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公开(公告)号:US20240162559A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-16
申请号:US17986015
申请日:2022-11-14
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: Jian Gao , Xiaofeng Yang , Ronald O. Grover, JR. , Wei Zeng
IPC: H01M50/383 , B60L50/64 , H01M50/204 , H01M50/358
CPC classification number: H01M50/383 , B60L50/64 , H01M50/204 , H01M50/358 , B05B1/046 , H01M2200/00 , H01M2220/20
Abstract: A rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) including a thermal runaway propagation (TRP) mitigation system includes a housing including at least one outlet, a plurality of energy storage cells arranged in the housing, and at least one duct extending along the plurality of energy storage cells. The at least one duct is fluidically connected to the at least one outlet. A gas delivery system is arranged at the housing and includes a gas storage canister operable to deliver an amount of gas into the housing to purge combustible gases through the at least one outlet.
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公开(公告)号:US20240024986A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-25
申请号:US17814637
申请日:2022-07-25
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Baixuan Yang , Wei Zeng , Hui-ping Wang , Stephen Kyle Greutman , Eric Barnhart , Andrew Hromadka
IPC: B23K26/70 , B23K26/244 , B23K26/22 , B23K37/04 , B23K26/142
CPC classification number: B23K26/706 , B23K26/244 , B23K26/22 , B23K37/04 , B23K26/142
Abstract: A laser welding system for joining a first workpiece to a second workpiece includes a laser welder configured to emit a laser beam at a power to form a weld to join the first workpiece and the second workpiece at a weld location. The laser welding system includes a plasma protection fixture coupled to a surface of at least the first workpiece. The plasma protection fixture defines an opening configured to receive the laser beam. The opening has a perimeter that surrounds and is spaced apart from the weld. The plasma protection fixture has a height above the surface of at least the first workpiece about the perimeter of the opening that is defined based on the power of the laser beam.
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公开(公告)号:US11575341B1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-07
申请号:US17514239
申请日:2021-10-29
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: Wei Zeng , Scott E. Parrish , Jeffrey Wentz Yambor , Young J. Kim
Abstract: A method for predicting a rotor temperature of an electric motor for an electric vehicle. The method includes measuring at least one of an operating parameter of the electric motor; inputting the at least one of the operating parameter of the electric motor into a predetermined regression model to predict a rotor temperature of the electric motor; and communicating the rotor temperature of the electric motor to a vehicle control module for managing the electric motor. The operating parameters includes a measured stator temperature, a torque level output, a rotor speed, and a coolant flowrate of the fixture electric motor. The electric motor may be that of an induction motor.
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公开(公告)号:US11318887B1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-03
申请号:US17083495
申请日:2020-10-29
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Wei Zeng , Jeremie Dernotte , Ke Liu , Nicole Ellison , Syed B. Mehdi , Kevin J. Silang , Louis G. Hector, Jr.
Abstract: An entertainment system of a vehicle includes: a plurality of cameras configured to capture images around an exterior of the vehicle; one or more displays; and an entertainment module configured to: based on the images, generate panoramic video; and display the panoramic video within the vehicle via the one or more displays.
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公开(公告)号:US11309766B2
公开(公告)日:2022-04-19
申请号:US16736185
申请日:2020-01-07
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Xiaofeng Yang , Wei Zeng , Lei Hao , Srihari K. Gangaraj
Abstract: A permanent magnet electric motor includes a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis and a rotor mounted on the shaft. The rotor is rotatable concomitantly with the shaft about the longitudinal axis, the rotor defines an innermost rotor edge. The innermost rotor edge is sized to receive the shaft. The permanent magnet electric motor further includes a stator. The shaft defines a jacket configured to receive a coolant. The jacket is disposed about the longitudinal axis. The jacket is elongated in a first direction. The first direction is parallel to the longitudinal axis. The rotor defines a plurality of longitudinal channels. Each of the plurality of longitudinal channel is elongated along the first direction, and each of the plurality of longitudinal channels is in fluid communication with the jacket to allow fluid flow between the jacket and the plurality of the longitudinal channels.
