公开(公告)号：US20190152430A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-23

申请号：US15820726

申请日：2017-11-22

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Scott D. Thomas ,  Dorel M. Sala ,  Tricia E. Morrow ,  Senthil Karuppaswamy

IPC: B60R22/48

CPC classification number: B60R22/48 ,  B60R2022/485 ,  B60Y2400/301 ,  G05D1/021

Abstract: In accordance with various embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicles are provided. In various embodiments, the vehicle includes a body; one or more occupant seats disposed within the body for an occupant of the vehicle; and, for each occupant seat, a restraint device, one or more sensible elements, and one or more sensors. The restraint device is configured to provide restraint for the occupant when the restraint device is properly worn by the occupant. The one or more sensors are disposed within the occupant seat. The one or more sensible elements are disposed as part of the restraint device. The one or more sensors are disposed within the occupant seat, and are configured to sense the one or more sensible elements when the one or more sensible elements are in proximity to the one or more sensors, as an indication that the restraint device is not properly worn by the occupant.

公开(公告)号：US10254148B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-09

申请号：US15624976

申请日：2017-06-16

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Dorel M. Sala ,  Richard J. Skurkis ,  Nancy L. Johnson

IPC: G01F23/20 ,  G01F23/00 ,  G07C5/08 ,  B60K35/00 ,  G01F23/296

Abstract: A liquid level sensor is arranged to sense a quantity of a liquid within a reservoir. The sensor includes a plurality of discrete sensing units disposed within the reservoir. Each of the plurality of sensing units has an output, and the output has a first value when the sensing unit is immersed in a liquid and a second value, different from the first value, when the sensing unit is not immersed in a liquid. A signal generator is operably electrically coupled to each of the plurality of sensing units. The signal generator is operable to provide an excitation signal to each of the plurality of sensing units. Each of the plurality of sensing units is operable to provide the output responsive to the excitation signal.

公开(公告)号：US20190068025A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-28

申请号：US15690993

申请日：2017-08-30

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： David R. Petrucci ,  David T. Renke ,  Dorel M. Sala

IPC: H02K7/14 ,  H02K11/33 ,  B60S1/08 ,  B60S1/56

Abstract: An actuator assembly includes a driver element, a driven element, and a panel disposed between the driver element and the driven element. The driver element has a first magnetic field generator configured to generate a rotating magnetic field. The driven element has a second magnetic field generator disposed thereon. The panel physically separating the driver element and the driven element, such that in response to the rotating magnetic field, the driven element is rotated relative to the panel.

公开(公告)号：US09953781B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-24

申请号：US15134550

申请日：2016-04-21

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Richard J. Skurkis ,  Nancy L. Johnson ,  Paul W. Alexander ,  Dorel M. Sala ,  Nicholas W. Pinto, IV ,  Xiujie Gao

IPC: H01H37/32 ,  G01D11/24

CPC classification number: H01H37/323 ,  G01D11/245

Abstract: A resettable sensor assembly includes a housing having a longitudinal axis and defining a cavity therein. The assembly includes a divider disposed within the cavity and in contact with the housing, at least one electrical contact disposed within the cavity and extending through the divider, and a pin reversibly translatable within the cavity along the axis. The assembly includes at least one actuator element disposed within the cavity and abutting the housing. The element is configured for translating the pin along the axis between a first position wherein the pin contacts the electrical contact and a second position wherein the pin is spaced apart from the electrical contact. The actuator element is formed from a shape memory alloy that is transitionable between an austenite crystallographic phase and a martensite crystallographic phase in response to a thermal activation signal to thereby translate the pin between the first and second positions.

公开(公告)号：US20240233395A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18151798

申请日：2023-01-09

Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC

Inventor： Nilesh D. Mankame ,  Dorel M. Sala ,  Paul E. Krajewski

IPC: G06V20/58 ,  B60R1/26 ,  G06V10/26 ,  G06V10/75

CPC classification number: G06V20/58 ,  B60R1/26 ,  G06V10/26 ,  G06V10/75 ,  B60R2300/307

Abstract: A system for de-emphasizing fixed vehicle-mounted objects within a rear camera display includes a rear camera system adapted to capture images as the vehicle moves in reverse and display the captured images on the rear camera display, and a data processor in communication with the rear camera system and the rear camera display and adapted to collect sequential images captured by the rear camera system, compare the plurality of sequential images, identify fixed vehicle-mounted objects within the sequential images, calculate a portion of the sequential images that are obscured by identified fixed-vehicle objects, and, when the portion of the sequential images that are obscured by identified fixed-vehicle objects lies within a pre-determined range, to outline the identified fixed vehicle-mounted objects within the rear camera display, and augment the identified fixed vehicle-mounted objects.

