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公开(公告)号:US20220039278A1
公开(公告)日:2022-02-03
申请号:US16940452
申请日:2020-07-28
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Erik B. Golm , Louis G. Hector, JR. , Anil K. Sachdev , Andrew C. Bobel , Kevin B. Rober , Jianfeng Wang
Abstract: An energy-dissipating cover for covering a component sensitive to mechanical impulse includes a sheet of selected ferrous or aluminum alloy, the sheet having a top surface, a bottom surface, an outer perimeter, an overall area within the outer perimeter and a nominal thickness of no more than 2.5 mm. The sheet is configured for connection with one or more external structures at a plurality of connection points within the outer perimeter, wherein the overall area comprises a plurality of supported areas and at least one unsupported area. Embossments are formed within the at least one unsupported area and extend outward from the bottom surface. The embossments are shaped, sized and arranged so as to limit orthogonal deflection of the sheet from a mechanical impulse directed normal to the bottom surface of the sheet at the plurality of embossments.
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公开(公告)号:US11117191B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-14
申请号:US16175089
申请日:2018-10-30
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Andrew C. Bobel , Tyson W. Brown , Whitney A. Poling
Abstract: A connecting rod comprises a shaft connecting a first end including a first bore with a second end including a second bore. Methods for forming and assembling a connecting rod and crankshaft assembly include fabricating the second end of the connecting rod via additive manufacturing such that the second end comprises a first and second weakened regions on opposing sides of the second bore, and breaking the second end of the connecting rod at the first and second weakened regions to form a connecting rod assembly comprising a second end base and a second end cap, wherein the base comprises a first fracture face and a second fracture face which each respectively correspond to a first fracture face and a second fracture face of the cap. The methods can further include mating the base and the cap such that a crankpin of a crankshaft is disposed within the second bore.
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公开(公告)号:US20200377370A1
公开(公告)日:2020-12-03
申请号:US16428993
申请日:2019-06-01
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Mahmoud Abd Elhamid , Andrew C. Bobel , Anil K. Sachdev , Mark W. Verbrugge , Nicholas P. Pieczonka , James R. Salvador
IPC: C01B33/021 , C01B33/037
Abstract: Systems, methods and compositions to produce fine powders are described. These include forming a hypereutectic melt including a target material, a sacrificial-matrix material, and an impurity, rapidly cooling the hypereutectic melt to form a hypereutectic alloy having a first phase and a second phase, annealing the hypereutectic alloy to alter a morphology of the target material to thereby produce target particles, and removing the sacrificial matrix to thereby produce a fine powder of the target particles. The first phase is defined by the target material and the second phase is defined by the sacrificial-matrix material. The sacrificial-matrix material forms a sacrificial matrix having the target material dispersed therethrough.
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公开(公告)号:US20200306885A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-01
申请号:US16371520
申请日:2019-04-01
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Andrew C. Bobel , Louis G. Hector, JR.
IPC: B23K26/342 , B22F3/105 , B23K26/02 , B22F1/00
Abstract: A method for forming a gradient metallic body can include forming a first metallic deposit by providing a first quantity of metal feedstock and selectively applying energy via an energy source to the first quantity of metal feedstock, and iteratively forming additional metallic deposits by providing an additional quantity of metal feedstock contiguous with a previously formed metallic deposit and selectively applying energy via the energy source to the additional quantity of metal feedstock. The energy applied via the energy source while forming the additional metallic deposits is iteratively varied such that the gradient metallic body is formed and comprises a first end, a second end, and a middle portion, wherein a material characteristic of the gradient metallic body transitions in the middle portion between the first end and the second end.
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公开(公告)号:US12142751B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-12
申请号:US16912150
申请日:2020-06-25
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Andrew C. Bobel , Anil K. Sachdev , Jeffrey D. Cain , Leng Mao
IPC: H01M4/04 , H01M4/38 , H01M4/46 , H01M10/0525
Abstract: A method for making a pre-lithiated electrode for a lithium ion battery cell, a method for making a battery with a pre-lithiated electrode, and an electric vehicle with a pre-lithiated electrode are provided. An exemplary method for making a pre-lithiated electrode for a lithium ion battery cell includes electrochemically connecting a magnesium-lithium alloy to the electrode. Further, the method includes pre-lithiating the electrode by transferring lithium ions from the magnesium-lithium alloy to the electrode. Also, the method includes electrochemically disconnecting the magnesium-lithium alloy from the electrode.
