公开(公告)号：US20140069317A1

公开(公告)日：2014-03-13

申请号：US13613032

申请日：2012-09-13

申请人： Nancy L. Johnson ,  Alan L. Browne ,  Roland J. Menassa

发明人： Nancy L. Johnson ,  Alan L. Browne ,  Roland J. Menassa

IPC分类号： G01K1/02

CPC分类号： G08B5/02 ,  G01K1/02 ,  G08B17/02 ,  G08B17/04 ,  G08B21/187

摘要： Malfunction or failure of mechanical, electrical and electro-mechanical equipment, for example equipment used in manufacturing operations, is often preceded by an increase in the operating temperature of at least some portion of the equipment. A temperature-sensitive, active material-containing actuator is pre-selected to operate at a pre-determined temperature indicative of impending equipment failure and placed in thermal contact with the equipment. If the equipment achieves the pre-selected temperature the actuator signals this by displaying a flag or providing some other passive visual indication. Alternatively, or additionally, the actuator may issue an electrically-powered alert including visual or audible alerts or a wireless communication. Selected actuators are based on smart materials including shape memory alloys (SMA), shape memory polymers (SMP) and paraffin wax, all of which may be adapted to operate over a temperature range sufficient to encompass the expected range of pre-determined temperatures.

摘要翻译： 机械，电气和机电设备（例如制造操作中使用的设备）的故障或故障通常在设备的至少一部分的操作温度升高之前。 预先选择含温度敏感的含活性材料的致动器以在指示即将到来的设备故障并且与设备热接触的预定温度下操作。 如果设备达到预先选定的温度，则执行器通过显示标志或提供一些其他被动视觉指示信号。 或者或另外，致动器可以发出包括视觉或听觉警报或无线通信的电动警报。 选择的执行器基于智能材料，包括形状记忆合金（SMA），形状记忆聚合物（SMP）和石蜡，所有这些都可以适于在足以包含预定温度的预期范围的温度范围内操作。

公开(公告)号：US08528187B2

公开(公告)日：2013-09-10

申请号：US13162625

申请日：2011-06-17

申请人： Pei-Chung Wang ,  David Yang ,  Jeff Wang ,  Blair E. Carlson

发明人： Pei-Chung Wang ,  David Yang ,  Jeff Wang ,  Blair E. Carlson

IPC分类号： B21D39/00 ,  B21D31/00 ,  B21D13/00 ,  B21K25/00

CPC分类号： B21D39/031

摘要： A method of joining multiple components includes stacking the components vertically. Each component includes two opposite substantially planar surfaces that are arranged in a column when the components are stacked. The method also includes placing the stacked components in a clinch-crimping apparatus having a first punch, a second punch, and a crimping element. The method also includes displacing a section of the substantially planar surfaces of the stacked components by driving the first punch in a first direction that is substantially perpendicular to the surfaces. The method additionally includes retracting the first punch from the displaced section and crimping the displaced section by the crimping element to form a crush initiator. The method additionally includes disengaging the crimping element from the crimped, displaced section. Furthermore, the method includes clinching the crimped, displaced section by driving the second punch in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction.

摘要翻译： 连接多个组件的方法包括垂直堆叠组件。 每个部件包括两个相对的基本平坦的表面，当组件堆叠时，该表面布置成一列。 该方法还包括将堆叠的部件放置在具有第一冲头，第二冲头和压接元件的夹紧压接装置中。 该方法还包括通过沿基本上垂直于表面的第一方向驱动第一冲头来移动堆叠部件的基本平坦的表面的一部分。 该方法另外包括从移位部分缩回第一冲头并且通过压接元件压接位移部分以形成挤压引发器。 该方法另外包括使压接元件从卷曲的位移部分脱离。 此外，该方法包括通过沿与第一方向相反的第二方向驱动第二冲头来夹紧卷曲的移位部分。

公开(公告)号：US20130189576A1

公开(公告)日：2013-07-25

申请号：US13355623

申请日：2012-01-23

申请人： Mark W. Verbrugge ,  Sampath K. Vanimisetti ,  Ramakrishnan Narayanrao

发明人： Mark W. Verbrugge ,  Sampath K. Vanimisetti ,  Ramakrishnan Narayanrao

IPC分类号： H01M4/66 ,  H01M4/04 ,  C25D5/02 ,  B82Y40/00 ,  B82Y30/00

CPC分类号： H01M4/366 ,  H01M4/13 ,  H01M4/134 ,  H01M4/1395 ,  H01M4/38 ,  H01M4/386 ,  H01M4/387 ,  H01M4/628 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M2004/021 ,  Y02E60/122 ,  Y02T10/7011

摘要： The gravimetric and volumetric efficiency of lithium ion batteries may be increased if higher capacity materials like tin and silicon are substituted for carbon as the lithium-accepting host in the negative electrode of the battery. But both tin and silicon, when fully charged with lithium, undergo expansions of up to 300% and generate appreciable internal stresses. These internal stresses, which will develop on each discharge-charge cycle, may lead to a progressive reduction in battery capacity, also known as battery fade. The effects of the internal stresses may be significantly reduced by partially embedding tin or silicon nanowires in the current collector. Additional benefit may be obtained if a 5 to 50% portion of the nanowire length at its embedded end are coated or masked with a composition which impedes lithium diffusion. Methods for embedding and masking the nanowires are described.

