Innomantra - Patent Portfolio of Electric Cars - 2015 ver 1.0F2

T R A N S F O R M I N G I M A G I N A T I O N

Patent Portfolio of

Automobile Companies

An Indicative Measure of Innovation

(Electric Car Segment)

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Patent Portfolio of Automobile Companies (Electric Car Segment)


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This report provides an insight into the importance of innovation by analyzing the Patent Portfolio of five major Automobile Companies in the electric car segment –Ford Motor Company, Nissan Motor Company Ltd and General Motors Company, Tesla Motor Inc., and Toyota Motor Corporation.

Contents

Executive Summary 5

Introduction 6

Exhibit 1: Barriers to Electric Vehicle Industry. 8

The Automobile Sector- Segment-wise Market Share 8

Scope of the Study & Research Methodology 10

Databases and Tools 10

Organizations Considered for the Study 11

Ford Motor Company 11

General Motors Company 12

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd 13

Tesla Motors Inc. 14

Toyota Motor Company 15

Company Speak on Innovation and Intellectual Property 16

Patent Portfolio Analysis 17

Ford Motor Company 17

Exhibit 13: IPC Category-wise Distribution – The Ford Motor Company 17

Exhibit 14: Patents Granted and Number of Patents Pending – The Ford Motor Company 17

Exhibit 15: Timeline of Patent Filings – The Ford Motor Company 18

Exhibit 16: Number of Citations of Patents Filed – Ford Motor Company 18

Exhibit 17: Citations of Patents by Different Companies – Ford Motor Company 19


Exhibit 23: IPC Category-wise Distribution – General Motors Company 21

Exhibit 24: Patents Granted and Number of Patents Pending – General Motors Company 21

Patent Portfolio of Automobile Companies (Electric Car Segment) - An Indicative Measure of Innovation1

Exhibit 25: Timeline of Patent Filings – General Motors Company 22

Exhibit 26: Number of Citations of Patents Filed – General Motors Company 22 Exhibit 27: Number of Citations of Patents Filed by Different Companies - General Motors Company 23

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd 25

Exhibit 18: IPC Category-wise Distribution – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd 25

Exhibit 19: Patents Granted and Number of Patents Pending – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd 25

Exhibit 20: Timeline of Patent Filings – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd 26

Exhibit 21: Number of Citations of Patents Filed – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd 26

Exhibit 22: Citations of Patents by Different Companies – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd 27

Tesla Motors, Inc. 29

Exhibit 8: IPC Category-wise Distribution – Tesla Motors, Inc. 29

Exhibit 9: Patents Granted and Number of Patents Pending – Tesla Motors, Inc. 29

Exhibit 10: Timeline of Patent Filings – Tesla Motors, Inc. 30

Exhibit 11: Number of Citations of Patents Filed – Tesla Motors, Inc. 30

Exhibit 12: Citations of Patents by Different Companies – Tesla Motors, Inc. 31


Exhibit 3: IPC Category-wise Distribution – Toyota Motor Company 33

Exhibit 4: Patents Granted and Number of Patents Pending – Toyota Motor Company 33

Exhibit 5: Timeline of Patent Filings – Toyota Motor Company 34

Exhibit 6: Number of Citations of Patents Filed – Toyota Motor Company 34

Exhibit 7: Citations of Patents by Different Companies – Toyota Motor Company. 35

Exhibit 28: Filing Trends of Toyota Motors, Tesla Motors, Ford Motors, General Motors and Nissan Motors in US. 37

Exhibit 29: Measuring Innovation based on the Number of Patents and R&D Investment 37

General Comments: 38

Conclusion 39

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APPENDIX – I: Electric Car Market in India. 40

Appendix – II: Patent Portfolio Analysis of Indian Automotive Companies (Electric car Segment) 42

Mahindra Reva Company 42

Exhibit 30: IPC Category-wise Distribution – Mahindra Reva Company 42

Exhibit 31: Patents Granted and Number of Patents Pending – Mahindra Reva Company 42

Exhibit 32: Timeline of Patent Filings – Mahindra Reva Company 43

Tata Motors Company 44

Exhibit 33: IPC Category-wise Distribution – Tata Motors Company 44

Exhibit 34: Patents Granted and Number of Patents Pending – Tata Motors Company 44

Exhibit 35: Timeline of Patent Filings – Tata Motors Company 44

Comments: 45

Appendix – III: List of patents 46

Ford Motors Company 46


Nissan Motor Co. Ltd 75

Tesla Motors Inc. 79


Mahindra Reva Company 101

Tata Motors Company 102


“Look at the richest men a hundred years ago, they all made their money extracting natural resources or moving them around.

