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公开(公告)号：US12194910B2
公开(公告)日：2025-01-14
申请号：US17177986
申请日：2021-02-17
Inventor： Paul W. Alexander , Wonhee M. Kim , Diann Brei , Jonathan E. Luntz , Koray Benli , Laura Alejandra Giner Munoz
Abstract: Cargo systems are provided for vehicles that include, in one embodiment: a variable cargo surface disposed within a body of the vehicle behind one or more occupant seats, the variable cargo surface including: a low friction surface that facilitates movement of cargo within the cargo system, the low friction surface having a first coefficient of friction; a high friction surface that inhibits movement of cargo within the cargo system, the high friction surface having a second coefficient of friction that is greater than the first coefficient of friction; and a control device that selectively activates the low friction surface and the high friction surface based on conditions for the vehicle; wherein the low friction surface contacts the cargo within the cargo system when the low friction surface is activated; and the high friction surface contacts the cargo within the cargo system when the high friction surface is activated.
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公开(公告)号：US20230382697A1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-30
申请号：US17825213
申请日：2022-05-26
Inventor： Wonhee Michael Kim , Paul W. Alexander , Yun Ju Kim , Diann Brei , Koray Benli , Jonathan E. Luntz , Laura Alejandra Giner Munoz
Abstract: An inflatable structure includes a top end cap, a bottom end cap, a bladder attached to the top and bottom end caps and configured to hold pressurized air, a plurality of tethers disposed within the bladder, the inflatable structure moveable between a stowed profile and a final support profile, wherein the bladder is pressurized and expanded axially and the plurality of tethers are fully extended and restrict further movement of the top end cap and the bottom end cap away from one another and limit axial expansion of the bladder, a pulley assembly mounted within the bottom end cap, wherein in the stowed support profile, the plurality of tethers are wound onto the pulley assembly, the pulley assembly adapted to allow selective extension of the tethers allowing axial expansion of the bladder, wherein, the inflatable structure is adapted to provide multiple intermediary support profiles capable of supporting compressive loading.
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公开(公告)号：US11698683B1
公开(公告)日：2023-07-11
申请号：US17742795
申请日：2022-05-12
Inventor： Wonhee Michael Kim , Paul W. Alexander , Diann Brei , Jonathan E. Luntz , Koray Benli , Laura Alejandra Giner Munoz , James Menno Nykamp
CPC classification number: G06F3/016 , G06F3/0414 , G06F3/0416 , G06F2203/04103
Abstract: A distributed inflatable touch sensing system is provided. The distributed inflatable touch sensing system includes a sensing bladder array, the sensing bladder array having a plurality of bladders, passageways, and ports in fluid communication. The system further includes a pressure regulator in fluid communication with one of the plurality of ports for regulating a pressure in the sensing bladder array. The system further includes a plurality of sensors, each in fluid communication with one of the plurality of ports, for measuring the pressure in the sensing bladder array. The system further includes a processor in communication with the plurality of sensors. The processor is configured to determine which of the plurality of bladders has been depressed by a user.
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公开(公告)号：US11648827B2
公开(公告)日：2023-05-16
申请号：US16709880
申请日：2019-12-10
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor： Paul W. Alexander , Jeff E. Nasca , Adam R. Ballard , Koray Benli , Jonathan E. Luntz , Laura Alejandra Giner Munoz , Diann Brei
CPC classification number: B60J1/2019 , B60J1/2075 , B60J3/005
Abstract: A pneumatic shade includes a plurality of slats, a plurality of first fold members, and a plurality of second fold members. Each slat is elongated and includes and spans laterally between opposite longitudinal edges. Each of the first- and second-fold members are elongated and co-extend longitudinally with the slats. Each first fold member is attached to longitudinal edges of the respective adjacent slats. Each second fold member is attached to longitudinal edges of respective adjacent slats and are alternatingly orientated with respect to the first fold members such that each slat spans laterally between a respective first fold member and second fold member. Each of the first fold members and the second fold members are adapted to move between a folded state and an unfolded state upon application of pressurized air.
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公开(公告)号：US20210071690A1
公开(公告)日：2021-03-11
申请号：US16564777
申请日：2019-09-09
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor： Paul W Alexander , Wonhee M Kim , Jonathan E. Luntz , Diann Brei , Koray Benli , Tiantian Li , Laura Alejandra Giner Munoz , Jeff E Nasca , Nancy L Johnson , Paul E Krajewski
Abstract: A pneumatic articulating structure includes a plurality of tiles, a flexible cover, and a plurality of resiliently flexible hinges. Each tile has a first surface and a second surface facing in opposite outward directions. An area of at least one respective first surface is greater than an area of at least one respective second surface. The cover is constructed to cover the tiles. The second surface of each one of the tiles is attached to the cover. Each tile is engaged to an adjacent tile by a respective hinge, and are proximate to the first surface. A vacuum chamber is define by at least the plurality of tiles and the flexible cover.
