METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ACTIVE MATERIAL LAYER FOR BATTERY, ACTIVE MATERIAL LAYER FOR BATTERY, AND BATTERY
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250087688
A method of manufacturing an active material layer for a battery, the method including: preparing an active material layer, the active material layer containing a binder and an active material; and irradiating a nanosecond pulsed laser onto the active material layer under a condition of an inputted heat amount being greater than or equal to 0.005 J/mm2 and less than or equal to 0.050 J/mm2.
FLUIDIC OSCILLATORS FOR THE PASSIVE COOLING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250089203
Impingement cooling systems, electronic motor assemblies, and Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, an impingement cooling system includes an electronic device casing downstream a propulsion air-flow and one or more electronic devices housed in the electronic device casing. A plurality of fins extend from the electronic device casing and one or more fluidic oscillators are coupled to the electronic device casing, wherein the fluidic…
BIDIRECTIONAL SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS ENHANCEMENT
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250089052
A system, method and apparatus for mobile communications including sidelink transmissions is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives configuration parameters of a cell for sidelink communications with a second UE that includes configuration parameters for a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second BWP of the cell. The first configuration parameters indicate first radio resources of the cell and a first numerology for the first BWP. The second configuration parameters indicate second…
FORWARD DC-DC CONVERTER
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250088099
A converter includes a core around which a primary winding and a secondary winding of a transformer, as well as a smoothing coil, are wound. A core includes a first base; a second base; an intermediate portion located between the first base and the second base, a first middle leg which is located between the first base and a third core component and around which the primary winding and the secondary winding are wound, a second middle leg which is located between the second base and the…
AIRFOIL FINS FOR THE PASSIVE COOLING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250088066
Impingement cooling systems, electronic motor assemblies, and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, an impingement cooling system includes an electronic device casing downstream a propulsion air-flow and one or more electronic devices housed in the electronic device casing. A plurality of fins extend from the electronic device casing. At least one of the plurality of fins is an airfoil fin. The airfoil fin includes a high-pressure side…
WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER TO TRANSPORT BASED ON ROUTE DATA
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250088043
An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, an energy transfer condition exists along a route, routing, by the transport, to a location on the route based on the energy transfer condition exceeding an energy transfer value and based on one or more traffic conditions, aligning, by the transport, a position of the transport at the location to wirelessly receive an energy transfer, and receiving, by the transport, the energy transfer while the transport is in…
REFERENCE JIG
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250088014
The evaluation jig includes a pair of female terminals connectable to a pair of male terminals of a charging connector and an electric wire that connects the paired female terminals to each other. The electric wire has a cross-sectional area of 70 mm2 or more and 95 mm2 or less. The electric wire has a length of 2 m or more.
Power Storage Cell
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250087864
A power storage cell includes a case, an electrode assembly, and an electrolyte solution. The case houses the electrode assembly and the electrolyte solution. The case has a first bottom wall, a peripheral wall, and a second bottom wall. The second bottom wall faces the first bottom wall. The peripheral wall connects the first bottom wall and the second bottom wall. The peripheral wall includes a pair of main walls and a pair of side walls. The pair of side walls connect the pair of main…
POWER STORAGE CELL
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250087761
The power storage cell includes a cell case, a first two-dimensional identification code, and a second two-dimensional identification code. The cell case is configured to be capable of accommodating an electrode body. The first two-dimensional identification code is provided on an outer surface of the cell case. The first two-dimensional identification code is configured to be able to read the identification information. The second two-dimensional identification code is provided on the…
CURRENT COLLECTOR AND SECONDARY BATTERY
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250087707
The current collector of the present disclosure includes a metal foil and a conductive resin layer laminated on the metal foil. The conductive resin layer in the current collector of the present disclosure includes a resin and a conductive material, and the resin has a melting point of less than 120° C. The secondary battery of the present disclosure includes a cathode current collector and a anode current collector, and at least one of the cathode current collector and the anode…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMAL VERIFICATION OF CORNER CASES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250083694
