Tesla Motors Patents
Tesla Motors, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and sells electric vehicles, and operates a network of charging stations for Tesla electric vehicles. Tesla also sells electric vehicle powertrain components to other vehicle manufacturers, as well as battery systems for homes, commercial sites and utilities.
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Patent number: 12078236Abstract: An electric drive unit and method of assembling the same is disclosed. The electric drive unit includes a rotor having a rotor shaft, and gear shaft, where the rotor shaft is inserted into the gear shaft. The gear shaft is supported by two bearings, while the rotor shaft supported directly at one end by a bearing and at the other by the gear shaft. A wave spring is also disclosed that provides an axial loading to the rotor shaft. Also disclosed is a balancing ring secured to an end of the rotor via a locknut. The balancing ring can be machined in order to balance the rotor. The rotor shaft can be connected to the gear shaft via a spline connection. The rotor shaft can bear against the gear shaft via a pilot journal and pilot bore defined on the rotor shaft and gear shaft respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Dellal, Scott Michael Graves, Luke Ottaway
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Patent number: 12079723Abstract: A model training and implementation pipeline trains models for individual embedded systems. The pipeline iterates through multiple models and estimates the performance of the models. During a model generation stage, the pipeline translates the description of the model together with the model parameters into an intermediate representation in a language that is compatible with a virtual machine. The intermediate representation is agnostic or independent to the configuration of the target platform. During a model performance estimation stage, the pipeline evaluates the performance of the models without training the models. Based on the analysis of the performance of the untrained models, a subset of models is selected. The selected models are then trained and the performance of the trained models are analyzed. Based on the analysis of the performance of the trained models, a single model is selected for deployment to the target platform.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Harsimran Singh Sidhu, Paras Jagdish Jain, Daniel Paden Tomasello, Forrest Nelson Iandola
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Patent number: 12076338Abstract: Disclosed herein are medical devices, uses thereof, methods of manufacture, and kits comprising medical devices. Also disclosed herein are uses of medical devices. For example, medical devices are used to produced biophotons for biophoton therapy. Also disclosed herein is the administration of biophoton therapy for the treatment of stroke in a subject in need thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2024Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Tesla BioHealing Inc.Inventors: James Zhou Liu, Yuehua Gu
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Publication number: 20240249571Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for identifying subsets of data in a dataset. In examples, a computing device can receive data associated with operation of at least one vehicle, determine a plurality of events that occurred during based on the operation of the at least one vehicle, receive data associated with a request, the request specifying one or more event types, and determine a set of events from among the plurality of events based on the one or more event types specified by the request. In examples, the computing device can generate event data associated with the operation of the at least one vehicle in the environment during the points in time corresponding to each event of the set of events and transmit the event data to the device associated with the request.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Adam Raudonis, Mikhail Alekseev, Syris Norelli, Pete Scheutzow
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Publication number: 20240246056Abstract: The present invention relates to a manufacturing device for a pharmaceutical product, a manufacturing module for a pharmaceutical product, a manufacturing system for a pharmaceutical product, a method for producing a pharmaceutical product, a method for producing a DNA template, a method for producing an RNA, a method for producing a formulated RNA and uses of the manufacturing device, module or system. The manufacturing device for a pharmaceutical product comprises a housing, a process chamber, a technical chamber, a separation element, and a control unit. The housing is closed relative to the environment outside the housing. The housing encompasses the process chamber and the technical chamber. The process chamber is separated from the technical chamber by the separation element. The control unit is configured to control a gas flow through the process chamber. The control unit is configured to control the gas flow to provide in the process chamber a positive pressure relative to the environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2021Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicants: CureVac RNA Printer GmbH, Tesla Automation GmbHInventors: Benyamin YAZDAN PANAH, Tilmann ROOS, Telmo GRACA, Felix BERTSCH, Veronika FONTIUS, Michael RAUEN, Nico SCHOLTES, Philipp HOFFMANN, Martin KUNZE
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Patent number: 12036932Abstract: A new wiring and power and communications system for an automobile that includes a plurality of devices, wherein the devices are connected to a backbone section that has an outer sheathing, a first conductor disposed within the outer sheathing, a second conductor disposed within the outer sheathing, a pair of inner sheathing members disposed within the outer sheathing and located on opposing sides of the at least one conductor, the inner sheathing members configured to electrically insulate the first conductor from the second conductor, and a shield member disposed within the outer sheathing.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Satyan Chandra, In Jae Chung, Adnan Esmail, Matthew Blum, Rishabh Bhandari
