GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC patent applications on December 12th, 2024
Patent Applications by GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC on December 12th, 2024
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC: 22 patent applications
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC has applied for patents in the areas of G06V20/56 (2), B60W60/00 (2), B60W50/14 (2), H02M1/00 (2), H01M10/48 (2) B05C5/0225 (1), G06V20/58 (1), H04N7/188 (1), H02P27/06 (1), H01M50/367 (1)
With keywords such as: vehicle, battery, module, configured, controller, including, material, motor, power, and current in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor(s): Dalong GAO of Rochester MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Prateek Mishra of Rochester MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Paul E. Crittenden of Metamora MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Ryan Gergely of Fraser MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): B05C5/02, B05C11/10
CPC Code(s): B05C5/0225
Abstract: a dispensing system for dispensing a material to a deposition point, the dispensing system including: a nozzle configured to dispense the material; a doser in fluid communication with the nozzle, the doser configured to control flow of the material to the nozzle; and a material conditioning assembly in fluid communication with the nozzle and configured to decrease viscosity of the material. the material conditioning assembly including: a conditioning chamber configured to receive the material therein; a drive member movable within the conditioning chamber to apply shear stress to the material within the conditioning chamber; and an actuator configured to move the drive member.
Inventor(s): Eric B. Hoyer of White Lake MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, George Floarea of Waterloo (CA) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): B60G17/017, B60G7/00, B60G15/06
CPC Code(s): B60G17/017
Abstract: a vehicle ride height adjustment system includes a vehicle chassis. a wheel is connected to the vehicle chassis by a suspension system. a shock absorber and spring assembly are connected to the vehicle chassis and the shock absorber and spring assembly are connected to the suspension system by a height adjustment mechanism.
20240408974. MOTOR SYSTEM CONTROL_simplified_abstract_(gm global technology operations llc)
Inventor(s): Muhammad Hussain Alvi of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Suresh Gopalakrishnan of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Alireza Fatemi of Canton MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Renato Amorim Torres of Pontiac MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Chunhao J. Lee of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Junghoon Kim of Ann Arbor MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): B60L15/20, H02P27/08
CPC Code(s): B60L15/2045
Abstract: a motor system includes a rechargeable energy storage system, an alternating current motor, and a power inverter. multiple efficiency maps may be provided, each representing a specific combination of control parameters and associated settings. the maps relate the motor's operating space (torque and speed) to corresponding efficiency solutions. the combination of control parameters and settings that yields the highest motor system efficiency at an operating point may be determined from the multiple efficiency maps and used in controlling the motor.
Inventor(s): Vinod Chowdary Peddi of Shelby Charter Township MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Anmol Aggarwal of Waterford MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): B60L50/51, H02M1/00, H02M7/5387
CPC Code(s): B60L50/51
Abstract: an electric drive system of a motor vehicle or another battery electric system includes a power inverter module (pim) connected to a dc power supply, an alternating current (ac) motor connected to the pim and to a load, and a controller. the motor is a salient machine. control logic of the controller includes a plant model of the electric drive system. the plant model includes an asymmetric time constant of the motor. the controller selectively modifies the asymmetric time constant via selective and independent operating point-specific manipulation of direct axis (d-axis) and quadrature axis (q-axis) inductance and resistance. the asymmetric time constant is virtually translated in the control logic into a symmetric modified time constant by manipulating or adding virtual inductive and virtual resistive terms independently and per operating point. the controller controls the motor at the operating point using the symmetric modified time constant.
Inventor(s): Michael A. Kardasz of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Victor Wong of Lake Orion MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Jeffrey Scott Shotwell of Clarkston MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): B60R13/02, F16B5/02, F16B5/06
CPC Code(s): B60R13/0206
Abstract: a push-on-post fastener includes a base section and a sleeve section connected with the base section. the sleeve section includes a central passage having an inner surface. a pin section projects outwardly from the sleeve section. the pin includes an outer annular surface section having a first diameter. the inner surface of the central passage includes a plurality of striations.
