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公开(公告)号:US12226816B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-18
申请号:US17647516
申请日:2022-01-10
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Lu Huang , Hui-ping Wang , Bradley J Blaski , Joshua Lee Solomon , Blair E Carlson
Abstract: Systems and methods for bending a material to a target resultant bending parameter using a bend forming tool are disclosed. The systems and methods receive values for parameters of properties of the material and of a bending process to be performed by the bend forming tool, creating or retrieving a calibration curve relating input bending parameter and resultant bending parameter based on the values from a database of calibration curves, determining a first springback compensated input bending parameter based on the target resultant bending parameter using the calibration curve, inputting the first springback compensated input bending parameter to the bend forming tool, and in a first step of bending the material, bending the material to the first springback compensated input bending parameter by applying the bending process using the bend forming tool.
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公开(公告)号:US20250087785A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-13
申请号:US18500467
申请日:2023-11-02
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Zhenwen Hu , Xiaoling Chen , Derek F. Lahr , Hui-Ping Wang , Chengwu Duan , Jian Yao , Lu Huang
IPC: H01M10/6556 , B60L50/64 , H01M10/613 , H01M10/625 , H01M10/6567
Abstract: A battery pack includes a first header having a first conduit and a second header having a second conduit. The battery pack also includes an energy storage system having energy storage cells arranged between the first header and the second header. A coolant plate assembly is arranged between the first header and the second header and abuts the plurality of energy storage cells. The coolant plate assembly includes a coolant channel having a first end fluidically connected to the first conduit, a second end fluidically connected to the second conduit, and an intermediate portion defining a flow path. The coolant plate assembly also includes a first planar section having a first surface facing the energy storage cells and a second surface having protrusions extending into the coolant channel.
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公开(公告)号:US20240009864A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-11
申请号:US17810723
申请日:2022-07-05
Inventor: Joshua Lee Solomon , Hui-ping Wang , Lu Huang , Dalong Gao , Dohyun Leem
CPC classification number: B25J15/083 , B25J17/00 , B25J13/085 , B25J15/0616 , B25J11/005
Abstract: Robotic systems and methods are provided with an end effector having lockable compliance. A robotic system for manipulating a workpiece includes an arm having a pair of sections connected by a joint assembly, with a lock disposed in the joint assembly. A gripper is connected on the arm and is configured to alternately grip and release the workpiece. A controller operates the lock to alternately lock and unlock the joint assembly. The gripper holds the workpiece during a deformation of the workpiece, while the controller may unlock the lock to allow movement of the joint assembly to relieve forces on the arm arising during a deformation of the workpiece.
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公开(公告)号:US12111293B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-08
申请号:US17538560
申请日:2021-11-30
Inventor: Joshua Lee Solomon , Hui-ping Wang , Bradley J Blaski , Vivian Vasquez , Lu Huang , Dohyun Leem , Jian Cao
CPC classification number: G01N3/08 , G01N3/06 , G01N2203/0017 , G01N2203/0058 , G01N2203/04 , G01N2203/06
Abstract: A system for evaluating a rigidity of an angle bracket includes a test system having a first test fixture and a second test fixture. The system includes an angle bracket coupon including a first wall, a second wall coupled to the first wall at a bend to define an angle between the first wall and the second wall, and at least one three dimensional feature defined at the bend that extends between the first wall and the second wall. The angle bracket coupon is to be coupled to at least one of the first test fixture and the second test fixture to evaluate the rigidity of the angle bracket.
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公开(公告)号:US20240283075A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-22
申请号:US18168737
申请日:2023-02-14
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: Lu Huang , Hui-ping Wang , Yangbing Zeng , Timothy M. Grewe , Blair E. Carlson , Yunzhi Xu
IPC: H01M50/244 , H01M10/655 , H01M50/249 , H01M50/291
CPC classification number: H01M50/244 , H01M10/655 , H01M50/249 , H01M50/291 , H01M2220/20
Abstract: A rechargeable energy storage system includes a first plurality of cells arranged in a first horizontal cell stack. Each of the first plurality of cells includes a first diameter, a first end and a second end spaced from the first end by a first distance defining a first cell axis. A second plurality of cells is arranged in a second horizontal cell stack. Each of the second plurality of cells includes a second diameter, a first end portion, and a second end portion that is spaced from the first end portion a second distance defining a second cell axis that is substantially colinear with the first cell axis. A cross beam member is disposed between the first horizontal cell stack and the second horizontal cell stack. The cross beam member absorbs heat from each of the first plurality of cells and the second plurality of cells.
