公开(公告)号：US20220407148A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-22

申请号：US17350350

申请日：2021-06-17

Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC

Inventor： Chih-hung Yen ,  Taeyoung Han ,  Kuo-huey Chen ,  Bahram Khalighi

IPC: H01M10/6569 ,  H01M10/613 ,  H01M10/6557 ,  H01M10/6568

Abstract: A battery system includes a power cell and a heat exchanger abutting the power cell. The heat exchanger includes a cooling medium reservoir, a heat exchange member, and a wicking structure disposed between the cooling medium reservoir and the heat exchange member. The wicking structure provides a fluid pathway from the cooling medium reservoir to the heat exchange member and from the heat exchange member to the cooling medium reservoir.

公开(公告)号：US20210206351A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-08

申请号：US16733186

申请日：2020-01-02

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Nicholas W. Pinto ,  Kuo-huey Chen ,  Todd J. Gordon

IPC: B60S1/02 ,  H05B3/20 ,  H05B1/02 ,  H05B3/84 ,  B60S1/54 ,  B60S1/58 ,  B60S1/60

Abstract: One general aspect includes a system having one or more heat pads installed at a vehicle, the one or more heat pads configured to provide infrared energy transmissions to a vehicle component to defrost, defog, or both defrost and defog a surface of the vehicle component. The system may also carry out the following steps: (a) determining that ice or fog or both ice and fog has accumulated on the surface of the vehicle component; and (b) based on the determination made in step (a), activating the one or more heat pads to defrost, defog, or both defrost and defog a surface of the vehicle component.

公开(公告)号：US11034221B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-15

申请号：US16576376

申请日：2019-09-19

Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC

Inventor： Chih-hung Yen ,  Taeyoung Han ,  Wonhee Kim ,  Kuo-huey Chen ,  Bahram Khalighi

IPC: B60J7/06

Abstract: A retractable aerodynamic panel for an automotive truck cargo bed comprises a first support rail adapted to be mounted onto a top edge of a first side wall of an automotive truck bed and a second support rail adapted to be mounted onto a top edge of a second side wall of an automotive truck cargo bed, a panel adapted to be mounted onto a tailgate of the automotive truck cargo bed, the panel adapted to extend between a retracted position, wherein the automotive truck cargo bed is substantially open, and a deployed position, wherein the panel extends outward from the tailgate across a portion of the automotive truck cargo bed between the top edges of the first and second side walls, the panel supported between side walls within the support rails, and an actuator adapted to selectively extend the panel between the retracted and deployed positions.

公开(公告)号：US10857853B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-08

申请号：US16400544

申请日：2019-05-01

Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC

Inventor： Taeyoung Han ,  Shailendra Kaushik ,  Kuo-huey Chen ,  Chih-hung Yen ,  Bahram Khalighi

IPC: F24F11/00 ,  B60H1/00 ,  B60H1/03 ,  G01K13/00

Abstract: A method of regulating thermal comfort of an occupant of a vehicle cabin uses a radiant heating tile powered via an energy storage device to generate thermal energy. The method also includes detecting the occupant's position via a position sensor and detecting the occupant's surface temperature and detecting a temperature of the tile via at least one temperature sensor. The method additionally includes determining, via an electronic controller, a rate of change of occupant's surface temperature and a difference between the tile temperature and the occupant's surface temperature relative to a predetermined temperature set-point. The method further includes regulating, via the electronic controller, a power input from the energy storage device to the tile in response to the determined rate of change of the surface temperature and the determined difference between the tile temperature and the occupant's surface temperature to thereby regulate the occupant's surface temperature.

公开(公告)号：US20200346516A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-05

申请号：US16400536

申请日：2019-05-01

Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC

Inventor： Chih-hung Yen ,  Kuo-huey Chen ,  Taeyoung Han ,  Bahram Khalighi ,  Shailendra Kaushik

IPC: B60H1/00 ,  B60H1/03

Abstract: An adaptive radiant heating system regulates a climate inside a motor vehicle cabin having a seat for a vehicle occupant. The system includes radiant heating tiles arranged proximate the seat and powered by an energy storage device. The system also includes a first sensor for detecting a position of the occupant and generating a first signal indicative thereof. The system additionally includes a second sensor for detecting a temperature within the cabin and generating a second signal indicative thereof. The system furthermore includes an electronic controller in operative communication with the tiles and the first and second sensors, and configured to regulate the climate proximate the seat via selective control of the tiles. The controller is configured to receive the first and second signals and activate at least one of the tiles in response to the first and second signals, to thereby regulate the climate proximate the seat.