Inventor(s): Mehdi Abroshan of Waterloo (CA) for gm global technology operations llc, Khizar Ahmad Qureshi of Pickering (CA) for gm global technology operations llc, Mohammadali Shahriari of Markham (CA) for gm global technology operations llc, Puneet Bagga of Etobicoke (CA) for gm global technology operations llc, Hassan Askari of Thornhill (CA) for gm global technology operations llc, Ami Woo of Calgary (CA) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): B60W30/095, B60W50/00, B60W50/06, B60W50/14
CPC Code(s): B60W30/0953
Abstract: vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for predicting a future maneuver expected to be executed by a driver. one method involves determining a combined probability for a potential maneuver based on constituent probabilities corresponding to different vehicle state variables, and environmental conditions using one or more tuning parameters specific to the respective combination of maneuver and vehicle state variable, determining an adjusted probability for the potential maneuver based at least in part on the combined probability and one or more contextual state variables corresponding to a current operating context for the vehicle, adapted to driver behavior and driving style, identifying the potential maneuver as an expected maneuver to be executed by a driver of the vehicle based on the adjusted probability, and automatically initiating one or more actions in a manner that is influenced by the expected maneuver.
Inventor(s): Brian H Fiore of White Lake MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): B60W60/00, B60W40/04, B60W50/10, G08G1/01, G08G1/09
CPC Code(s): B60W60/001
Abstract: methods and systems are provided for controlling an automated exit of a vehicle from a parking spot that include sensors configured to obtain sensor data pertaining to the parking spot and lanes of a roadway in proximity to the parking spot, including a respective direction of flow of traffic; and processors coupled to the sensors and configured to at least facilitate selecting a lane for the vehicle to enter upon exiting the parking spot, based at least in part on the direction of flow of traffic; selecting a turn for the vehicle to make such that the vehicle is travelling in the same direction as the direction of flow of traffic; and executing the automated exit of the vehicle from the parking spot into the selected lane by making the selected turn of the vehicle into the selected lane.
Inventor(s): Travis Taylor of Ann Arbor MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Christopher Michael Wallace of Waterford MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Paul A Adam of Milford MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Christopher Michael Churay of Farmington Hills MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): B60W60/00, B60W30/12, B60W30/18
CPC Code(s): B60W60/0011
Abstract: systems and methods are provided for detecting unclassified hazards for a driver assistance system of a vehicle. the systems include a data storage device comprising map data, one or more sensors configured to generate sensor data indicative of one or more sensed objects in proximity to the vehicle, and a controller configured to, by one or more processors thereof, receive the map data and the sensor data, filter the sensor data to omit at least one of the sensed objects located outside of a bounding area that includes a portion of an adjacent lane next to a current lane in which the vehicle is operating, determine whether an unclassified hazard is present in the adjacent lane, and maintain operation of the vehicle in the current lane in response to a determination that the unclassified hazard is present in the adjacent lane.
Inventor(s): Ehsan Jafarzadeh of Toronto (CA) for gm global technology operations llc, Hossein Sadjadi of Thornhill (CA) for gm global technology operations llc, Paola Scarassatti Sant Anna of Lake Orion MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Dezhi Li of Toronto (CA) for gm global technology operations llc, Sara Sadat Rahimifard of Richmond Hill (CA) for gm global technology operations llc, Yu Cao of Courtice (CA) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): G01M13/045, F16C19/52
CPC Code(s): G01M13/045
Abstract: vehicles and systems and methods for health monitoring drive unit bearings in vehicles are provided. a system for health monitoring a drive unit bearing in a vehicle includes a sensor mounted to a drive unit of the vehicle and configured to provide a vibration signal; and a processor configured to: pre-process the vibration signal from the sensor to enhance a fault signature and form a frequency domain signal; and process the frequency domain signal to estimate a health stage of the drive unit bearing.
Inventor(s): Scott D Thomas of Novi MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): G01M17/007, G06F30/20
CPC Code(s): G01M17/0078
Abstract: systems and methods are provided for vehicle braking, collision, or braking and collision simulations. the systems include a seat platform configured to be secured within a vehicle such that the seat platform is located on or above a seat of the vehicle, the seat platform configured to be controllably displaced relative to the vehicle seat in at least a forward direction towards the front of the vehicle while having a passenger disposed on the seat platform during a deceleration simulation that includes displacing the seat platform having the passenger disposed thereon from an initial position toward the front of the vehicle, one or more sensors configured to gather sensor data indicative of spatial characteristics of the passenger during the deceleration simulation, wherein at least one of the sensors is a sensor of the vehicle.
