, data elements indicating that the vehicle is a potential hazard to a pedestrian. using the elements, the processing system may determine values of a pedestrian hazard level (phl) that correspond to successively increasing risks. where the phl meets a threshold, the system may employ countermeasures to proactively mitigate the risks of pedestrian incidents.
Inventor(s): Miguel A. Fernandez of St. Claire Shores MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Benjamin R. Christian of Plymouth MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, James E. Kettlewell of Windsor (CA) for gm global technology operations llc, Simon J. H. Trask of Royal Oak MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Daniel F. Witting of Sterling Heights MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): H01M10/625, H02J7/00
CPC Code(s): H01M10/625
Abstract: a method for assessing performance of a thermal management system configured for thermally managing a battery pack of an electric vehicle. the method may include determining a voltage response of the battery pack while subjected to a test load and generating a thermal assessment for the thermal management system based on the voltage response and/or resistivity values derived therefrom.
Inventor(s): Ryan P. Hickey of Austin TX (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Peter P. Andruskiewicz, IV of Ann Arbor MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): H01M50/244, H01M10/6556, H01M50/103, H01M50/227, H01M50/24, H01M50/249
CPC Code(s): H01M50/244
Abstract: a battery module includes first and second neighboring battery cells and a mounting plate configured to support the battery cells. the battery module additionally includes an enclosure surrounded by an ambient environment and configured to house the first and second battery cells arranged on the mounting plate. the mounting plate includes a first segment configured to support the first battery cell and a second segment configured to support the second battery cell. the first segment is connected to the second segment via an interface having mechanical strength lower than mechanical strength of each of the first and second segments. the interface is configured to fracture when the first battery cell undergoes a thermal event and separate the first segment from the second segment to exhaust gases from the first battery cell away from the second battery cell, thereby controlling propagation of a thermal runaway in the battery module.
Inventor(s): Ran Wu of Lake Orion MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Xianfeng Yan of Clawson MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Matthew Simonin of Ortonville MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): H01M50/367, B60L50/64, H01M50/249, H01M50/271, H01M50/30
CPC Code(s): H01M50/367
Abstract: a battery system includes neighboring first and second groups of battery cells. the battery system also includes a battery system enclosure configured to house each of the first and second groups of battery cells. the battery system additionally includes a vent channel mounted to the battery system enclosure. the vent channel is configured to expel high-temperature gases to external environment separately from each battery cell of the first group of battery cells and divert the high-temperature gases away from other battery cells of the first group of battery cells and from the second group of battery cells. the vent channel minimizes transfer of the high-temperature gases between the battery cells of the first group and from the first group of battery cells to the second group of battery cells and thereby mitigates propagation of a thermal runaway event in the battery system.
Inventor(s): Yi Liu of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Qigui Wang of Rochester Hills MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Huaxin Li of Rochester Hills MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Kestutis A. Sonta of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Daniel J. Wilson of Linden MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): H01M50/526, H01M50/507, H01M50/571
CPC Code(s): H01M50/526
Abstract: a busbar for high conductivity distribution of electrical power within a power module of an electric vehicle (ev). the busbar may include a plurality of multilayer composites having copper-graphene laminations. one or more of the multilayer composite may include a first copper-graphene lamination having a plurality of graphene layers disposed between a plurality of copper layers, a second copper-graphene lamination having a plurality of graphene layers disposed between a plurality of copper layers, and a carrier substrate disposed relative to the first and second copper-graphene laminations.
Inventor(s): Chandra S. Namuduri of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Rashmi Prasad of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Muhammad Hussain Alvi of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): H03K3/017, H02J7/00, H02M1/00
CPC Code(s): H03K3/017
Abstract: power converters on a vehicle may provide electrical power to propulsion and non-propulsion vehicle systems from a battery source. power converters may include dc link capacitors. an electronically resettable fuse may pass electric current between the battery source and the power converters through a switch module. the switch module may be controlled in a pre-charge mode and a circuit protection mode, wherein the pre-charge mode limits a rate of charging of the dc link capacitor by controlling the electric current with the switch module.
Inventor(s): Tzvi Philipp of Bet Shemesh (IL) for gm global technology operations llc, Igal Kotzer of Tel Aviv (IL) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): H04B10/80, H04B10/079, H04B10/25
CPC Code(s): H04B10/807
Abstract: an automobile includes an electronic control unit (ecu), at least one fiber optical cable, and a sensor unit. the ecu is operational to generate an optical power signal and a first optical communications signal. the fiber optical cable transports the optical power signal and the first optical communications signal. the sensor unit is operational to convert the optical power signal into an electrical power, convert the first optical communications signal into an electrical control signal, measure a first parameter related to the automobile, and generate a second optical communications signal that conveys the first parameter as measured. the fiber optical transports the second optical communications signal to the electronic control unit. the ecu is further operational to convert the second optical communications signal into a first electrical sensed signal that conveys the first parameter, and take an action based on the first parameter in the first electrical sensed signal.
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC patent applications on October 10th, 2024
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- B60L53/16
- F28F3/02
- H01R13/502
- H10N10/13
- CPC B60L53/16
- Gm global technology operations llc
- B60R25/04
- B60R25/102
- B60R25/24
- B60R25/33
- G06Q50/26
- CPC B60R25/04
- B60W50/14
- B60W30/14
- B60W40/06
- B60W50/00
- B60W60/00
- H04W4/46
- CPC B60W50/14
- G06V20/56
- G06V20/58
- H04W4/44
- CPC B60W60/0011
- CPC B60W60/0015
- D01C1/02
- D02G1/16
- D02G3/04
- CPC D01C1/02
- F16H57/023
- F16H3/44
- CPC F16H3/44
- G01M17/04
- CPC G01M17/04
- G06T3/40
- G06T7/20
- CPC G06T3/4053
- G06T7/55
- CPC G06T7/55
- G08G1/16
- B60K31/00
- B60Q5/00
- B60Q9/00
- B60T7/22
- G06N5/022
- CPC G08G1/166
- H01M10/625
- H02J7/00
- CPC H01M10/625
- H01M50/244
- H01M10/6556
- H01M50/103
- H01M50/227
- H01M50/24
- H01M50/249
- CPC H01M50/244
- H01M50/367
- B60L50/64
- H01M50/271
- H01M50/30
- CPC H01M50/367
- H01M50/526
- H01M50/507
- H01M50/571
- CPC H01M50/526
- H03K3/017
- H02M1/00
- CPC H03K3/017
- H04B10/80
- H04B10/079
- H04B10/25
- CPC H04B10/807