公开(公告)号：US20200275530A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-27

申请号：US16287062

申请日：2019-02-27

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Chih-hung Yen ,  Kuo-huey Chen ,  Taeyoung Han ,  Shailendra Kaushik ,  Bahram Khalighi ,  Paul E. Krajewski ,  Alok Warey

IPC: H05B3/00 ,  H05B3/12

Abstract: A contact heating apparatus is provided. The heating apparatus includes a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) heating element integrated into a contact surface, a power controller configured to generate and apply a pulse width modified signal to the PTC heating element, and a controller is configured to adjust a current of the pulse width modified signal of the power controller according to one or more from among a setting parameter and a profile.

公开(公告)号：US09821862B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-21

申请号：US15099917

申请日：2016-04-15

Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC

Inventor： Taeyoung Han ,  Bahram Khalighi ,  Kuo-huey Chen

IPC: B62D35/00 ,  B62D35/02 ,  H05H1/24

CPC classification number: B62D35/00 ,  B62D35/02 ,  H05H1/2406 ,  H05H2001/2412

Abstract: A plasma actuator includes a first electrode disposed on a substrate, covered by a dielectric layer, and a second electrode disposed on the dielectric layer. In operation, the plasma actuator creates a plasma region, altering air flowing over the actuator. The plasma actuator in various embodiments: has no moving parts, helps to improve fuel economy by reducing aerodynamic drag, improves vehicle stability control under severe unsteady flow environments, reduces wind noise around a vehicle on which the actuator is used, and reduces emission and CO2 foot print through the fuel economy improvement.

公开(公告)号：US12023757B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US17456037

申请日：2021-11-22

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Joshua Lee Solomon ,  Kuo-huey Chen ,  Blair E Carlson ,  Baixuan Yang ,  Ahmed Alkhafaji

IPC: B23K26/142 ,  B23K26/14 ,  B23K26/21

CPC classification number: B23K26/142 ,  B23K26/147 ,  B23K26/1476 ,  B23K26/21

Abstract: Air management systems are provided for optimizing airflow in laser welding with deflectors. A system for a welder includes a blower to generate an airflow stream. A plenum receives the airflow stream, directs it toward the workpiece, and defines an outlet facing the workpiece to expel the airflow stream toward the workpiece. A deflector adjacent the outlet is formed as a conical section converging from the plenum toward the workpiece, and is defined by an angled wall with an open center. The deflector concentrates the airflow stream to impart a velocity increase to the airflow stream after leaving the outlet and to impart a favorable directional component to the airflow stream toward a weld zone, as well as protecting the laser lens by increasing the downward momentum force of the air stream to eliminate the potential of spatter impinging the lens.

公开(公告)号：US11827079B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-28

申请号：US17070296

申请日：2020-10-14

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Oumta G. Youkhana ,  Michael S. Demianenko ,  Kuo-huey Chen ,  Rami Z. Sayed

IPC: B60H1/22 ,  H05B3/34 ,  H05B3/14 ,  H05B3/16 ,  H05B3/54 ,  H05B3/06 ,  B60Q9/00 ,  H05B1/02 ,  F24F120/12 ,  F24F110/10 ,  F24F130/00

CPC classification number: B60H1/2218 ,  B60H1/2226 ,  B60Q9/00 ,  H05B1/0277 ,  H05B3/06 ,  H05B3/145 ,  H05B3/16 ,  H05B3/347 ,  H05B3/54 ,  F24F2110/10 ,  F24F2120/12 ,  F24F2130/00 ,  F24F2221/10 ,  F24F2221/20 ,  H05B2203/005 ,  H05B2203/015 ,  H05B2203/016

Abstract: Radiant heating systems for warming an occupant of an enclosed space. The system includes a component with a surface that faces the occupant. The surface defines an A-surface quality meaning the surface is visible and is designed with styling objectives to have an aesthetic appearance. Conductive strands are exposed at the surface and a power supply supplies electric power to the conductive strands. A controller controls the electric power supplied to the conductive strands.

公开(公告)号：US20220118866A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

申请号：US17074541

申请日：2020-10-19

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Taeyoung Han ,  Chih-hung Yen ,  Kuo-huey Chen ,  Bahram Khalighi ,  Vicente Domenech-Llopis ,  Srinivasa Rao Vaddiraju ,  Satish P. Ketkar

IPC: B60L53/302 ,  B60L53/16 ,  H05K7/20

Abstract: An electric vehicle charging port includes a pair of charging pins each connected to a respective charging cable by a base. A pair of porous metallic cages surround the base of the pair of charging pins. A phase change material disposed in the pair of porous metallic cages and a vapor chamber is disposed between the base of the pair of charging pins and the pair of porous cage. The phase change material with an optional vapor chamber and high thermal conductivity (metal or graphite) foam or mesh to provide faster response of transient heat generation.