All today’s richest men make their money out ofIntellectual Property. ”

- Mark GettyFounder of Getty Images

Intellectual Property is the Oil of 21st Century



Executive Summary

The purpose of this study is to analyze the importance given by selected major automobile companies in the electric car segment to innovation, based on their Patent Portfolios. Apart from providing an account of innovation and technological development taking place in the automobile, specifically to electric car segment, the analysis of the patenting activity provides an insight into the current trends in the intellectual property generation activity. The study summarizes results of the research that was conducted on Toyota Motor Corporation, Tesla Motor Inc., The Ford Motor Company, Nissan Motor Company Ltd and General Motors Company.

This report covers filing trends of the above mentioned companies along with status of Patents, International Patent Classification and Priority Date. The study also provides the filing trends and status in the field of engineering to which they belong, along with details of all Patents filed by these companies since 2008.

The electric car industry is still in the nascent stage of growth. The electric car market is majorly concentrated in US and Japanese market. There is an increasing trend in the formation of Joint Ventures in research of electric battery technology by the automobile companies. Electronic and electronic components manufacturing companies like Samsung are filing patents in the electric car segment. This shows that electronic companies are planning to enter the electric automobile market. Developing low cost batteries, providing long range and government support are essential for success of mass-market electric vehicle industry.

The major automobile companies have filed patents in electrical machinery and transport segments. This shows that the investment is majorly done in battery and power train technologies. Though Tesla motors started recently in 2003, it is competing with top automobile companies like Toyota, Nissan, Ford and General Motors which were established nearly 100 years ago. Tesla patents are referred by all the major automobile companies and automobile component manufacturing companies. Tesla motors are followed by General motors which show that GM considers Tesla a direct competitor for the company in the electric car segment. Tesla motors did not cite any other patents filed by other automobile companies. This shows that Tesla motors is leading other automobile companies in technology research. Toyota motors have cited patents of all the other major automobile companies which shows that Toyota is following technological research of all the other major automobile companies.

Patent Portfolio of Major Automobile Companies

(Electric Car Segment)


Introduction

Automotive industry is one of the key sectors for all major countries in the world. The automobile sales in 2013 have grown by 4.2% over sales in 2012 accounting to 82.84 million vehicles. The US (7.6%) and China have recorded highest growth in sales of cars and trucks in the world. 1

The first electric vehicle was produced in 1930s. But the use of electric vehicles (EVs) was replaced by petroleum-fueled internal combustion engines (ICEs) in 1900s. Because of increasing and volatile fuel prices, deteriorating urban air quality and climate change, renewed interest in the electric vehicles, stricter fuel regulations and to mitigate risk from petroleum price fluctuations, the technology shift is accepted by the automobile manufacturers. Alternate technologies include Battery electric vehicles (BEVs), Plug-in Hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), Hydrogen cars etc. Various governmental poli¬cies around the world are providing financial incentives for vehicle electrification, setting standards for lower fleet-average fuel consumption and even mandating the introduction of electrified vehicles.

Electric vehicles are rapidly emerging as a viable alternative to conventionally fuelled vehicles. They are found to be one of the most promising ways to reduce emission of greenhouse gases and other pollutants. The increasing demand in sale of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles has yet to create an impact. Though the sales of plug-in electric vehicles have increased from 53,000 vehicles in 2012 to 90,000 vehicles in 2013, it accounts for only 0.5 to 1% of the total cars and trucks sold in US in 2013.2 Electric vehicles are mostly used as second vehicles by the people.

Exhibit 1: Barriers to Electric Vehicle Industry

1 HIS automotive report, “http://www.cnbc.com/id/101308343”

2 Green car report, 2013


Investment in Research and Development acts as a good indicator for technological inno-vation. Spending in EV R&D spiked in US in 2009 due to economic stimulus and it spiked in Japan and Germany in 2010 and 2011 respectively. There was significant increase in R&D in China in 2012. Within R&D expenditure, there is relatively more focus on battery and fuel cell R&D. There is also significant funding in demonstrations of electric vehicles reflecting government’s desire to monitor and learn from initial infrastructure and vehicle deployment.3 Developing affordable batteries offering long driving range is the biggest challenge to increasing sales of plug-in electric vehicles. Investment in battery and fuel cell R&D results in significant drop in battery development costs reducing cost barrier for mass-market EV deployment. Four energy-storage technologies, Lead-Acid (Pb-Acid), Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH), and Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) batteries as well as Ultra capaci-tors are used in current HEVs and are the only technologies of inter¬est for the foresee-able future (10+ years).