Inventor(s): Chad R. Cunningham of Shelby Township MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Brenton John Sirowatka of Clarkston MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): G05D1/02, B60S3/04, B60W50/14, G06V20/56
CPC Code(s): G05D1/0276
Abstract: systems and method are provided for carwash detection and entry assistance of a vehicle. a system includes a controller that operates to identify the presence of the vehicle at a wash facility, and to determine whether an operator of the vehicle has accepted entry assistance. when the operator has accepted entry assistance, the controller prepares the vehicle for entering the wash facility, determines a path into the wash facility, and assists the operator in entering the vehicle into the wash facility via the path.
Inventor(s): Hila Levi of Rechovot (IL) for gm global technology operations llc, Dan Levi of Ganei Tikvah (IL) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): G06F16/55, G06F16/53, G06F16/56, G06F16/587, G06V10/74, G06V10/764, G06V20/56
CPC Code(s): G06F16/55
Abstract: a method for open-vocabulary query-based dense retrieval is provided. the method includes monitoring camera data including an image related to an object and referencing a set of queries, each of the queries describing a candidate object to be updated by a remote server device. an encoder of an open-vocabulary pre-trained vision-language model system is utilized to initialize a predefined embedding for each query, and a classifier is initialized by mapping the predefined embeddings to weights of the classifier. the method further includes applying a dense open-vocabulary image encoder on the camera data to create a mass of dense embeddings including a set of spatially-arranged embeddings for the image, each including a matrix including embedding vectors. the classifier is utilized by applying the classifier to the plurality of embedding vectors to classify the object within the operating environment as an identified object. the method further includes publishing the identified object.
Inventor(s): Manoj Sharma of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Joseph F. Szczerba of Grand Blanc MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Akilesh Rajavenkatanarayanan of Macomb MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): G06V20/58, B60R1/23, G02B27/01, G06N3/0464, G06N3/084, G06T5/00, G06T7/10, G06T7/70, G06T11/00, G06V10/774
CPC Code(s): G06V20/58
Abstract: a method for providing information to an occupant of a vehicle includes training a machine learning algorithm to receive a nighttime image as an input and produce an enhanced image as an output. the method also includes capturing the nighttime image of an environment surrounding the vehicle using a camera of the vehicle. the method also includes enhancing the nighttime image using the machine learning algorithm to produce the enhanced image. the method also includes identifying an object of interest in the enhanced image using a computer vision algorithm. the method also includes notifying the occupant of the vehicle about the object of interest.
Inventor(s): 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 Rochester Hills MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Adam L. Wright of Livonia MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Matthew Neely of Rochester MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): G08G1/00, G08G1/0967
CPC Code(s): G08G1/202
Abstract: a system for managing a vehicle set includes a controller having a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded. the vehicle set includes a plurality of autonomous vehicles each having a respective telematics unit adapted to communicate with the controller. the controller is adapted to receive notification of an event in real-time and identify at least one center of the event. the controller is adapted to determine a respective status of the vehicle set in real-time, including a respective availability and a respective proximity to the event. the controller is adapted to dispatch selected ones of the vehicle set to the event based in part on the respective status and assign event duties to the selected ones of the vehicle set. the event duties including forming a boundary around the at least one center of the event by being physically stationed around the at least one center.
Inventor(s): Andrew Clay BOBEL of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Diptak BHATTACHARYA of Royal Oak MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Zhenke TENG of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Caleb REESE of Ferndale MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Sayed Yousef Sayed NAGY of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Anil K. SACHDEV of Rochester Hills MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): H01M4/04, H01M4/66, H01M4/75
CPC Code(s): H01M4/0435
Abstract: a method for manufacturing a current collector for an electrode of a battery cell includes providing a wire mesh current collector including wires that have a diameter and form mesh junctions; and rolling the wire mesh current collector using a first roller and a second roller, wherein the first roller and the second roller are spaced by a predetermined gap. the predetermined gap is less than 2 times the diameter of the wires of the wire mesh current collector.