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Patent number: 12037302Abstract: The invention relates to a novel compound manufactured with the procedure of synthesis of bouncing Carvacrol and Lidocaine into one stable compound. Use of the compound as an active compound/potent antimicrobial for the treatment of bacterial infections in humans caused by pathogens resistant to antibiotics, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Streptococcus faecalis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Escherichia spp. E. coli, Salmonella spp. Pasteurella spp., Corynebacterium spp., Bacillus spp., Bacillus anthracis, Clostridium spp., Spherophorus spp., Candida spp., Trichophyton spp., Microsporum spp., Mycobacterium spp., Vibrio spp., Cryptosporidium spp., Microsporidia spp., Listeria monocytogenes, Lawsonia intracellularis, Treponema dysenteriae, Enterococcus spp., Haemophilus spp., Campylobacter spp., Chlamydia spp., Brucella spp., and other pathogenic bacterial species.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: TESLA BIOSCIENCE AD BANJA LUKAInventor: Dusan Ninkov
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Patent number: 12034402Abstract: One embodiment can provide a photovoltaic roof tile module. The photovoltaic roof tile module can include a front cover, a back cover assembly, photovoltaic structures positioned between the front cover and back cover assembly, and an internal circuit component electrically coupled to the photovoltaic structures. The internal circuit component is positioned between the front cover and the back cover assembly. The back cover assembly can include at least one through hole and a metallic plug inserted inside the through hole. A first surface of the metallic plug can electrically couple to the internal circuit component, and a second opposite surface of the metallic plug can be exposed to surroundings external to the photovoltaic roof tile module, thereby facilitating electrical coupling between the photovoltaic roof tile module and another photovoltaic roof tile module.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Peter P. Nguyen, Kaleb A. Klauber
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Patent number: 12020476Abstract: An autonomous control system generates synthetic data that reflect simulated environments. Specifically, the synthetic data is a representation of sensor data of the simulated environment from the perspective of one or more sensors. The system generates synthetic data by introducing one or more simulated modifications to sensor data captured by the sensors or by simulating the sensor data for a virtual environment. The autonomous control system uses the synthetic data to train computer models for various detection and control algorithms. In general, this allows autonomous control systems to augment training data to improve performance of computer models, simulate scenarios that are not included in existing training data, and/or train computer models that remove unwanted effects or occlusions from sensor data of the environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Forrest Nelson Iandola, Donald Benton MacMillen, Anting Shen, Harsimran Singh Sidhu, Paras Jagdish Jain
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Patent number: 12020853Abstract: A structure for forming inductor windings includes a first portion and a second portion of a clamshell casing. The first portion includes a first set of electrically conductive segments, a first inner carrier, and a first outer carrier. The second portion includes a second set of electrically conductive segments, a second inner carrier, and a second outer carrier. An inductor core is mountable between the first inner carrier and the first outer carrier within the first portion. A control assembly aligns and joins the first portion to the second portion of the clamshell casing such that the first set of electrically conductive segments arranged in the first pattern that correspond to first half-turns of the inductor windings, are attached to the second set of electrically conductive segments arranged in the second pattern that correspond to second half-turns of the inductor windings, to form continuous turns around the inductor core.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2023Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventor: Tobias S. Ricco
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Patent number: 12014553Abstract: A processor coupled to memory is configured to receive image data based on an image captured by a camera of a vehicle. The image data is used as a basis of an input to a trained machine learning model trained to predict a three-dimensional trajectory of a machine learning feature. The three-dimensional trajectory of the machine learning feature is provided for automatically controlling the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: TESLA, INC.Inventors: Ashok Kumar Elluswamy, Matthew Bauch, Christopher Payne, Andrej Karpathy, Dhaval Shroff, Arvind Ramanandan, James Robert Howard Hakewill
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Patent number: 12015146Abstract: Provided herein are energy storage device electrode films comprising a hybrid electrode film, and methods of forming such multilayer hybrid electrode films and energy storage devices comprising multilayer hybrid electrode films. Each hybrid electrode film may comprise a self-supporting dry coated active layer and a wet cast active layer, wherein each active layer comprises a binder and an active material. The binder and/or active material may be the same or different as any other active layer. The hybrid multilayer electrode film may further comprise at least one additional layer, and the hybrid multilayer electrode film may be laminated with a current collector to form an electrode.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2023Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Joon Ho Shin, Hieu Minh Duong, Amado Marcelino Garcia Acevedo