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公开(公告)号:US20240157426A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-16
申请号:US17984388
申请日:2022-11-10
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Joshua L. Solomon , Lu Huang , Hui-Ping Wang , Nathan Sigmund , Tae Hwa Lee , Blair E. Carlson
IPC: B21D22/02
CPC classification number: B21D22/02
Abstract: A forming tool has an upper portion composed of an upper forming die arranged between a first clamping element and a second clamping element, and a lower portion composed of a lower forming die arranged between a third clamping element and a fourth clamping element. The first clamping element and the third clamping element cooperate to exert a first clamping force on a workpiece; and the second clamping element and the fourth clamping element cooperate to exert a second clamping force on the workpiece. The upper forming die cooperates with the first and second clamping elements and the lower forming die cooperates with the third and fourth clamping elements to exert a lateral force on the workpiece when the first and second clamping forces are being exerted on the workpiece and when a vertical compressive force is being exerted upon the upper forming die and the lower forming die.
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公开(公告)号:US20230219126A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-13
申请号:US17647516
申请日:2022-01-10
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Lu Huang , Hui-ping Wang , Bradley J. Blaski , Joshua Lee Solomon , Blair E Carlson
Abstract: Systems and methods for bending a material to a target resultant bending parameter using a bend forming tool are disclosed. The systems and methods receive values for parameters of properties of the material and of a bending process to be performed by the bend forming tool, creating or retrieving a calibration curve relating input bending parameter and resultant bending parameter based on the values from a database of calibration curves, determining a first springback compensated input bending parameter based on the target resultant bending parameter using the calibration curve, inputting the first springback compensated input bending parameter to the bend forming tool, and in a first step of bending the material, bending the material to the first springback compensated input bending parameter by applying the bending process using the bend forming tool.
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公开(公告)号:US20230168165A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-01
申请号:US17538560
申请日:2021-11-30
Inventor: Joshua Lee Solomon , Hui-ping Wang , Bradley J. Blaski , Vivian Vasquez , Lu Huang , Dohyun Leem , Jian Cao
CPC classification number: G01N3/08 , G01N3/06 , G01N2203/06 , G01N2203/0017 , G01N2203/0058 , G01N2203/04
Abstract: A system for evaluating a rigidity of an angle bracket includes a test system having a first test fixture and a second test fixture. The system includes an angle bracket coupon including a first wall, a second wall coupled to the first wall at a bend to define an angle between the first wall and the second wall, and at least one three dimensional feature defined at the bend that extends between the first wall and the second wall. The angle bracket coupon is to be coupled to at least one of the first test fixture and the second test fixture to evaluate the rigidity of the angle bracket.
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公开(公告)号:US20250132440A1
公开(公告)日:2025-04-24
申请号:US18493671
申请日:2023-10-24
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: William P. Payne , Hui-Ping Wang , Vivian Vasquez , Lu Huang
IPC: H01M50/244 , B23K37/047 , H01M50/224 , H01M50/249
Abstract: A battery casing includes a first portion including a first planar portion and a bottom portion and a second portion having a second planar portion, a first side portion, and a second side portion, the first portion and the second portion configured to be welded together at (i) a first butt joint extending along the first side portion to join the first side portion to the first planar portion and to the bottom portion at the first side portion, (ii) a second butt joint extending along the second planar portion to join the second planar portion to the bottom portion at the second planar portion, and (iii) a third butt joint extending along the second side portion to join the second side portion to the first planar portion and to the bottom portion at the second side portion.
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公开(公告)号:US20250096357A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-20
申请号:US18499726
申请日:2023-11-01
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Lu Huang , Hui-ping Wang , Chengwu Duan , Derek F. Lahr , Zhenwen Hu , Jian Yao , Blair E. Carlson , Xiaoling Chen
IPC: H01M10/6557 , B60L50/64 , H01M10/613 , H01M10/625 , H01M10/6555 , H01M50/209 , H01M50/249 , H01M50/581
Abstract: The present disclosure describes a multi-function, integrated Super Beam assembly structure with integrated structural, cooling, and transverse elastic compliance functions; and Thermal Management Propagation (TMP) protection. The Super Beam assembly includes a pair of parallel face plates, coolant channel cover plates, and coolant channels that are defined by the face plate and the one or more coolant channel cover plates. The structural design of the cooling channels, and the corresponding air gaps formed in-between them, allows a transverse elastic compliance of the Super Beam assembly to be tuned to different amounts of elasticity. Top, bottom and/or end structural channels may be included. A pair of TMP suppression channels may be attached to the Super Beam assembly structure with an adhesive “thermal fuse” that preferentially melts and causes the pair of TMP suppression channels to detach from the Super Beam assembly during overheating in a TMP event.
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