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公开(公告)号:US20210336510A1
公开(公告)日:2021-10-28
申请号:US16860695
申请日:2020-04-28
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: Xiaofeng Yang , Wei Zeng , Lei Hao
Abstract: An electric motor includes a housing, a stator having end turn windings, a rotatable central shaft, a rotor mounted onto the central shaft, and a rotor end ring mounted onto the central shaft adjacent the rotor, the rotor end ring including an annular disk shaped body having a circumferential outer diameter and a circumferential inner diameter and being formed from a thermally conductive material, a recess formed within a face of the body, an oil jacket formed within a back side of the body, the oil jacket comprising an annular channel having a circumferential outer wall and a circumferential inner wall, two inlets, each inlet extending radially between the inner diameter of the body and the inner wall of the oil jacket, a plurality of outlets, each outlet comprising a circumferential slot, the plurality of outlets equidistantly spaced around the face adjacent the circumferential inner wall of the oil jacket.
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公开(公告)号:US10965857B1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-30
申请号:US16737057
申请日:2020-01-08
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Wei Zeng , Shuqing Zeng , Scott E. Parrish
Abstract: In various embodiments, cameras and mobile platforms are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a mobile platform is provided that includes a body and a camera disposed on the body. The camera includes one or more image sensors, and one or more lens assemblies. The one or more lens assemblies are configured with respect to the one or more image sensors, that at least one image plane from the one or more image sensors is tilted to form a non-zero angle with at least one equivalent lens plane from the one or more lens assemblies, transferring the image focal plane to be parallel to the movement direction of the mobile platform in which the camera is installed. The use of multiple image sensors or lens assemblies in certain embodiments increases camera angle of view.
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公开(公告)号:US12182990B2
公开(公告)日:2024-12-31
申请号:US17743862
申请日:2022-05-13
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Wei Zeng , Scott E. Parrish , Jing Gao , Brian J. Koch , Xingcheng Xiao
Abstract: A system for inspecting a battery component includes a heating device configured to heat a surface of the battery component to a selected temperature, an optical-visible imaging device configured to take an optical image of the surface, a thermal imaging device configured to take a thermal image of the surface, and a processor configured to acquire the optical image and the thermal image. The processor is configured to correlate the thermal image with the optical image, identify a feature of interest in at least one of the optical image and the thermal image, determine a geometric characteristic and a temperature characteristic associated with the feature of interest, and determine whether the feature of interest is a defect based on the geometric characteristic and the temperature characteristic.
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公开(公告)号:US11839935B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-12
申请号:US17456992
申请日:2021-11-30
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Baixuan Yang , Wei Zeng , Hui-ping Wang , Joshua Lee Solomon , Scott E Parrish
IPC: B23K31/00 , B23K31/12 , B23K26/03 , B23K26/21 , B23K101/00
CPC classification number: B23K31/125 , B23K26/034 , B23K26/21 , B23K2101/006
Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting weld defects, and methods for manufacturing vehicles using such methods or systems, are provided. An exemplary method includes receiving an input indicating a weld material and material thickness by a portable computing device and determining, with the portable computing device, a detection protocol for the weld material and material thickness. Further, the method includes communicating the detection protocol from the portable computing device to a portable heating source and to a portable thermographic sensor, heating a weld with the portable heating source according to the detection protocol, and recording thermographic data from the weld with the portable thermographic sensor according to the detection protocol. Also, the method includes communicating the thermographic data from the portable thermographic sensor to the portable computing device, and analyzing the thermographic data to detect whether the weld includes a defect and/or determine type, dimension and location of the defect.
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公开(公告)号:US11571622B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-07
申请号:US16991092
申请日:2020-08-12
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Syed B. Mehdi , Ke Liu , Louis G. Hector, Jr. , Wei Zeng , Jeremie Dernotte , Nicole Ellison , Kevin J. Silang
IPC: A63F13/65 , A63F13/216 , A63F13/217 , A63F13/28 , A63F13/803 , A63F13/213
Abstract: A gaming system of a vehicle includes: a game application embodying an interactive game and stored in memory; a sensor of a vehicle configured to determine a present condition while the vehicle is moving; a gaming module of the vehicle, the gaming module configured to, while the vehicle is moving: execute the game application; display a virtual environment of the interactive game via one or more displays in the vehicle; output sound of the interactive game via one or more speakers in the vehicle; control action within the virtual environment of the interactive game based on user input received via one or more input devices of the vehicle; and adjust one or more characteristics of the virtual environment of the interactive game based on the present condition.
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