公开(公告)号：US20120303348A1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-29

申请号：US13113835

申请日：2011-05-23

申请人： Tsai-Ching Lu ,  Yilu Zhang ,  Alejandro Nijamkin ,  David L. Allen ,  Hankyu Moon ,  Mutasim A. Salman

发明人： Tsai-Ching Lu ,  Yilu Zhang ,  Alejandro Nijamkin ,  David L. Allen ,  Hankyu Moon ,  Mutasim A. Salman

IPC分类号： G06G7/62

CPC分类号： G05B23/0235 ,  B60W50/0205 ,  B60W50/045 ,  G06F11/0739 ,  G06F11/079 ,  G06F11/3013 ,  G06F11/3093

摘要： A system and method for identifying a monitoring point in an electrical and electronic system (EES) in a vehicle. The method includes defining a network model of the EES where potential monitoring point locations in the model are identified as targets, such as nodes. The method then computes a betweenness centrality metric for each target in the model as a summation of a ratio of a total number of shortest paths between each pair of targets and a number of shortest paths that pass through the target whose betweenness centrality metric is being determined. The method identifies which of the betweenness centrality metrics are greater than a threshold that defines a minimum acceptable metric and determines which of those targets meets a predetermined model coverage. The monitoring point is selected as the target that best satisfies the minimum metric and the desired coverage.

摘要翻译： 一种用于识别车辆中电气和电子系统（EES）中的监测点的系统和方法。 该方法包括定义EES的网络模型，其中将模型中的潜在监测点位置识别为诸如节点的目标。 该方法然后将模型中的每个目标的中间性中心度量计算为每对目标之间的最短路径的总数与通过其中心中心度量被确定的目标的最短路径的数量之和的总和 。 该方法识别哪个中间中心度量大于定义最小可接受度量的阈值，并确定哪些目标满足预定的模型覆盖。 选择监测点作为最适合最小度量和所需覆盖范围的目标。

公开(公告)号：US20120303206A1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-29

申请号：US13116055

申请日：2011-05-26

申请人： Sai S.V. Rajagopalan ,  Yue-Yun Wang ,  Scott T. Feldmann

发明人： Sai S.V. Rajagopalan ,  Yue-Yun Wang ,  Scott T. Feldmann

IPC分类号： F01N11/00

CPC分类号： F02D41/146 ,  F02D41/222 ,  Y02T10/40

摘要： A method that includes in-vehicle systems and practices for determining whether a NOx sensor in an exhaust stream is performing properly. The method uses the gain and/or the offset of the NOx sensor to determine its accuracy.

摘要翻译： 一种包括用于确定排气流中的NOx传感器是否正常执行的车载系统和实践的方法。 该方法使用NOx传感器的增益和/或偏移来确定其精度。

公开(公告)号：US20120214636A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-23

申请号：US13359083

申请日：2012-01-26

申请人： James M. HART ,  Daryl A. WILTON

发明人： James M. HART ,  Daryl A. WILTON

IPC分类号： F16H3/62

CPC分类号： F16H3/666 ,  F16H2200/0065 ,  F16H2200/2012 ,  F16H2200/2046

摘要： An automatic transmission includes an input shaft or member, an output shaft or member and three simple and one compound planetary gear assemblies each including a sun gear, a planet gear carrier with a plurality of planet gears and a ring gear. The input shaft or member is coupled to the sun gear of the second planetary gear assembly and the output shaft is coupled to the planet gear carrier of the fourth planetary gear assembly. The transmission also includes six torque transmitting devices: one band brake, three friction brakes and two friction clutches.

摘要翻译： 自动变速器包括输入轴或构件，输出轴或构件以及三个简单且复合的行星齿轮组件，每个复合行星齿轮组件包括太阳轮，具有多个行星齿轮的行星齿轮架和环形齿轮。 输入轴或构件联接到第二行星齿轮组件的太阳齿轮，并且输出轴联接到第四行星齿轮组件的行星齿轮架。 变速器还包括六个扭矩传递装置：一个带式制动器，三个摩擦制动器和两个摩擦离合器。

公开(公告)号：US20110217617A1

公开(公告)日：2011-09-08

申请号：US13112089

申请日：2011-05-20

申请人： Benno Andreas-Schott ,  Anthony Chinnici ,  Yeh-Hung Lai ,  Gerald W. Fly

发明人： Benno Andreas-Schott ,  Anthony Chinnici ,  Yeh-Hung Lai ,  Gerald W. Fly

IPC分类号： H01M8/24 ,  H01M8/10

CPC分类号： H01M8/248 ,  H01M2008/1095

摘要： A fuel cell system is provided including a fuel cell stack having a first end and second end. The fuel cell stack includes at least one fuel cell having a membrane-electrode assembly disposed between adjacent gas diffusion layers. The fuel cell system further includes a compression retention system having a plurality of compliant straps adapted to apply a compressive force to the fuel cell stack. The plurality of compliant straps are further adapted to accommodate an expansion of the fuel cell stack during an operation thereof and maintain the compressive force within a desired range.