Inventor(s): Xingcheng Xiao of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Robert D. Schmidt of Bloomfield Hills MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Yifan Zhao of Warren MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): H01M10/0562
CPC Code(s): H01M10/0562
Abstract: a method to create a garnet-based solid electrolyte separator for a battery cell is provided. the method includes coating a garnet-based material powder, initially including a lithium carbonate layer upon an outer surface of the garnet-based material powder, with aluminum fluoride to create a fluoride-treated garnet-based material powder. the method further includes operating a solid-state reaction upon the fluoride-treated garnet-based material powder, such that the aluminum fluoride reacts with the lithium carbonate layer to create aluminum oxide, carbon dioxide, and lithium fluoride. the solid-state reaction creates a fluoride-treated and solid-state reacted garnet-based material powder including the aluminum oxide and the lithium fluoride. the method further includes sintering the fluoride-treated and solid-state reacted garnet-based material powder including the aluminum oxide and the lithium fluoride. the sintering includes applying pressure upon the fluoride-treated and solid-state reacted garnet-based material powder to densify the powder and create the separator.
Inventor(s): Jun-mo Kang of Ann Arbor MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Shuonan Xu of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Hanho Yun of Oakland Twp MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): H01M10/615, B60L58/12, B60L58/27, H01M10/625, H01M10/63
CPC Code(s): H01M10/615
Abstract: a vehicle having a mixed chemistry battery having first and second battery modules, a temperature sensor, a battery heating system configured to selectively heat the first battery module and/or the second battery module, and a controller. the controller configured to monitor the temperature of the first battery module, activate the heating system based on a determination that the temperature is below a minimum threshold value, monitor a first state-of-charge (soc) of the first battery module and the second battery module, calculate a minimum set-point temperature for the first battery module based on the first soc, the second soc, and a maximum current load of the first battery module, and instruct the battery heating system to provide a portion of a total available heating power of the battery heating system to the first battery module and a remainder of the total available heating power to the second battery module.
Inventor(s): Anthony Michael COPPOLA of Rochester Hills MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Ryan Patrick Hickey of Austin TX (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Mohammad Hamza Kirmani of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, William Thomas Kucinski of Windsor (CA) for gm global technology operations llc, Michael Victor Pyrtko of Ferndale MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Kyle James Clare of Brighton MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): H01M50/358, H01M10/48, H01M10/613, H01M10/6556, H01M50/121
CPC Code(s): H01M50/358
Abstract: a battery pack for a vehicle includes a housing including at least one pack vent between an interior and an exterior of the housing. a plurality of battery cells are disposed within the housing. a channel system includes channel arrays positioned in connection with vents on each of the plurality of battery cells and the channel arrays are in connection with a master channel that communicates with the at least one pack vent, wherein the channel system is enclosed from the rest of the volume of the pack.
Inventor(s): Anthony Michael Coppola of Rochester Hills MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, William Thomas Kucinski of Windsor (CA) for gm global technology operations llc, Ryan Patrick Hickey of Austin TX (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Mohammad Hamza Kirmani of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Michael Victor Pyrtko of Ferndale MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): H01M50/367, B60R16/033, H01M10/48, H01M50/249, H01M50/262
CPC Code(s): H01M50/367
Abstract: a battery pack for a vehicle includes a housing including at least one pack vent between an interior and an exterior of the housing; a plurality of battery cells disposed within the housing; and a vent system includes a closed channel network under the cells in connection with a vent of the plurality of battery cells and the at least one pack vent; and a manifold mounted on the closed channel network, a portion of the manifold mounted on the housing including a connector installed from external to the housing that connects the manifold to the closed channel network.
Inventor(s): Junghoon Kim of Ann Arbor MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Muhammad Hussain Alvi of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Mohammad F. Momen of Rochester Hills MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc, Yilun Luo of Ann Arbor MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): H02P27/06, H02M1/00, H02M7/48
CPC Code(s): H02P27/06
Abstract: an electric motor configuration includes a dual output multilevel inverter. the inverter includes a first and second set of alternating current (ac) phase outputs. the first set of ac phase outputs provide a current, each phase output of the first set of ac phase outputs corresponds to a phase output of the second set of ac phase outputs, and each phase output of the first set of ac phase outputs is offset from the corresponding phase output of the second set of phase outputs by 180 degrees. an electric motor includes a first and second set of antiparallel motor windings. the first set of motor windings is connected to the first set of ac phase outputs and the second set of motor windings are connected to the second set of ac phase outputs. the electric motor includes a mechanical rotation output.