There is an increasing trend in favor of filing of patents and safeguarding Intellectual Property in electric vehicle industry by major automobile companies. The major areas are the Electric machinery and Transport, together accounting for % of all patents filed indicating an emphasis in improving battery and powertrain technology and conforming to stricter environmental norms. This trend is only going to increase with environmental concern becoming not only an obligation and responsibility but also a value statement in itself.

3 Global EV outlook, 2013


The Automobile Sector- Segment-wise Market Share 4

About half of the world’s vehicles are produced by top nine manufacturers in U.S. The electric automobile market is mainly dominated by developed markets like US, Japan, France etc. The electric vehicle market in China is also steadily increasing. The sales of electric vehicles in US and Japan cover 62% of the global market.5 Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt are top selling electric cars in the world. PHEVs have more market momentum compared to BEVs indicating customers’ desire for fuel flexibility for greater range. There has been recent increase in sales of BEVs like Nissan Leaf, Tesla Model S etc.

Exhibit 1: Automobile sector, Global Market Share by Company in the Year 2013

4Compilation of data for electric vehicles in different countries from various websites. 5Global EV outlook, April 2013


Exhibit 2: Automobile Sector, Global Market Share by Model in the Year 2013


Scope of the Study & Research Methodology

This study provides an insight into the Patent Portfolio of key global Automobile companies, namely Toyota Motor Corporation, Tesla Motor Inc., The Ford Motor Company, Nissan Motor Company Ltd. and General Motors Company. The analysis looks at all the Patents applied by the above mentioned companies in USA. This includes Patents at all stages – application, publication and granted - of their lifecycle. For each company, the following data is presented in addition to the complete list of patents filed:

• International Patent Classification (IPC), category wise Status • Granted Patents and Pending Applications • Timeline of Patent filings, year wise • Citation analysis

Apart from a comparative look at these five Automobile companies and an insight into the areas of possible patent generation, this report also highlights certain key aspects of patenting for Automobile companies in the world.

Patent databases such as Thomson Reuter’s Delphion and several other Patent information sites mentioned below were searched for Patents filed by companies indicated. As on 31st March 2014, records of all the Patent documents filed by the above mentioned companies were extracted and analyzed. The results of the search have been tabulated in Exhibits. The entire process was verified using multiple Patent databases to ensure accuracy of the results. The Patent Database of United States Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) were searched for ‘Live Patents’, and these results are also recorded in the report. It is important to note that the Patent applications filed during the last 18 months are not reflected in the report since Patent databases only include patents in the publication phase. In most cases, patent applications get published 18 months after the date of filing as per the Patent filing norms except in the case of early publications, where they may appear in the patent databases a little sooner. For this reason, all graphs indicate data until and including the year 2008 only, to ensure uniform comparison across companies. Databases and Tools

• United States Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) • World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) • Relecura • WITS• Google Patent Database• Sumobrain.com: Patent search database • Thomson Reuter’s Innovation


Organizations Considered for the Study

Ford Motor Company

Founded in : 2003 Executive Chairman : William C. Ford, Jr. President and CEO : Alan R. Mulally Market share in EV in US : 15.75% Market share in EV in the world : 7% Country : USA

Ford Motor Company (Ford), incorporated on July 9, 1919, is a producer of automobiles. The Company together with its subsidiaries, is engaged in other businesses including financing vehicles. The Company operates in two segments: Automotive and Financial Services. The Company manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. Its automotive brands include Ford and Lincoln.

In the 1950s and ’60s, the Ford Motor Company began limited diversification, but by the 1990s it had refocused attention to its automotive concerns and financial services. In 1989–90 Ford acquired Jaguar, a British manufacturer of luxury cars. Aston Martin became a wholly owned subsidiary in 1993. Later, acquisitions included the rental car company Hertz Corporation in 1994, the automobile division of Volvo in 1999, and the Land Rover brand of sport utility vehicles in 2000. Ford also purchased a significant share of the Mazda Motor Corporation. However, as Ford struggled in the early 21st century, it began selling a number of its brands. In 2007, the company sold Aston Martin, and in the following year it sold Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata Motors Ltd. Ford has implemented full hybrid systems like those used in the Ford Fusion hybrid, C-Max, and Lincoln MKZ hybrid and has launched two plug-in hybrids – the 2013 C-Max Energi and Ford Fusion Energi, both capable of about 21 miles of all electric operation. The Ford Focus EV is an all-electric vehicle with an EPA rated range of 76 miles. Ford began selling hybrids in 2004 with the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner sport utility vehicle. In 2013, sales of the Ford Fusion/Mercury Milan alone were higher than Ford’s entire hybrid sales combined in previous years. The C-Max Hybrid was also a big seller in 2013.