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Patent number: 12010039Abstract: A method of communication in a vehicle network is provided. An example method includes transmitting a network allocation map in a TDMA cycle, indicating reservation of time slots in the TDMA cycle. The method further includes transmitting a synchronization signal in the TDMA cycle, to synchronize the timing of nodes in the vehicle network. Each of the reserved time slots is identified by at least a network ID of a transmitting node in the vehicle network, and a slot type comprising one of a low latency traffic slot, and a bulk traffic slot. Further, the low latency traffic slots are repeated in the TDMA cycle at least as frequently as a guaranteed QoS latency parameter. Further, the bulk traffic slots are at least as long as a guaranteed QoS throughput parameter.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: TESLA, INC.Inventors: Adnan Esmail, Prashant Joshi, Sundar Balasubramaniam, Brijesh Tripathi, Gaurav Chandra
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Publication number: 20240185445Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for using artificial intelligence modeling techniques to train and execute an artificial intelligence model to analyze camera feed received from an ego to generate an occupancy data indicating whether different voxels within the ego's surroundings are occupied by an object having mass. A method comprises inputting, using a camera of an ego object, image data of a space around the ego object into an artificial intelligence model; predicting, by executing the artificial intelligence model, an occupancy attribute of a plurality of voxels; and generating a dataset based on the plurality of voxels and their corresponding occupancy attribute.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2024Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Pengfei Phil DUAN, Nishant DESAI, Philip LEE, Ashok ELLUSWAMY
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Publication number: 20240185552Abstract: Systems and methods for enhanced object detection for autonomous vehicles based on field of view. An example method includes obtaining an image from an image sensor of one or more image sensors positioned about a vehicle. A field of view for the image is determined, with the field of view being associated with a vanishing line. A crop portion corresponding to the field of view is generated from the image, with a remaining portion of the image being downsampled. Information associated with detected objects depicted in the image is outputted based on a convolutional neural network, with detecting objects being based on performing a forward pass through the convolutional neural network of the crop portion and the remaining portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2024Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Anting Shen, Romi Phadte, Gayatri Joshi
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Patent number: 12003682Abstract: A see through apparatus receives a paper document. The see through apparatus includes a first scanning element, a second scanning element, and a processor coupled to the first scanning element and the second scanning element. Each of the first and second scanning elements illuminate a respective side of the paper document while the other scanning element captures an image. The processor detects kinematic artifacts on the paper document and determines that the paper document is fraudulent based on the detected kinematic artifacts. The processor also detects an alignment feature from the image capture from the first image or the second image, and determines that the document is not aligned based on the detected alignment feature.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2023Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Tesla Laboratories, LLCInventor: Jovan Hutton Pulitzer
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Publication number: 20240177455Abstract: Systems and methods for training machine models with augmented data. An example method includes identifying a set of images captured by a set of cameras while affixed to one or more image collection systems. For each image in the set of images, a training output for the image is identified. For one or more images in the set of images, an augmented image for a set of augmented images is generated. Generating an augmented image includes modifying the image with an image manipulation function that maintains camera properties of the image. The augmented training image is associated with the training output of the image. A set of parameters of the predictive computer model are trained to predict the training output based on an image training set including the images and the set of augmented images.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2024Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Matthew John Cooper, Paras Jagdish Jain, Harsimran Singh Sidhu
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Patent number: 11996547Abstract: Large-scale anodes containing high weight percentages of silicon suitable for use in lithium-ion energy storage devices and batteries, and methods of manufacturing the same, are described. The anode material described herein can include a film cast on a current collector substrate, with the film including a plurality of active material particles and a conductive polymer membrane coated over the active material particles. In some embodiments, the conductive polymer membrane comprises polyacrylonitrile (PAN). The method of manufacturing the anode material can include preparation of a slurry including the active material particles and the conductive polymer material, casting the slurry on a current collector substrate, and subjecting the composite material to drying and heat treatments.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Tyler Evans, Daniela Molina Piper
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Patent number: 11990278Abstract: Provided herein are energy storage device electrode films comprising multiple active layers, and methods of forming such multiple active layer energy storage device electrode films. Each active layer may be a self-supporting active layer comprising a binder and an active material. The binder and/or active material may be the same or different as any other active layer. The active layers may be stacked to form an electrode film, and the electrode film may be laminated with a current collector to form an electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Joon Ho Shin, Hieu Minh Duong