Inventor(s): Kamran Ali of Troy MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): H04N7/18, G06N20/00, H04W24/08
CPC Code(s): H04N7/188
Abstract: a system for video recording for a vehicle includes a camera system, a first wireless module, a second wireless module, and a controller in electrical communication with the camera system, the first wireless module, and the second wireless module. the controller is programmed to transmit a plurality of original training signals on a plurality of subcarriers using the first wireless module. the controller is further programmed to receive a plurality of propagated training signals using the second wireless module. the controller is further programmed to determine a deviation between the plurality of original training signals and the plurality of propagated training signals. the controller is further programmed to determine an occupancy status of an environment surrounding the vehicle based at least in part on the deviation and record a video using the camera system in response to determining that the occupancy status is an occupied status.
Inventor(s): Stanley R. BLOECKER of Bruce MI (US) for gm global technology operations llc
IPC Code(s): H05B47/19, B60B7/00, B60B7/04, B60B7/20, B60Q1/50, F21S43/20
CPC Code(s): H05B47/19
Abstract: a system includes a wheel including a center cap having a first portion configured to rotate with the wheel and a second portion configured to remain stationary. the second portion includes a light source and a power storage module. the system further includes a generator configured to generate power and output the power to at least the power storage module, a power converter coupled between the power storage module and the light source, and a control module. the control module is configured to receive a signal indicative of a key associated with the vehicle being within a defined distance, and in response to receiving the signal, control the power converter to output the power generated by the generator and stored in the power storage module to the light source. other examples systems and methods for controlling a light source in a wheel of a vehicle are also disclosed.
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC patent applications on December 12th, 2024
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- B05C5/02
- B05C11/10
- CPC B05C5/0225
- Gm global technology operations llc
- B60G17/017
- B60G7/00
- B60G15/06
- CPC B60G17/017
- B60L15/20
- H02P27/08
- CPC B60L15/2045
- B60L50/51
- H02M1/00
- H02M7/5387
- CPC B60L50/51
- B60R13/02
- F16B5/02
- F16B5/06
- CPC B60R13/0206
- B60W30/095
- B60W50/00
- B60W50/06
- B60W50/14
- CPC B60W30/0953
- B60W60/00
- B60W40/04
- B60W50/10
- G08G1/01
- G08G1/09
- CPC B60W60/001
- B60W30/12
- B60W30/18
- CPC B60W60/0011
- G01M13/045
- F16C19/52
- CPC G01M13/045
- G01M17/007
- G06F30/20
- CPC G01M17/0078
- G05D1/02
- B60S3/04
- G06V20/56
- CPC G05D1/0276
- G06F16/55
- G06F16/53
- G06F16/56
- G06F16/587
- G06V10/74
- G06V10/764
- CPC G06F16/55
- G06V20/58
- B60R1/23
- G02B27/01
- G06N3/0464
- G06N3/084
- G06T5/00
- G06T7/10
- G06T7/70
- G06T11/00
- G06V10/774
- CPC G06V20/58
- G08G1/00
- G08G1/0967
- CPC G08G1/202
- H01M4/04
- H01M4/66
- H01M4/75
- CPC H01M4/0435
- H01M10/0562
- CPC H01M10/0562
- H01M10/615
- B60L58/12
- B60L58/27
- H01M10/625
- H01M10/63
- CPC H01M10/615
- H01M50/358
- H01M10/48
- H01M10/613
- H01M10/6556
- H01M50/121
- CPC H01M50/358
- H01M50/367
- B60R16/033
- H01M50/249
- H01M50/262
- CPC H01M50/367
- H02P27/06
- H02M7/48
- CPC H02P27/06
- H04N7/18
- G06N20/00
- H04W24/08
- CPC H04N7/188
- H05B47/19
- B60B7/00
- B60B7/04
- B60B7/20
- B60Q1/50
- F21S43/20
- CPC H05B47/19