General Motors Company

Founded in : 1908 Chairman : Tim Solso President : Mary Barra CEO : Brian T Thompson Market share in EV in US : 24.93 % Market share in EV in the world : 14 % Country : USA

General Motors Corporation (GM), an American corporation was the world’s largest motor-vehicle manufacturer for much of the 20th and early 21st centuries. It operates manufacturing and assembly plants and distribution centres throughout the United States, Canada, and many other countries. Its major products include automobiles and trucks, automotive components, and engines.

General Motors launched the first mass-marketed plug-in hybrid vehicle with the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and has built on that technology with the launch the 2014 Cadillac ELR. In 2013, the all-electric Chevrolet Spark EV and a diesel version of the Chevrolet Cruze also became available as 2014 models. Additionally, GM has been working on fuel cell vehicles for more than a decade and is collaborating with Honda on the development of new fuel cell technologies with plans to commercialize fuel cell vehicles by 2020. GM began selling hybrid-electric vehicles in 2007 with the Saturn Vue sport utility vehicle and then expanded to four different hybrid models the next year. Technology being actively employed is light vehicle electrification, termed eAssist. This has been offered as standard equipment on the Buick LaCrosse and Buick Regal since 2013 and as an option on the 2013 Malibu.


Nissan Motor Co., Ltd

Founded in : 1933 Chairman and CEO : Carlos Ghosn Market share in EV in US : 23.78 % Market share in EV in the world : 23 % Country : Japan

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese Industrial Corporation that manufactures automobiles, trucks, and buses under the names Nissan and Datsun. The company also designs and manufactures such products as communications satellites, pleasure boats, and machinery. During the 1960s, when Nissan entered the world market, production and sales grew phenomenally as the company established assembly plants in several countries outside Japan. By the late 1990s, however, Nissan was struggling, and in 1999 it entered into a partnership with the French carmaker Renault. Of the major manufacturers, Nissan has been the most aggressive in promoting all-electric vehicles, not only in the U.S., but also around the world. By the end of 2012, production of the Nissan Leaf and its battery pack was shifted from Japan to Smyrna for the U.S. market, lowering production costs and better positioning Nissan to trim $6,400 from the base price of the 2013 model. Nissan also developed a more heat resistant battery to address concerns of premature degradation and range loss in extremely hot climates. The all-electric e-NV200 commercial van is scheduled for 2014 and a luxury EV is planned with the Infiniti LE sedan. For the 2014 model year, Nissan also introduced new hybrid technology with the Nissan Pathfinder.


Tesla Motors Inc.

Founded in : 2003 Chairman and CEO : Elon Musk Market share in EV in US : 18.56% Market share in EV in the world : 11% Country : USA

Tesla Motors designs, manufactures, and sells electric cars and electric vehicle power train components. Tesla also markets electric power train components, including lithium-ion battery packs, to automakers, including Daimler and Toyota. Tesla first had profits from the year 2013.

The Tesla Roadster, the company’s first vehicle, is the first production automobile to use lithium-ion battery cells and the first production EV with a range greater than 200 miles (320 km) per charge. Between 2008 and March 2012, Tesla sold more than 2,250 Roadsters in 31 countries. Tesla stopped taking orders for the Roadster in the U.S. market in August 2011.Tesla unveiled the Tesla Model S, all-electric sedan on March 26, 2009. Tesla also plans to launch Third generation electric vehicle Model X in this financial year. There is significant increase in the investment of R&D in Tesla after 2010 with launch of Model S. Tesla Model S is the top selling electric car in the world. There are plans to expand the production of Tesla vehicles Into China. As of March 2013, Tesla employed almost 5000 full-time employees. The employees of Tesla have doubled from year 2012 to 2013. Tesla acts as an OEM supplier to other automobile companies in the world. They provide power train components to Toyota Motors for the electric vehicle RAV4. Tesla also provides power train components to Daimler. They have partnered with Panasonic on R&D for Lithium ion batteries. Tesla built its Model S assembly plant in California with a fully ramped-up annual output of 20,000 sedans. Tesla partnered with Toyota to produce the Model S at the former NUMMI plant in Fremont, California, which opened on October 27, 2010 and was rechristened the Tesla Factory.