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Patent number: 11983630Abstract: A neural network architecture is used that reduces the processing load of implementing the neural network. This network architecture may thus be used for reduced-bit processing devices. The architecture may limit the number of bits used for processing and reduce processing to prevent data overflow at individual calculations of the neural network. To implement this architecture, the number of bits used to represent inputs at levels of the network and the related filter masks may also be modified to ensure the number of bits of the output does not overflow the resulting capacity of the reduced-bit processor. To additionally reduce the load for such a network, the network may implement a “starconv” structure that permits the incorporation of nearby nodes in a layer to balance processing requirements and permit the network to learn from context of other nodes.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Forrest Nelson Iandola, Harsimran Singh Sidhu, Yiqi Hou
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Patent number: 11981648Abstract: Provided are methods of preparing 3-R-1,4,2-dioxazol-5-one compounds using convenient and efficient methods. Also provided are 3-R-1,4,2-dioxazol-5-one compounds produced using the methods described.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignees: Tesla, Inc., Panasonic Holdings CorporationInventors: David S. Hall, Jeffery Raymond Dahn, Toren Hynes
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Patent number: 11973004Abstract: Described is a multi-chip module that may include a Redistribution Layer (RDL) substrate having Integrated Circuit (IC) dies mounted to a first surface of the RDL substrate. A second plurality of IC dies may be mounted to an opposite second surface. A plurality of sockets can be mounted upon the second plurality of IC dies and a cold plate then mounted to the first plurality of IC dies. The mounting structure may include socket frames coupled to the plurality of sockets.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Robert Yinan Cao, Mitchell Heschke, Mengzhi Pang, Shishuang Sun, Vijaykumar Krithivasan
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Publication number: 20240125934Abstract: An annotation system uses annotations for a first set of sensor measurements from a first sensor to identify annotations for a second set of sensor measurements from a second sensor. The annotation system identifies reference annotations in the first set of sensor measurements that indicates a location of a characteristic object in the two-dimensional space. The annotation system determines a spatial region in the three-dimensional space of the second set of sensor measurements that corresponds to a portion of the scene represented in the annotation of the first set of sensor measurements. The annotation system determines annotations within the spatial region of the second set of sensor measurements that indicates a location of the characteristic object in the three-dimensional space.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Tesla, Inc.Inventor: Anting Shen
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Patent number: 11962030Abstract: An integrated, unitary battery pack may be formed and used as part of the structural support for a vehicle frame. The unitary battery pack includes arrays cells having all positive and negative electrical terminals aligned in-plane on a common face of the product assembly. The unitary battery pack includes cooling components for passively or actively cooling the cell arrays. The unitary battery pack is encased in a potting material that allows that forms part of the structure support for the unitary battery pack. The unitary batter pack may be integrated into the vehicle with or without additional support structures.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Pires, Robert David Sumpf, Jr., William B. Stockton, Cole Spooner, Cole Prodan, Jayesh Bharat Gorasia, Kenton Harris, Dan Burke, Dafna Gabriela Szafer, Krupal Patel, Benjamin Parker, David Elias Hegeman
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Patent number: 11960901Abstract: An autonomous driving controller includes a plurality of parallel processors operating on common input data. Each of the plurality of parallel processors includes a general processor, a security processor subsystem (SCS), and a safety subsystem (SMS). The general processors, the SCSs, and the SMSs of the plurality of parallel processors are configured to first, boot the plurality of SCSs from ROM second, boot the plurality of SMSs of the plurality of parallel processors from RAM or ROM, and, third, boot the plurality of general processors of the plurality of parallel processors from RAM. Between booting of the SCSs and the SMSs, at least one of the plurality of SCSs may load SMS boot code into the RAM that is dedicated to the plurality of SMSs.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Patryk Kaminski, Thaddeus Fortenberry, David Glasco
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Patent number: 11961959Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte for a lithium ion battery includes a lithium salt, a first nonaqueous solvent, and an additive mixture comprising a first operative additive of lithium difluorophosphate and a second operative additive of either fluoro ethylene carbonate or vinylene carbonate. A lithium-ion battery includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode comprising NMC with micrometer-scale grains, a nonaqueous electrolyte having lithium ions dissolved in a first nonaqueous solvent, and an additive mixture having a first operative additive of either fluoro ethylene carbonate or vinylene carbonate and a second operative additive of either 1,3,2-dioxathiolane-2,2-dioxide, another sulfur-containing additive, or lithium difluorophosphate.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: Tesla, Inc., Panasonic Holdings CorporationInventors: Lin Ma, Xiaowei Ma, Stephen Laurence Glazier, Jing Li, Jeffery Raymond Dahn
