PLATINUM-PALLADIUM ALLOY CATALYST TO ENHANCE PERFORMANCE IN FUEL CELLS CONTAINING PHOSPHORIC ACID OR PHOSPHONATED IONOMER
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118772
A platinum-palladium alloy catalyst, and a phosphoric acid or a phosphonated ionomer contacting the platinum-palladium alloy catalyst in a fuel cell. Phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFCs, with phosphoric-acid-saturated silicon carbide matrix) employing the platinum-palladium alloy catalyst, and, a phosphoric acid or a phosphonated ionomer contacting the platinum-palladium alloy catalyst are disclosed. High-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (HT-PEMFCs, with…
ELECTROSTATIC CLUTCHES WITH HIGH STRENGTH SUBSTRATE FABRIC
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250119077
An electrostatic clutch includes a pair of electrodes configured to be attached to a base material of the electrostatic clutch. The pair of electrodes individually comprise a high strength substrate fabric configured to be attached to the base material and a dielectric layer coupled to the high strength substrate fabric.
ROTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND ROTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250119039
A rotor manufacturing apparatus includes a first welding device configured to weld a first end plate to a first end of a rotor core, a first detection unit configured to detect whether an end plate to be supplied to the first welding device is the first end plate, a second welding device configured to weld a second end plate to a second end of the rotor core having the first end plate welded to the first end, and a second detection unit configured to detect whether an end plate to be…
ROTOR
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250119010
A rotor includes a rotor core that includes a magnet housing hole, multiple magnet members that are accommodated in the magnet housing hole in a state of being separated from each other in a planar direction orthogonal to the stacking direction, and multiple fixing members that respectively fill spaces between an inner surface of the magnet housing hole and outer surfaces of the multiple magnet members. The fixing members press the magnet members against the inner surface of the magnet…
MANAGING RENEWABLE ENERGY DISRUPTION
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118966
An example operation includes one or more of determining a severity and a duration of a predicted deficiency of a renewable energy source in an area, responsive to the severity being above a first threshold and the duration being above a second threshold, providing stored energy from energy storage units in the area during the duration to overcome a portion of the predicted deficiency, and responsive to the severity being further above a third threshold and the duration being above a…
CELL STACK ASSEMBLY AND BATTERY MODULE
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118878
A cell stack assembly, including: a plurality of stacked battery cells, each including an electrode assembly; a laminate exterior packaging that covers the electrode assembly and encloses the electrode assembly internally; and a fixing tape, including at least one of an inner fixing tape wound in a peripheral direction onto an outer peripheral face of the electrode assembly at an inner side of the laminate exterior packaging, or an outer fixing tape wound in a peripheral direction onto…
VEHICLE AND BATTERY PACK
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118847
The vehicle includes a vehicle body including an underbody, and a battery pack attached to the vehicle body below the underbody. The battery pack includes an upper surface portion provided to face the underbody, and a heat insulating material (mounting member) attached to the upper surface portion. The upper surface portion is provided with a projecting portion protruding toward the underbody side. The heat insulating material is formed with a hole portion into which the projecting…
POWER STORAGE DEVICE
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118845
The power storage device includes a first power storage module and a second power storage module, a case that houses the first power storage module and the second module, a cross member, a mount member fixed to an upper surface of the cross member, and an electronic device. The height of the mount member in the vertical direction is higher than the height of the electronic device, the electronic device is disposed so as to be adjacent to the mount member in the second direction, and…
METHOD OF PRODUCING BATTERY, AND BATTERY
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118809
A method of producing a battery, the method including: a first process of disposing an electrode body at an internal space of an exterior body; a second process of supplying an electrolytic solution to the internal space of the exterior body at which the electrode body has been disposed; and a third process of pressurizing the exterior body, to which the electrolytic solution has been supplied, at a portion corresponding to a periphery of the electrode body, the internal space of the…
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LITHIUM-ION BATTERY AND LITHIUM-ION BATTERY
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118793
The method of the present disclosure for producing a lithium-ion battery includes providing a positive electrode precursor layer containing at least lithium alloy particles and a positive electrode active material, obtaining a lithium-ion battery precursor having the positive electrode precursor layer, the separator layer, and the negative electrode active material layer in an order of the positive electrode precursor layer, the separator layer, and the negative electrode active material…
METHOD FOR PRODUCING NOBLE METAL FINE PARTICLE-SUPPORTED CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING NOBLE METAL FINE PARTICLES, NOBLE METAL FINE PARTICLE-SUPPORTED CATALYST, AND NOBLE METAL FINE PARTICLES
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250114771
A method for producing a noble metal fine particle-supported catalyst includes: a step of mixing a noble metal salt, an alcohol having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and a support to form a mixture; and a heating step of the mixture at a temperature of 150° C. or higher and 800° C. or lower to produce a noble metal fine particle-supported catalyst.
POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118742
The disclosure relates to a positive electrode material. The positive electrode material includes a positive electrode active material and two or more kinds of lithium alloys, and the two or more kinds of lithium alloys each include a metallic element having a lithium-alloying potential of 0.5 V (vs. Li/Li+) or more.
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CURRENT COLLECTOR FOIL
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118723
A first electrode foil having a pinhole, a second electrode foil, a method of manufacturing a current collector foil to obtain a current collecting foil for a liquid-based battery by laminating, the first electrode foil and the second electrode foil, one is a positive electrode foil, the other is a negative electrode foil, the application step of applying an adhesive to the first electrode foil, suction from the surface side opposite to the surface to which the adhesive is applied in the…
SEED CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE AND GRAPHITE SUSCEPTOR WITH SEED CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118551
A seed crystal substrate includes: a substrate having a GaN seed crystal on a front surface thereof; an adhesion layer formed on a back surface of the substrate; and a carbon film covering the adhesion layer. The substrate includes a GaN single crystal substrate or a sapphire substrate with a GaN film, and the adhesion layer contains Si. Thus, a carbon film having a high infrared emissivity is disposed on a back surface side of the seed crystal substrate, and heat dissipation by…
SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118470
A soft magnetic material and a method for producing the same. The soft magnetic material is: Fe100-x-y-z-wBxNiySizMw (In the formula, M is one or more inevitable elements selected from Nb, Mo, Ta, W, Co, and Sn, and x, y, z, and w are in atomic percent satisfying 12?x?17, 1?y?3, 0<z?1, 0<w?0.1). Soft magnetic material includes ?-Fe phase which contains crystals whose average particle size is 30 nm or less. The average particle size of crystals is average value of projected area…
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118296
A prompt text including a list of a plurality of first language models each specialized for intention understanding in a plurality of predetermined domains and a content of the utterance is generated, the prompt text is input to a second language model, the first language model having a domain corresponding to the content of the utterance is identified based on the content of the response obtained from the second language model, and the content of the utterance is transferred to the…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNCERTAINTY AWARE MONOCULAR 3D OBJECT DETECTION
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118094
A method for 3D object detection is described. The method includes predicting, using a trained monocular depth network, an estimated monocular input depth map of a monocular image of a video stream and an estimated depth uncertainty map associated with the estimated monocular input depth map. The method also includes feeding back a depth uncertainty regression loss associated with the estimated monocular input depth map during training of the trained monocular depth network to update the…
COMPLETING A TRANSACTION BY A TRANSPORT
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250117872
An example operation includes one or more of monitoring, by a transport exterior a location, an exchange performed in an interior of the location by a recent occupant of the transport, and completing, by the transport, the exchange.
CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250117013
A control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to: specify, in a case where an abnormal state occurs in a plurality of mobile bodies being performing automated driving autonomously or through remote control, at least one mobile body to be preferentially handled as a target mobile body, from among the plurality of mobile bodies, based on a state of the plurality of mobile bodies; and perform control of taking necessary measures on the target mobile body.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSONALIZED AUTONOMOUS DRIVING
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250115273
Systems and methods are provided for personalizing autonomous driving. The system can receive historical data on a driver of the vehicle's performance and population data indicating a population driving style. Speed data can be recorded as the driver of the vehicle drives the vehicle during a trial period. The historical data, population data, and speed data can be input into a machine learning model to determine a style for the driver. The system can receive one or more parameters from…