Toyota Motor Company

Founded in : 1937 Chairman : Takeshi Uchiyamada President and CEO : Akio Toyoda Market share in EV in US : 13.68% Market share in EV in the world : 11% Country : Japan

Toyota is the first automobile company to produce successful mass – produced hybrid car. “The current capabilities of electric vehicles do not meet society’s needs, whether it may be the distance the cars can run, or the costs, or how it takes a long time to charge.” - Takeshi Uchiyamada, Vice – Chairman

The company concentrated mostly on the production of hybrid vehicles. Toyota is the highest spending company in R&D in the world. Tesla partnered with Toyota to produce the Model S at the former NUMMI plant in Fremont, California, which opened on October 27, 2010 and was rechristened the Tesla Factory.

In 2013, Toyota announced their intent to commercialize fuel cell vehicles and to bring their first fuel cell vehicle to market by 2015. Toyota’s strategy for fuel cell vehicles differs somewhat from other manufacturers; they are combining the efficiency benefits of their electric Synergy hybrid system with a hydrogen tank and fuel cell stack. This provides long-range electric operation and refueling times of about three minutes. Beyond the dedicated Prius hybrid family, Toyota has expanded their hybrid Synergy drive throughout their lineup in models like the Camry, Highlander, Avalon, and various Lexus models. For full electric vehicles, Toyota worked with Tesla to develop the latest version of the RAV4 EV and they have also produced the Scion iQ EV, both of which were introduced as 2013 models with limited availability in California. The Toyota Prius, first introduced in 2000, is by far the hybrid model with the most sales – about 220,000 in 2012 and 2013. Toyota has a large line-up of hybrid models with eight different models sold in 2013. The Camry Hybrid is Toyota’s second-largest hybrid seller. In 2005, Toyota began selling two hybrid sport utility vehicles, the Lexus RX450h and the Toyota Highlander.


Company Speak on Innovation and Intellectual Property

“Research and Innovation is also leading the implementation of our Blueprint for Mobility, because mobility is an important issue shaping the future of markets for our vehicles.”

-Robert Brown, Ford Motors

“We’re going to have beautiful, innovative designs. We’re going to put the right technology on the vehicle by [consumer] segment, the way the customer wants it. We’re going to have the right quality and the right performance features. Repeating that process—it’s as simple as that and as hard as that.”

- Mary Barra, CEO, General Motors.

“Solutions include ….. Innovative technological advances that are good for the environment, enhance safety, improve dynamic performance or provide greater life-on-board satisfaction.”

- Carlos Ghosn, President and Chief Executive Officer, Nissan Motors

“Through our commitment to quality, constant innovation.” This is what I have been emphasizing in continually calling for us to make “always better cars”

- Akio Toyoda, President, Toyota Motors

Transition to electric mobility by bringing a full range of increasingly affordable electric cars to market “

– Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla Motors

“Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship...the act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.”

― Peter F. Drucker


Patent Portfolio Analysis

Exhibit 13: IPC Category-wise Distribution – The Ford Motor Company

The patent portfolio of Ford is provided in the exhibit below. Electrical machinery and Transport are major categories in which Ford has filed the patents. 23 % of their patents are in Electrical machinery category and 57 % of their patents are filed in Transport category. It indicates that most of their patents and research is concentrated in Battery and power train technology.

Exhibit 14: Patents Granted and Number of Patents Pending – The Ford Motor Company

The exhibit above shows the status of patents filed by Ford motors from Year 2009 to year 2013. Ford motors filed 254 patents from the year 2008 to 2013. Out of these 254 patents, 67 patents are granted and 187 patents are still pending. The significant number of patents is filed by Ford when compared to other automobile companies compared.

Ford Motor Company


Exhibit 15: Timeline of Patent Filings – The Ford Motor Company

The exhibit shows the number of patents filed by Ford motors year wise. The number of patents filed has been increased steadily from the year 2008 to present.

Note: There is a drop in patents filed in the year 2013 due to 18 month duration for publication of filed patents

Exhibit 16: Number of Citations of Patents Filed – Ford Motor Company

The exhibit below shows the number of times the patents of Ford have been filed by other companies. The exhibit below shows the number of times the patents have been cited by the companies. The exhibit shows that 69 out of the total patents are cited by Ford Motors only. Other patents belong to other major automobile manufacturing companies like Toyota, Honda, General Motors, Nissan, Suzuki and Volkswagen.


The exhibit below shows the number of times the patents of Ford have been filed by other companies. The exhibit below shows the number of times the patents have been are cited by the companies. The exhibit shows that 69 out of the total patents are cited by Ford Motors only. Other patents belong to other major automobile manufacturing companies like Toyota, Honda, General Motors, Nissan, Suzuki and Volkswagen.