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Patent number: 11955921Abstract: One embodiment can provide a photovoltaic roof tile. The photovoltaic roof tile can include a transparent front cover, a transparent back cover, and a plurality of polycrystalline-Si-based photovoltaic structures positioned between the front cover and the back cover. A respective polycrystalline-Si-based photovoltaic structure has a front surface facing the front cover and a back surface facing the back cover. The photovoltaic roof tile can further include a paint layer positioned on a back surface of the back cover facing away from the front cover. A color of the paint layer substantially matches a color of the front surface of the respective polycrystalline-Si-based photovoltaic structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: John Liu, Yangsen Kang, Anh N. Duong, Yongkee Chae, Milan Padilla, Chen Wang, Remy D. Labesque
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Patent number: 11949089Abstract: An energy storage device can include a cathode, an anode, and a separator between the cathode and the anode. At least one of the electrodes can include an electrode film prepared by a dry process. The electrode film and/or the electrode can comprise a prelithiating material. Processes and apparatuses used for fabricating the electrode and/or electrode film are also described.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Ziying Wang, Hieu Minh Duong
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Patent number: 11942591Abstract: A method for constructing a battery that includes a can, a jelly roll contained in the can, a top insulator contained in the can adjacent to and above the jelly roll, and a battery cap. The method includes forming the can, forming the jelly roll, inserting the jelly roll into the can, inserting a top insulator into the can adjacent to and above the jelly roll, assembling the battery cap, including an outer conductive ring, an insulator ring, a conductive top plate, a conductive rupture plate, connecting a cathode to the conductive rupture plate, inserting the battery cap into the can, and welding the battery cap to an inner surface of the can.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Kenjin Masumoto, Christophe Mille
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Patent number: 11938796Abstract: A vehicle having an exoskeleton exterior panel that provides crash resistance is described. The exterior panel may be formed from a monolithic metal sheet and attached to an exterior portion of the vehicle frame, and the exterior panel does not comprise an additional support structure. At least one component may be directly attached to the exterior panel, and the exterior panel may bear the load of the at least one component. Methods of manufacturing the vehicle are also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Alan Paul Clarke, Xiaoping Cai, Lars Moravy, Ted Antony
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Patent number: 11932184Abstract: A wiring system for an automobile connecting a processor and a plurality of devices, using one or more backbone sections. The processor and devices are connected to one another to form a first loop and a second loop, such that data may be transmitted along the first loop and data may be transmitted along the second loop.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Adnan Esmail, In Jae Chung, Lakshya Jain, Brijesh Tripathi
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Patent number: 11932078Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for an enhanced heat pump are provided. An example embodiment includes a housing, the housing having a particular number of connection ports, each connection port being connected to a component of the electric vehicle, and the connection ports being configured to pass fluid; and a stemshell positioned within the housing, the stemshell comprising a plurality of channels, wherein at least a portion of the channels are in fluidic connection with the connection ports, wherein the stemshell is configured to rotate within the housing, and wherein rotation causes adjustment of the connection ports correspond which correspond to the channels.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Prem Pinto, Daniel F. Hanks
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Patent number: 11933660Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to detect and/or classify a vehicle occupant, such as a passenger seated within the cockpit of a vehicle. An occupant classification system includes an occupant weight sensor, an occupant presence sensor, and a logic device configured to communicate with the occupant weight sensor and the occupant presence sensor. The logic device is configured to receive occupant weight sensor signals from the occupant weight sensor and occupant presence sensor signals from the occupant presence sensor, determine an estimated occupant weight and an occupant presence response based, at least in part, on the occupant weight sensor signals and the occupant presence sensor signals, and determine an occupant classification status corresponding to the passenger seat based, at least in part, on the estimated occupant weight and/or the occupant presence response.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Akin Aina, Markell Baldwin, Bronson Aden, Zach Stuart
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Patent number: 11919411Abstract: A cable assembly includes a cable having a first end and a second end. The cable has an electric conductor and a cooling conduit, each of which extends from the first end to the second end. The cooling conduit is adapted to convey a fluid that cools the electric conductor. The cable assembly includes a leak detection module to detect a leak of the fluid from the cooling conduit. The leak detection module includes a power source to generate an input voltage signal which is applied at a first node contact with the fluid. The leak detection module includes a controller to monitor an output voltage signal at the first node and to detect a leak of the fluid from the cooling conduit based on the output voltage signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Pascal-Andre Fortin, Martin Sukup, Tim Murphy, Chuen Chou, Aria Tedjarati
