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公开(公告)号：US12194887B1
公开(公告)日：2025-01-14
申请号：US16698797
申请日：2019-11-27
Applicant: Zoox, Inc.
Inventor： Moritz Boecker , Justin Michael Russell , Robert Alan Ng
IPC: H01M10/00 , B60H1/00 , B60L1/02 , B60L50/60 , B60L58/26 , H01M10/613 , H01M10/625 , H01M10/633 , H01M10/6554 , H01M10/6568 , H01M10/663 , H01M50/342
Abstract: A battery pack for a vehicle electrical system includes a casing for receiving one or more battery modules. The battery modules are insertable into a casing of the battery pack. Additionally, the battery modules may include cooling plate to cool the battery module and provide coolant to another battery module in response to a triggering event. Additionally, the battery modules may include a top cover with a frangible insulating material to further thermally insulate one battery module from another battery module and allow gasses and active material to escape the battery module in response to a triggering event. The battery pack may additionally be configured with vents for venting the gases and active material, such as those generated by a battery module in a thermal runaway event. Additionally, the battery modules may include a heat shield to direct vented gases and active material away from a cabin of a vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US11865986B1
公开(公告)日：2024-01-09
申请号：US17498516
申请日：2021-10-11
Applicant: Zoox, Inc.
Inventor： Da Liu , Mackenzie Cunningham , Moritz Boecker
IPC: B60R21/0136 , G07C5/00 , G01L1/22 , B60R21/017 , B60R16/03
CPC classification number: B60R21/0136 , B60R16/03 , B60R21/0173 , G01L1/22 , G07C5/008
Abstract: There is provided a method and system for vehicle security protection. The method comprises: determining, at a detector, a first sensor signal from a flex sensor in an exterior panel of a vehicle, wherein the flex sensor and detector are powered by a power supply of the vehicle, and wherein a magnitude of the first sensor signal is based on an amount of bending of the flex sensor; determining, at the detector, based on the first sensor signal, that the exterior panel of the vehicle is deformed; and outputting, from the detector, a first alert signal, wherein a first controller of the vehicle is configured to transition from a low-power state to a high-power state based at least in part on the first sensor signal.
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公开(公告)号：US10985352B2
公开(公告)日：2021-04-20
申请号：US16212251
申请日：2018-12-06
Applicant: Zoox, Inc.
Inventor： Robert Alan Ng , Moritz Boecker , Kyle Matthew Foley , Jason Jaspreet Singh Haer , David Sands
Abstract: A battery pack for a vehicle electrical system includes a casing for receiving one or more battery modules. The battery modules are insertable into a casing of the battery pack by sliding couplers along pairs of rails and are securable to the ends of the rails. After insertion, the rails thermally insulate one battery module from other battery modules in the battery pack. Additionally, the battery modules may include a top cover with an insulating material to further thermally insulate one battery module from another battery module. The battery pack may additionally be configured with vents for venting the hot gases, such as those generated by a battery module in a thermal runaway event. Additionally, the battery modules may include a second insulating material disposed between cells and configured to thermally insulate the cells from one another.
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公开(公告)号：US10916758B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-09
申请号：US16212310
申请日：2018-12-06
Applicant: Zoox, Inc.
Inventor： Robert Alan Ng , Moritz Boecker , Kyle Matthew Foley , Jason Jaspreet Singh Haer , David Sands
Abstract: A battery pack for a vehicle electrical system configured with high-voltage bus bars. A positive bus bar and a negative bus bar may provide power generated by the battery pack to a drive module of the vehicle, to power one or more components of the vehicle. The drive module may additionally couple to high-voltage positive and negative bus bars. The high-voltage bus bars may be configured to provide additional power to the drive module from another battery pack, such as via a battery balance box. Additionally, the high-voltage bus bars may be configured to carry excess power from the drive module to another drive module associated with the vehicle via the battery balance box. The high-voltage bus bars may be configured to de-energize in the event of a thermal runaway or other failure of a battery module of the associated battery pack.
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公开(公告)号：US20190052119A1
公开(公告)日：2019-02-14
申请号：US15674098
申请日：2017-08-10
Applicant: Zoox, Inc.
Inventor： Austin Hendrix , Moritz Boecker , Robert Edward Somers
Abstract: An electrical system may include a power circuit configured to provide a power output, first and second batteries, and first and second switches configured to connect and disconnect the first and second batteries, respectively, to the power output in parallel with one another. The electrical system may also include a controller electrically connected to the first and the second switches, and configured to control operation of the first switch and/or the second switch. The electrical system may also include a load predictor in communication with the controller and configured to predict power demands of an electric load on the power circuit and send a signal indicative of the predicted power demands to the controller, which may activate the first switch and/or the second switch to connect the first battery and/or the second battery to the power output based at least in part on the signal indicative of the predicted load.