Exhibit 17: Citations of Patents by Different Companies – Ford Motor Company


Capsule

• Ford has filed 255 patents in electric car segment from 2008 to 2013. Out of these 255 patents, 67 are granted and remaining is published and pending.

• Ford mainly filed patents in the electric machinery and transport segments.

• Ford patents are mainly cited by the major automobile manufacturing companies.


Exhibit 23: IPC Category-wise Distribution – General Motors Company

The patent portfolio of General Motors is provided in the exhibit below. . Electrical machinery and Transport are the major categories in which General Motors has filed the patents. 28% of their patents are in Electrical machinery category and 33 % of their patents are filed in Transport category. It indicates that most of their patents and research is concentrated in Battery and power train technology.

Exhibit 24: Patents Granted and Number of Patents Pending – General Motors Company

The exhibit below shows the status of patents filed by General Motors from the Yyear 2008 to year 2013. General Motors filed 138 patents from the year 2008 to 2013. Out of these 138 patents, 32 patents are granted and 106 patents are still pending. The number of patents is filed by GM is less when compared to other automobile companies.



Exhibit 25: Timeline of Patent Filings – General Motors Company

The exhibit shows the number of patents filed by General Motors year wise. The number of patents filed has been increasinged steadily from the year 2008 to present.


Exhibit 26: Number of Citations of Patents Filed – General Motors Company


Exhibit 27: Number of Citations of Patents Filed by Different Companies - General Motors Company

The exhibit abovebelow shows the number of times the patents of GM have beenare filed by other companies. The exhibit abovebelow shows the number of times the patents have beenare cited by the companies. The exhibit shows that 57 out of the total patents are cited by GM only. Other patents belong to other major automobile manufacturing companies like Toyota, Ford etc. and other automobile components companies like Denso, Cummins, Lightening energy etc.


Capsule

• General Motors has filed 138 patents in electric car segment from 2008 to 2013. Out of these 138 patents, 32 are granted and remaining isare published and pending

• General Motors mainly filed patents in the electric machinery and transport segments.

• General Motors patents are mainly cited by the major automobile and automobile components manufacturing companies.


Nissan Motor Co., Ltd

Exhibit 18: IPC Category-wise Distribution – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd

The patent portfolio of Nissan is provided in the exhibit below. Electrical machinery and Transport are the major categories in which Nissan has filed the patents. 28.4 % of their patents are in Electrical machinery category and 56.1 % of their patents are filed in Transport category. It indicates that most of their patents and research is concentrated in Battery and power train technology.

Exhibit 19: Patents Granted and Number of Patents Pending – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd

The exhibit above shows the status of patents filed by Nissan motors from the Yyear 2008 to year 2013. Nissan motors filed 120 patents from the year 2008 to 2013. Out of these 120 patents, 88 patents are granted and 32 patents are still pending.


Exhibit 20: Timeline of Patent Filings – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd

The exhibit shows the number of patents filed by Nissan motors year wise. The number of patents filed has been increasinged steadily from the year 2008 to present.


Exhibit 21: Number of Citations of Patents Filed – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd

The exhibit below shows number of times the patents of Nissan havare been filed by other companies. The exhibit below shows number of times the patents have beenare cited by the companies. The exhibit shows that 13 out of the total patents are cited by Nissan Motors only. Other patents belong to other major automobile manufacturing companies like Toyota Motors, Hyundai Motors, General Motors, Ford, and Suzuki.


Exhibit 22: Citations of Patents by Different Companies – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd


Capsule

• Nissan has filed 120 patents in electric car segment from 2008 to 2013. Out of these 120 patents, 88 are granted and remaining areis published and pending.

• Nissan mainly filed patents in the transport segment.

• Nissan patents are mainly cited by the major automobile manufacturing companies.


Exhibit 8: IPC Category-wise Distribution – Tesla Motors, Inc.

The patent portfolio of Tesla is provided in the exhibit below. Electrical machinery and Transport are the major categories in which Tesla has filed the patents. 60 % of their patents are in Electrical machinery category and 24.5 % of their patents are filed in Transport category. It indicates that most of their patents and research is concentrated in Battery and power train technology.

Exhibit 9: Patents Granted and Number of Patents Pending – Tesla Motors, Inc.

The exhibit below shows the status of patents filed by Tesla motors from the Yyear 2009 to year 2013. Tesla motors filed 220 patents from the year 2008 to 2013. Out of these 220 patents, 111 patents are granted and 109 patents are still pending. The significant number of patents is filed by Tesla when compared to other automobile companiess compared.