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Patent number: 11908171Abstract: Systems and methods for enhanced object detection for autonomous vehicles based on field of view. An example method includes obtaining an image from an image sensor of one or more image sensors positioned about a vehicle. A field of view for the image is determined, with the field of view being associated with a vanishing line. A crop portion corresponding to the field of view is generated from the image, with a remaining portion of the image being downsampled. Information associated with detected objects depicted in the image is outputted based on a convolutional neural network, with detecting objects being based on performing a forward pass through the convolutional neural network of the crop portion and the remaining portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Anting Shen, Romi Phadte, Gayatri Joshi
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Patent number: 11904713Abstract: A system and method for mitigating the effects of a thermal event within a non-metal-air battery pack is provided in which the hot gas and material generated during the event is directed into the metal-air cells of a metal-air battery pack. The metal-air cells provide a large thermal mass for absorbing at least a portion of the thermal energy generated during the event before it is released to the ambient environment. As a result, the risks to vehicle passengers, bystanders, first responders and property are limited.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventor: Weston Arthur Hermann
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Patent number: 11909041Abstract: This invention provides an environmental friendly method for the production of high capacity cathode materials for use in Li-ion batteries. Traditional methods for producing lithium mixed metal oxide cathode materials typically generate large amounts of effluent which effluent must be treated prior to discharge. The present process uses mixed metals as raw materials, in a wet chemical reaction with an oxidant, in order to make high-quality metal hydroxide precursors which can be used to prepare high-quality cathode materials after lithiation. As a key feature, in the precursor preparation process, the bulk of the aqueous solution used for the wet chemical reaction can be recycled back to the reactor, so that the total process has little or no effluent generated during production of the cathode precursor material.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Feng Zou, Yang Liu
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Patent number: 11901549Abstract: An energy storage device can include a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode wherein the first electrode or the second electrode includes elemental lithium metal and carbon particles. A method for fabricating an energy storage device can include forming a first electrode and a second electrode, and inserting a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, where forming the first electrode or the second electrode can include combining elemental lithium metal and a plurality of carbon particles.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Hieu Minh Duong, Porter Mitchell, Mohammed-Yazid Saidi
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Patent number: 11901310Abstract: An electronic assembly includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and a plurality of stiffening members coupled to the substrate. The substrate further includes a plurality of substrate interconnects. The electronic assembly further includes a plurality of semiconductor dies mounted on the first surface of the substrate. The plurality of semiconductor dies are electrically connected to each other via the plurality of substrate interconnects. The electronic assembly further includes a plurality of power supply modules mounted on the second surface of the substrate. Each power supply module is disposed opposite to a respective semiconductor die.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Mengzhi Pang, Shishuang Sun, Ganesh Venkataramanan, William Arthur McGee, Steven Butler
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Patent number: 11893393Abstract: A microprocessor system comprises a computational array and a hardware arbiter. The computational array includes a plurality of computation units. Each of the plurality of computation units operates on a corresponding value addressed from memory. The hardware arbiter is configured to control issuing of at least one memory request for one or more of the corresponding values addressed from the memory for the computation units. The hardware arbiter is also configured to schedule a control signal to be issued based on the issuing of the memory requests.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Emil Talpes, Peter Joseph Bannon, Kevin Altair Hurd
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Patent number: 11894770Abstract: A Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) includes a first voltage rail circuit board oriented in a first plane having formed therein a first plurality of conductors and configured to produce a first rail voltage, a second voltage rail circuit board oriented in a second plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane having formed therein a second plurality of conductors and configured to produce a second rail voltage. The VRM also includes a first capacitor circuit board oriented in a third plane that is substantially perpendicular to the first plane and a second capacitor circuit board oriented in a fourth plane that is substantially parallel to the third plane. The VRM includes a plurality of conductors intercoupling the first voltage rail circuit board, the first capacitor circuit board, the second voltage rail circuit board, and the second capacitor circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Shishuang Sun, Kevin Hurd, Satyan Chandra