摘要翻译： 提供一种燃料电池系统，其包括具有第一端和第二端的燃料电池堆。 燃料电池堆包括至少一个具有设置在相邻气体扩散层之间的膜 - 电极组件的燃料电池。 燃料电池系统还包括压缩保持系统，其具有适于向燃料电池堆施加压缩力的多个柔性带。 多个柔性带还适于在其操作期间适应燃料电池堆的膨胀并将压缩力保持在期望的范围内。

公开(公告)号：US11919582B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US17652962

申请日：2022-03-01

申请人： GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

发明人： Mohammadali Shahriari ,  Mohammed Raju Hossain ,  Ashraf Abualfellat ,  Brian Porto

IPC分类号： B62D5/04 ,  B60W30/12

CPC分类号： B62D5/0484 ,  B60W30/12 ,  B62D5/0463

摘要： In various embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicle apparatuses are provided. A method for lateral control of a steering system includes identifying at least one parameter of at least one lateral control feature that results in an optimized value in an outcome of control for a lateral control feature enabling robustness to an uncertainty; adaptively adjusting an output control signal generated by a vehicle trajectory controller coupled to the steering controller, by quantifying the uncertainty of an uncertain value in a lateral control feature; and sending a control command including at least a torque control or a wheel angle control to compensate for the uncertainty of the at least one uncertain value in the configuration of components of an electronic power steering (EPS) system associated with the vehicle variant by correcting at least one parameter of the at least one lateral control feature.

公开(公告)号：US20230322248A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-12

申请号：US17714410

申请日：2022-04-06

申请人： GM Global Technology Operation LLC

发明人： John P. Weiss ,  Joseph F. Szczerba

IPC分类号： B60W50/14 ,  B60W30/095 ,  B60W40/04 ,  B60K35/00

CPC分类号： B60W50/14 ,  B60W30/0956 ,  B60W40/04 ,  B60K35/00 ,  B60W2050/146 ,  B60W2554/80 ,  B60K2370/119 ,  B60K2370/1529 ,  B60K2370/177 ,  B60K2370/178 ,  B60K2370/1868 ,  B60K2370/188 ,  B60K2370/193 ,  B60K2370/785

摘要： A collision warning system notifies an occupant of a vehicle about a predicted collision between the vehicle and an object moving relative to the vehicle. The system includes an object input device, a vehicle input device, and a road detection module for generating a road signal associated with a road geometry that is visible through the windshield and located within a field of view of the occupant. The system further includes an ARHUD for generating multiple images upon the windshield and overlaid onto the road geometry. The system further includes a computer including a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions. The processor is programmed to determine a predicted collision between the object and the vehicle at a predicted time. The processor is further programmed to generate an actuation signal for actuating the ARHUD to generate the images upon the windshield and overlaid onto the road geometry.

公开(公告)号：US20150290736A1

公开(公告)日：2015-10-15

申请号：US14425265

申请日：2012-09-05

申请人： Jing Zhang ,  Pei-Chung Wang ,  David Yang

发明人： Jing Zhang ,  Pei-Chung Wang ,  David Yang

IPC分类号： B23K9/133 ,  B23K9/10 ,  B23K26/14 ,  B23K3/06

CPC分类号： B23K9/133 ,  B23K3/063 ,  B23K9/1093 ,  B23K9/124 ,  B23K26/1476

摘要： Disclosed are wire feeding devices having a wire feeding pipe and a feed unit that pushes a wire through the wire feeding pipe. Either the wire feeding pipe comprises a two- way shape-memory alloy or the wire feeding pipe has an attached, over-lapping, or inserted extension segment extending beyond a distal end of the wire feeding pipe, the extension section comprising a two-way shape-memory alloy. The two-way shape-memory alloy has a trained shape in a martensite phase having a passageway for a wire and a trained shape in an austenite phase having a passageway for a wire that is narrower than the martensite phase passageway. When heated to the austenite phase of the two-way shape-memory alloy, the narrower passageway applies pressure to straighten a bend in the wire.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种送丝装置，其具有送丝管和将丝穿过送丝管的进给单元。 送丝管包括双向形状记忆合金或送丝管具有延伸超过送丝管的远端的附接的，重叠的或插入的延伸段，所述延伸部分包括双向 形状记忆合金。 双向形状记忆合金在马氏体相中具有训练的形状，其具有用于线材的通道和在奥氏体相中的训练形状，其具有比马氏体相通道更窄的导线的通道。 当加热到双向形状记忆合金的奥氏体相时，较窄的通道施加压力以矫直线中的弯曲。