Tesla Motors, Inc.


Exhibit 10: Timeline of Patent Filings – Tesla Motors, Inc.

The exhibit shows the number of patents filed by Tesla motors year wise. The number of patents filed has been increasinged steadily from the year 2008 to present.


Exhibit 11: Number of Citations of Patents Filed – Tesla Motors, Inc.

The exhibit below shows the number of times the patents of Tesla have beenare filed by other companies.


Exhibit 12: Citations of Patents by Different Companies – Tesla Motors, Inc.

The exhibit below shows the number of times the patents have beenare cited by the companies. The exhibit shows that 33 out of the total patents are cited by Tesla patents only. 25 patents belong to General Motors. This indicates that General Motors is seriously following Tesla in research and technology. Other patents belong to other major automobile manufacturing companies like Toyota, Ford, Hyundai, Renault, Coda automotive etc. and automobile component companies like Robert Bosch, Caterpillar, General electric etc.


Capsule

• Tesla has filed 220 patents in electric car segment from 2008 to 2013. Out of these 220 patents, 111 are granted and remaining isare published and pending.

• Tesla mainly filed patents in the electric machinery and transport segments.

• Tesla Motors’ patents are mainly cited by the major automobile and automotive component manufacturing companies

• Tesla filed patent for vehicle with combination of Li-ion battery and Metal-air battery to provide a long range of transport.

• Tesla also filed a patent on supercharger to charge multiple electric vehicles at once. This is a huge leap in the infrastructure development.


Exhibit 3: IPC Category-wise Distribution – Toyota Motor Company

The patent portfolio of Toyota is provided in the exhibit below. Electrical machinery is the major category in which Toyota has filed the patents. 84% of their patents are in Electrical machinery category. It indicates that most of their patents and research is concentrated in Battery technology.

Exhibit 4: Patents Granted and Number of Patents Pending – Toyota Motor Company

The exhibit below shows the status of patents filed by Toyota motors from the yYear 2009 to year 2013. Toyota motors filed 296 patents from the year 2008 to 2013. Out of these 296 patents, 134 patents are granted and 162 patents are still pending. The significant number of patents is filed by Toyota when compared to other automobile companies compared.



Exhibit 5: Timeline of Patent Filings – Toyota Motor Company

The exhibit shows the number of patents filed by Tesla motors year wise. The number of patents filed has been stagnant from the year 2008 to present.


Exhibit 6: Number of Citations of Patents Filed – Toyota Motor Company

The exhibit below shows number of times the patents have beenare cited by the companies. The exhibit shows that 24 out of the total patents havare been cited by Toyota patents only. Other patents belong to other major automobile manufacturing companies like Ford, Nissan etc. and automobile component companies like Caterpillar, Mitsubishi electric, Denso, Aisin etc.


Exhibit 7: Citations of Patents by Different Companies – Toyota Motor Company.


Capsule

• Toyota has filed 296 patents in electric car segment from 2008 to 2013. Out of these 296 patents, 134 are granted and remaining areis published and pending.

• Toyota has highest number of patents among the automobile companies considered.

• Toyota mainly filed patents in the electric machinery segment.

• Toyota patents are mainly cited by the automotive component manufacturing companies.

• Toyota mainly used their patent portfolio to block their competitors by creating huge patent portfolio.


Exhibit 28: Filing Trends of Toyota Motors, Tesla Motors, Ford Motors, General Motors and Nissan Motors in US.

Exhibit 29: Measuring Innovation based on the Number of Patents and R&D Investment


General Comments

1. The above trends indicate that all the major automobile companies are very active in Intellectual Property creation and protection in the electric car segment. This is an indication that there is increasing concentration by the companies in the electric car segment. 2. The patents filed by Tesla and Ford is steadily increasing. The patents filed by Toyota and GM are stagnant in every year. 3. Toyota, Tesla and Ford have strong portfolio when compared to other companies considered. 4. All the automobile companies have filed patents majorly in electric machinery and transport segments. 5. Tesla patents are majorly followed by General motors. 6. Toyota motors have cited the patents of all major companies. 7. Tesla motors did not cite to any patents filed by the automobile companies.


Conclusion

The study indicates that major automobile companies in the world are concentrating in innovation in electric car segment. There has been significant increase in number of patents filed by these companies from year 2008.

This study has brought out the insights of Patent portfolio of top five global Automobile companies which would pave the way for understanding their respective technological advancements and their Intellectual Property enforcement capabilities related to Patents.