Systems and methods are provided that implement virtual dataset creation and formal verification for artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) models in a manner that improves the performance of AI/ML models when encountering corner cases. For example, a corner case correction system is configured to synthesize new samples by recontextualizing samples related to corner cases, in new environments. The corner case correction system can implement an energetic neural process which…
DRIVER MONITORING SYSTEM
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250086986
There is provided a driver monitoring system configured to perform face recognition of a driver from a face image of the driver of a vehicle, the system including: an infrared image capturing unit configured to capture an infrared image of a face of the driver using an infrared light emitting unit and an infrared light receiving unit; a visible light image capturing unit configured to capture a visible light image of the face of the driver using a visible light receiving unit; a color…
VEHICLE DETECTION APPARATUS, VEHICLE DETECTION METHOD, AND VEHICLE
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250086822
A vehicle detection apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect, using at least one of state information indicating a state of a vehicle capable of running by unmanned driving obtained from a detector provided on the vehicle, an image of the vehicle, 3D point cloud data of the vehicle, and position information of the vehicle, that at least one wheel provided in the vehicle departs from a transport unit of a transport device, and output a detection result, the transport unit…
Fabrication, Apparatus, and Characterization of Mesoporous Carbon-Nickel Silver Powder-Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) Coated Mandrel-coiled Twisted and Coiled Polymer Fishing Line (TCPFL) Artificial Muscles for Enhanced Performance
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250084835
A mandrel-coiled twisted and coiled polymer fishing line (TCPFL) actuator, method, and computer program product for creating the mandrel-coiled TCPFL) actuator. A plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles may be fabricated, wherein fabricating the plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles may include synthesizing mesoporous C-NiAg-PVA solution and coating the TCPFL with the mesoporous C-NiAg-PVA solution.
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250084809
When EGR gases are introduced into the intake passage through EGR passage, the control device determines whether or not the condensed water is generated in the merging portion of the intake passage, which is the portion to which EGR passage is connected. The control device determines whether or not the internal combustion engine is in a high-load operation based on the engine speed and the engine torque. The control device determines that the condensed water is generated in the merging…
BLOW-BY GAS RECIRCULATION DEVICE
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250084808
The blow-by gas recirculation device includes first to third passages and first and second check valves. The first to third passages respectively connect a portion of an intake passage downstream of a throttle valve, connect a portion of the intake passage downstream of an intercooler, and connect a portion of the intake passage upstream of a compressor to an interior of the crankcase. In the first passage, a first check valve is configured to permit a flow of gas from the interior of…
TRANSPORT METHOD SWITCHING DEVICE, TRANSPORT SWITCHING METHOD, AND MOVING OBJECT
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250083902
A transport method switching device includes a transport information acquisition unit that acquires transport status information indicating a transport status of a moving object capable of moving by unmanned driving, the moving object being transported by a transport device, the transport device being capable of transporting the moving object in a predetermined transport section while movement control for the moving object is stopped; a movement control determination unit that determines…
STATE SWITCHING DEVICE, MOVING OBJECT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MOVING OBJECT
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250083761
A state switching device includes: a progress status acquisition unit that acquires a progress status of processing performed on a moving object in a manufacturing process of the moving object in a factory for manufacturing the moving object movable by unmanned driving, the moving object including at least one device; a device determination unit that determines a device to be switched to an actuation state, the determined device being included in the at least one device and being set to…
INSPECTION SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, AND INSPECTION METHOD
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250083759
An inspection system of remotely or autonomously inspecting a mobile body movable through unattended operation includes: a processor that generates and outputs a control instruction that causes the mobile body to operate; and executes an abnormality process in a case where a difference obtained by comparing at least two of physical quantities for the mobile body as a target is more than a criterion value, the physical quantities including a first physical quantity related to operation of…
VEHICLES INCLUDING TRUCK BED STORAGE SYSTEMS WITH ROTATING RACK ASSEMBLIES
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250083753
A vehicle includes a truck bed that includes a bed deck and a storage system that includes a rack assembly including a housing having a fixed size that occupies at least 10 percent of a total area of the bed deck in a stowed position. The rack assembly includes a pivot mechanism that is mounted to a rear pillar of the vehicle and provides a fixed pivot location. The rack assembly is configured to pivot about the pivot location from the stowed position entirely within the truck bed…