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公开(公告)号:US11870089B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-09
申请号:US17695070
申请日:2022-03-15
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Andrew C. Bobel , Anil K. Sachdev , Patrick H. Clark , Pooja Suresh , Ran Wu , Jermain E. Onye , William Y. Chen , Li Yang , Chao Hu , Yunshan Liu , Kuo Sun
IPC: H01M50/242 , H01M50/209 , H01M10/658
CPC classification number: H01M50/242 , H01M10/658 , H01M50/209
Abstract: A battery cell pack has a plurality of battery cells that are assembled into a prismatic frame, with deformable separators interposed to accommodate elastic and plastic deformation caused by cyclic and acyclic expansion and contraction thereof during charging and discharging over the life of the battery cell pack. The battery cells are arranged in a horizontal stack within the prismatic frame, and the deformable separators are interposed between subsets of the battery cells. The deformable separators exert compressive force on the subsets of the battery cells along a longitudinal axis that is defined by the horizontal stack. The compressive force exerted by the deformable separators is at least a minimum force over a service life of the battery cell pack.
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公开(公告)号:US20230373024A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-23
申请号:US17663928
申请日:2022-05-18
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Zhenke Teng , Tingting Zhang , Andrew C. Bobel , Jason M. Brown
CPC classification number: B23K11/185 , B23K11/115 , B23K11/163 , B23K2103/10
Abstract: Methods for resistance welding, resistance-welded assemblies, and vehicles including resistance-welded assemblies are provided. The method includes providing a workpiece stack-up including first and second workpieces and an intermediate material located between the faying surfaces thereof. At least one of the first workpiece and the second workpiece is formed of a first metal alloy with a first concentration of an alloying element, and the intermediate material is formed of a second metal alloy of the first metal and a second concentration of the alloying element that is less than the first concentration. The method includes bringing electrodes into contact with the workpieces, passing an electrical current therebetween to form a molten weld pool, and cooling the molten weld pool into a weld nugget that forms all or part of a weld joint between the workpieces and has a composition that is a mixture of the workpieces and the intermediate material.
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公开(公告)号:US11735744B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-22
申请号:US17242576
申请日:2021-04-28
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Anil K. Sachdev , Leng Mao , Louis G. Hector, Jr. , Andrew C. Bobel
IPC: H01M4/74 , H01M4/38 , H01M4/134 , H01M50/531 , H01M4/66 , H01M4/04 , H01M4/1395 , H01M10/052 , H01M4/02
CPC classification number: H01M4/747 , H01M4/0404 , H01M4/134 , H01M4/1395 , H01M4/382 , H01M4/662 , H01M4/667 , H01M4/669 , H01M10/052 , H01M50/531 , H01M2004/021
Abstract: A battery electrode, and a method for fabricating the battery electrode are described. The battery electrode includes a current collector having a woven mesh planar sheet that is composed of metallic strands. The metallic strands define a multiplicity of interstitial spaces, and the woven mesh planar sheet includes a first surface and a second surface. An active material including lithium is embedded in the interstitial spaces of a first portion of the woven mesh planar sheet, and an electrical connection tab arranged on a second portion of the woven mesh planar sheet.
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公开(公告)号:US11498839B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-15
申请号:US16428993
申请日:2019-06-01
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Mahmoud Abd Elhamid , Andrew C. Bobel , Anil K. Sachdev , Mark W. Verbrugge , Nicholas P. Pieczonka , James R. Salvador
IPC: C01B33/021 , C01B33/037
Abstract: Systems, methods and compositions to produce fine powders are described. These include forming a hypereutectic melt including a target material, a sacrificial-matrix material, and an impurity, rapidly cooling the hypereutectic melt to form a hypereutectic alloy having a first phase and a second phase, annealing the hypereutectic alloy to alter a morphology of the target material to thereby produce target particles, and removing the sacrificial matrix to thereby produce a fine powder of the target particles. The first phase is defined by the target material and the second phase is defined by the sacrificial-matrix material. The sacrificial-matrix material forms a sacrificial matrix having the target material dispersed therethrough.
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公开(公告)号:US20220352523A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-03
申请号:US17242576
申请日:2021-04-28
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Anil K. Sachdev , Leng Mao , Louis G. Hector, JR. , Andrew C. Bobel
IPC: H01M4/74 , H01M4/38 , H01M4/134 , H01M50/531 , H01M4/66 , H01M10/052 , H01M4/04 , H01M4/1395
Abstract: A battery electrode, and a method for fabricating the battery electrode are described. The battery electrode includes a current collector having a woven mesh planar sheet that is composed of metallic strands. The metallic strands define a multiplicity of interstitial spaces, and the woven mesh planar sheet includes a first surface and a second surface. An active material including lithium is embedded in the interstitial spaces of a first portion of the woven mesh planar sheet, and an electrical connection tab arranged on a second portion of the woven mesh planar sheet.
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