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公开(公告)号：US12104672B2
公开(公告)日：2024-10-01
申请号：US17825218
申请日：2022-05-26
Inventor： Wonhee Michael Kim , Paul W. Alexander , Diann Brei , Jonathan E. Luntz , Koray Benli
IPC: F16F9/04
CPC classification number: F16F9/04 , F16F2222/126 , F16F2236/04
Abstract: An inflatable structure includes a top end cap, a bottom end cap, a bladder attached to the top and bottom end caps and configured to hold pressurized air therebetween, and a plurality of tethers disposed within the bladder, each tether in the plurality of tethers having a first end coupled to the top end cap and a second end coupled to the bottom end cap, wherein when the bladder is inflated, the bladder expands axially forcing the top end cap and the bottom end cap away from one another, the plurality of tethers adapted to restrict movement of the top end cap and the bottom end cap away from one another and limit axial expansion of the bladder, wherein, at least one of the plurality of tethers is elastic, and the inflatable structure is adapted to provide multiple support profiles that are capable of supporting compressive loading.
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公开(公告)号：US20230383811A1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-30
申请号：US17825218
申请日：2022-05-26
Inventor： Wonhee Michael Kim , Paul W. Alexander , Diann Brei , Jonathan E. Luntz , Koray Benli
IPC: F16F9/04
CPC classification number: F16F9/04 , F16F2222/126 , F16F2236/04
Abstract: An inflatable structure includes a top end cap, a bottom end cap, a bladder attached to the top and bottom end caps and configured to hold pressurized air therebetween, and a plurality of tethers disposed within the bladder, each tether in the plurality of tethers having a first end coupled to the top end cap and a second end coupled to the bottom end cap, wherein when the bladder is inflated, the bladder expands axially forcing the top end cap and the bottom end cap away from one another, the plurality of tethers adapted to restrict movement of the top end cap and the bottom end cap away from one another and limit axial expansion of the bladder, wherein, at least one of the plurality of tethers is elastic, and the inflatable structure is adapted to provide multiple support profiles that are capable of supporting compressive loading.
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公开(公告)号：US11572949B1
公开(公告)日：2023-02-07
申请号：US17835202
申请日：2022-06-08
Inventor： Wonhee Michael Kim , Paul W. Alexander , Diann Brei , Jonathan E. Luntz , Laura Alejandra Giner Munoz , Koray Benli , Adeline Emily Wihardja , Evan Millison
IPC: F16J3/04
Abstract: An incrementally assembled skin-constrained inflatable bellows system includes a top end cap, a bottom end cap, and a bellows attached to and separating the top end cap and the bottom end cap and configured to hold pressurized fluid between the top and bottom end caps. The system further includes a nozzle configured to allow fluid to enter and exit the bellows, and an inextensible skin attached to each of the top end cap, the bottom end cap, and to the bellows. The top end cap assumes a first position when the bellows is inflated via the nozzle and, when the top end cap is adjusted from the first position to a second position, the skin is configured to maintain the top end cap in the second position and constrains the bellows into a predefined rigid three-dimensional shape.
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公开(公告)号：US11299084B2
公开(公告)日：2022-04-12
申请号：US16654292
申请日：2019-10-16
Inventor： Paul W. Alexander , Wonhee M. Kim , Jonathan E. Luntz , Diann Brei , Koray Benli , Sarah M. Sober , Laura Alejandra Giner Munoz , Nancy L. Johnson
Abstract: A selectively rigidizable membrane for cargo management comprises a vacuum bladder, and a first architectural layer and a second architectural layer, each of the first and second architectural layers including a plurality of tiles interconnected by flexural elements, each of the tiles of the first and second architectural layers including at least one constraining element extending therefrom, wherein, when atmospheric pressure is present within the vacuum bladder, the first and second architectural layers are slidably moveable relative to one another and the membrane is flexible, and further wherein, when negative pressure is applied to the vacuum bladder, the first and second architectural layers are forced into engagement with one another, the constraining elements of the first and second architectural layers providing mechanical interference and preventing sliding movement of the first and second architectural layers relative to one another, causing the membrane to become substantially rigid.
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公开(公告)号：US11119515B2
公开(公告)日：2021-09-14
申请号：US16676985
申请日：2019-11-07
Inventor： Wonhee M. Kim , Paul W. Alexander , Jonathan E. Luntz , Diann Brei , Laura Alejandra Giner Munoz , Shiyu Zhao , Koray Benli
Abstract: A pressure regulator includes an inlet channel, an outlet channel, a bladder, a first plate, and a second plate. The bladder is connected to the outlet channel and extends alongside of the inlet channel. The first plate is disposed on one side of the inlet channel between the bladder and the inlet channel. The second plate is disposed on the other side of the bladder and is at least partially aligned with the first plate along the length of the inlet channel such that a portion of the inlet channel is disposed between the first and second plates. When the bladder is pressurized, the bladder urges the first plate toward the second plate and thereby pinches the portion of the inlet channel disposed between the first and second plates to regulate a ratio of a pressure in the outlet channel to a pressure in the inlet channel.
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