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Patent number: 11893774Abstract: Systems and methods for training machine models with augmented data. An example method includes identifying a set of images captured by a set of cameras while affixed to one or more image collection systems. For each image in the set of images, a training output for the image is identified. For one or more images in the set of images, an augmented image for a set of augmented images is generated. Generating an augmented image includes modifying the image with an image manipulation function that maintains camera properties of the image. The augmented training image is associated with the training output of the image. A set of parameters of the predictive computer model are trained to predict the training output based on an image training set including the images and the set of augmented images.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Matthew John Cooper, Paras Jagdish Jain, Harsimran Singh Sidhu
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Patent number: 11888108Abstract: An energy storage device can include a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode wherein the first electrode includes an electrochemically active material and a porous carbon material, and the second electrode includes elemental lithium metal and carbon particles. A method for fabricating an energy storage device can include forming a first electrode and a second electrode, and inserting a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, where forming the first electrode includes combining an electrochemically active material and a porous carbon material, and forming the second electrode includes combining elemental lithium metal and a plurality of carbon particles.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Hieu Minh Duong, Porter Mitchell, Mohammed-Yazid Saidi, Joon Ho Shin, Haim Feigenbaum
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Patent number: 11882628Abstract: A method is provided for interacting with audience members in an event, each of the potential attendees having available thereto a unique identifier. The method comprises creating, for an attendee, a unique ID (UID) on a mobile wireless device (MWD) by the steps of inputting to the MWD one of the unique identifiers, combining the obtained unique identifier with a UID time stamp at the time of creation of the UID; receiving with a server on a first wireless channel communications from the MWD; registering the UID at the physical location of the event; generating a visual query; displaying on the MWD response indicators; receiving at the server from the registered attendee a response, to the query over the first wireless channel; and storing in a database on the server the received response in association with the displayed query.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Tesla Laboratories, LLCInventor: Jovan Hutton Pulitzer
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Patent number: 11876230Abstract: An energy storage device can include a cathode and an anode, where at least one of the cathode and the anode are made of a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) composite binder material including PTFE and at least one of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), a PVDF co-polymer, and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO). The energy storage device can be a lithium ion battery, a lithium ion capacitor, and/or any other lithium based energy storage device. The PTFE composite binder material can have a ratio of about 1:1 of PTFE to a non-PTFE component, such a PVDF, PVDF co-polymer and/or PEO. Methods of fabricating the anode and/or the cathode of the energy storage device are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Hieu Minh Duong, Haim Feigenbaum, Jian Hong
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Patent number: 11855373Abstract: A cable assembly includes a first cable and a second cable that is arranged co-axial to the first cable. Proximal ends of the first and second cables are provided with a connector assembly. The connector assembly from each proximal end is adapted to connect with one another, or a pair of receptacle ports located within a PCB, the PCB being disposed alongside the co-axially arranged first and second cables.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: In Jae Chung, Zheng Gao, Ron Rosenberg, Joel Torres Diaz, Adnan Esmail, Satyan Chandra
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Patent number: 11841434Abstract: An annotation system uses annotations for a first set of sensor measurements from a first sensor to identify annotations for a second set of sensor measurements from a second sensor. The annotation system identifies reference annotations in the first set of sensor measurements that indicates a location of a characteristic object in the two-dimensional space. The annotation system determines a spatial region in the three-dimensional space of the second set of sensor measurements that corresponds to a portion of the scene represented in the annotation of the first set of sensor measurements. The annotation system determines annotations within the spatial region of the second set of sensor measurements that indicates a location of the characteristic object in the three-dimensional space.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventor: Anting Shen
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Patent number: 11837523Abstract: A transistor package comprising: a substrate; a first transistor in thermal contact with the substrate, wherein the transistor comprises a gate; the substrate sintered to a heat sink through a sintered layer; an encapsulant that at least partially encapsulates the first transistor; and a Kelvin connection to the transistor gate.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Wenjun Liu, Robert James Ramm, Alan David Tepe, Colin Kenneth Campbell, Dino Sasaridis
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Patent number: D1017512Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Peter Blades-Nixon, Franz von Holzhausen
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Patent number: D1029580Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventor: Javier Verdura