公开(公告)号：US11951935B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-09

申请号：US17383034

申请日：2021-07-22

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Scott D. Thomas ,  Dorel M. Sala ,  Joseph Philip McLaine

IPC: B60R22/48 ,  B60R11/04 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06V20/59 ,  B60R11/00

CPC classification number: B60R22/48 ,  B60R11/04 ,  G06V20/593 ,  B60R2011/0003 ,  B60R2022/4808

Abstract: A system includes an in-cabin sensor, a seatbelt routing zone module, and a seatbelt routing classification module. The in-cabin sensor is operable to generate an image of an occupant in a vehicle seat. The seatbelt routing zone module is configured to generate a seatbelt routing zone based on at least one of a size of the occupant in the image and a shape of the occupant. The seatbelt routing classification module is configured to determine whether a seatbelt is routed properly around the occupant based on whether the seatbelt is at least partially within the seatbelt routing zone.

公开(公告)号：US20230274689A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-31

申请号：US17681047

申请日：2022-02-25

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Jonglee Park ,  Dorel M. Sala

IPC: G09G3/32 ,  B60K35/00

CPC classification number: G09G3/32 ,  B60K35/00 ,  G09G2360/144 ,  G09G2380/10 ,  G09G2354/00 ,  B60K2370/152 ,  B60K2370/171 ,  B60K2370/332 ,  B60K2370/48 ,  B60K2370/52 ,  B60K2370/62

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixel elements, each pixel comprising a display portion and a sensor portion. The display portion includes a light source embedded in a backplane layer; the light source causes an image to be rendered by the display device. The sensor portion includes a sensor embedded in the same backplane layer, the sensor detects movement within a predetermined vicinity of the display device.

公开(公告)号：US20220134988A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17087852

申请日：2020-11-03

Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC

Inventor： Eugene J. Lau ,  Scott D. Thomas ,  Tricia E. Morrow ,  Dorel M. Sala ,  Suzanne L. Johansson

IPC: B60R21/015

Abstract: An anchor attachment detection sensor for a vehicle including an anchor including an anchor attachment loop bar; a slide mount defining an opening, wherein the slide mount is positioned aft of the anchor attachment loop bar; a slide positioned in the opening of the slide mount, a plate secured to a first end of the slide, a spring, wherein the spring biases the plate against the anchor attachment loop bar; and a sensing device configured to transmit a control signal having a value, wherein the value of the control signal is based on a displacement of a portion of the slide.

公开(公告)号：US20220126772A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-28

申请号：US17081428

申请日：2020-10-27

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Itai Druker ,  Gila Kamhi ,  Michael Baltaxe ,  Kobi Nistel ,  Ruben Mergui ,  Dorel M. Sala ,  Lisa A. Fallon

IPC: B60R21/015 ,  B60R21/16 ,  G06T7/194 ,  G06T7/70

Abstract: Vision-based airbag enablement may include capturing two-dimensional images of a passenger, segmenting the image, classifying the image, and determining seated height of the passenger from the image. Enabling or disabling deployment of the airbag may be controlled based at least in part upon the determined seated height.

公开(公告)号：US11309589B1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-19

申请号：US17119858

申请日：2020-12-11

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Dorel M. Sala ,  Mahmoud Abd Elhamid ,  Dave G. Rich

IPC: H01M10/00 ,  H01M10/42 ,  H01M10/06

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to motion-generating pumps, energy storage devices including such motion-generating pumps, and methods of making and using the same for the desulfation of lead-acid batteries. The energy storage device includes a battery casing defining a plurality of chambers, each of the plurality of chambers may include one or more electroactive plates disposed therein and an electrolyte disposed so as to surround the one or more electroactive plates. The energy storage device further includes one or more circulating systems configured to agitate the electrolyte in each of the plurality of chambers. A method for desulfation in a lead-acid battery may include using one or more circulating systems to circulate an electrolyte so as to prevent precipitation.