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Patent Agency Ranking
公开(公告)号：US11981248B2
公开(公告)日：2024-05-14
申请号：US17486106
申请日：2021-09-27
Applicant: Zoox, Inc.
Inventor： Moritz Boecker , Chang Gi Samuel Hong , Collin MacGregor
IPC: B60Q1/26 , B60Q1/00 , B60Q1/02 , B60Q1/28 , B60Q1/30 , B60Q1/34 , B60Q1/38 , B60Q1/44 , F21S41/151 , F21S43/20 , H05B45/20 , H05B47/10 , H05B47/155
CPC classification number: B60Q1/0029 , B60Q1/0094 , B60Q1/02 , B60Q1/2607 , B60Q1/2696 , B60Q1/28 , B60Q1/30 , B60Q1/34 , B60Q1/38 , B60Q1/44 , F21S41/151 , F21S43/26 , H05B45/20 , H05B47/10 , H05B47/155 , B60Q2400/20
Abstract: A lighting system of a vehicle may include light units and controllers for operating the light units. Each light unit is multifunctional in that the light unit may operate in various modes, which may be invoked at different times under varying circumstances. A light unit on the first end of a vehicle may operate as a headlight if the first end is the front end of the vehicle. On the other hand, the light unit may operate as a tail light if the first end is the rear end of the vehicle. Furthermore, the light unit may operate as a turn signal in either direction or brake light while the first end is the rear end of the vehicle. The light unit includes a lens array positioned to receive light from various light sources. The lighting system may operate in a fashion that allows for lighting redundancy on each end of the vehicle in the event of a lighting controller failure.
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公开(公告)号：USD991883S1
公开(公告)日：2023-07-11
申请号：US29865664
申请日：2022-08-05
Applicant: Zoox, Inc.
Abstract: FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of an electric vehicle charging device;
FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a back view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a left-side view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a right-side view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a top view thereof; and,
FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.
The dashed broken lines depict portions of the electric vehicle charging device that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dashed broken lines represent boundaries of the claimed device and form no part of the claimed design.-
公开(公告)号：US11682915B2
公开(公告)日：2023-06-20
申请号：US17486298
申请日：2021-09-27
Applicant: Zoox, Inc.
Inventor： Moritz Boecker , Bryan Emrys Booth , Timothy David Kentley-Klay , Richard Luke Osellame , Christopher John Stoffel
IPC: H02J7/00 , B60L58/10 , B60L53/16 , H01R13/453
CPC classification number: H02J7/0042 , B60L53/16 , B60L58/10 , H01R13/453 , H02J7/0013
Abstract: A system for charging a battery carried by a vehicle may include a charging box for coupling to a vehicle chassis and including interface electrical contacts electrically coupled to the battery. The system may also include a charge coupler including coupler electrical contacts for electrically coupling to the interface electrical contacts from under the vehicle and configured to be coupled to an electrical power supply. The charging box may include an interface activation surface, and the charge coupler may include a housing for enclosing the coupler electrical contacts and including a base for supporting the coupler electrical contacts, a coupler activation surface opposite the base, an opening, and a door configured to open the opening to expose the coupler electrical contacts as the interface activation surface contacts the coupler activation surface and moves the coupler activation surface toward the base.
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公开(公告)号：US20220016989A1
公开(公告)日：2022-01-20
申请号：US17486298
申请日：2021-09-27
Applicant: Zoox, Inc.
Inventor： Moritz Boecker , Bryan Emrys Booth , Timothy David Kentley-Klay , Richard Luke Osellame , Christopher John Stoffel
IPC: B60L53/16 , B60L58/10 , H01R13/453 , H02J7/00
Abstract: A system for charging a battery carried by a vehicle may include a charging box for coupling to a vehicle chassis and including interface electrical contacts electrically coupled to the battery. The system may also include a charge coupler including coupler electrical contacts for electrically coupling to the interface electrical contacts from under the vehicle and configured to be coupled to an electrical power supply. The charging box may include an interface activation surface, and the charge coupler may include a housing for enclosing the coupler electrical contacts and including a base for supporting the coupler electrical contacts, a coupler activation surface opposite the base, an opening, and a door configured to open the opening to expose the coupler electrical contacts as the interface activation surface contacts the coupler activation surface and moves the coupler activation surface toward the base.
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