The electric car market is majorly concentrated in the US and the Japanese market. The major automobile companies have filed patents in electrical machinery and transport segments. This shows that the investment is majorly in done in battery and power train technologies. Though Tesla motors started recently in 2003, it is competing with top automobile companies like Toyota, Nissan, Ford and General Motors which weare established nearly 100 years ago. Tesla patents are referred by all the major automobile companies and automobile component manufacturing companies. Tesla motors are followed by General motors which show that GM considers Tesla a direct competitor for the company in electric car segment. Tesla motors did not cite any other patents filed by other automobile companies. This shows that Tesla motors is leading other automobile companies in technology research.


Appendix – I: Electric Car Market in India.

India is the world’s second-largest two wheeler manufacturer and fourth-largest producer of commercial vehicles. Two wheelers dominate production volumes; in FY13, the segment accounted for about three quarters of the total automotive production in the country. Production of automobiles in India is growing at CAGR of 11.8 percent over 2005-13. Passenger cars are the fastest growing segment, representing a CAGR of 12.9 percent6.

Cost and Quality remain as bottlenecks of India’s auto industry in theto global marketplace. Global OEMs like General Motors, Ford, Toyota and Hyundai have expanded their operations over the past years. While Ford and Toyota continue to leverage India as a source of components, Hyundai and Suzuki have acknowledged India as a key market for a compact-car segment.

The electric vehicle market in India is nascent but growing rapidly. The total number of electric two-wheelers on road is about 400,000 and about 1,500 electric passenger cars in India. The availability of skilled engineers, low manufacturing cost and access to both hardware and software uniquely positions India as a pioneer market for Electric vehicles. So far only 2 companies were involved in Electric vehicle development in India, Mahindra Reva (formerly Reva electric) and Tata Motors. The only major manufacturer and seller of EV passenger cars in India is Mahindra-Reva, which opened a new plant and plans to launch several new models to the Indian and overseas market. Similarly, the only seller of passenger hybrid cars is Toyota Kirloskar. Lohia Auto manufactures electric 3-wheelers, while there are quite a few electric two-wheeler manufacturers including Hero Electric and Electrotherm. The Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV) estimates two-wheeler makers and importers sold about 100,000 EV units in 2011, which would be about one-tenth of the total scooters sold.

The combination of high fuel prices and government support is steadily increasing the demand of Electric vehicles in India. In 2008, Government of India hads waived the excise duty on electric vehicles and State governments have announced tax cuts to reduce pollution levels in cities. Also in 2008, the Delhi government announced the subsidy of 29.5 percent discount for the small electric car Reva. Chandigarh government offered a subsidy of 15 percent on battery-operated vehicles. Bangalore government gave 4 percent VAT waiver for the initial five years after the launch of the car and on registration costs. The Government support is essential for success of electric vehicles. This is indicated from the drop in sales of electric car Reva after the subsidy provided by the government of Delhi wais cancelled.

6 IBEF report – Automobiles 2014


The major challenges for implementation and adoption of electric technology in India are:

• Needs Appreciation for definite guidelines and regulations and difficulties in physical implementation. • Needs Appreciation for electric vehicle charging infrastructure and quality and availability of grid power. • Low domestic availability of advanced electronics and controls and high-cost of battery technology. • Requires large investments and therefore considered high risk by stakeholders. • Consumer acceptance and increasing awareness of the consequences of buying EVs.

Government Incentives:

• In August 2012, the Government of India approved a Rs. 230 billion plan to spur electric and hybrid vehicle production over the next eight years, setting itself an ambitious target of 6 million vehicles by 2020.

• On the recommendations of the Prime Minister’s Group on Technology – Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India, a core group was constituted by the Department of Heavy Industry (DHI) in 2009 and a very elaborate policy document was prepared. DHI took approval from the Government for setting up the fully empowered apex body at a very senior level with members drawn from all stakeholders, and for putting this initiative which will encompass all policy related matters on various issues on a mission mode approach.

• Accordingly, the National Council on Electric Mobility (NCEM) was set up. Under the NCEM, a National Board on Electric Mobility (NBEM) was proposed which would go into greater details of the various projects and initiatives that need to be undertaken under this endeavor. Both the Council and Board are serviced by a specialized technical secretariat seated in National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRIP) and the National Automotive Board (NAB).

• In the 2012 Union Budget, the Finance Minister announced a concessional excise duty of 10% for fuel cell or hydrogen cell technology. The excise duty on a CNG conversion kit has been reduced to 5%, while import of hybrid parts has been exempted from custom duty and a concessional rate of 5% excise has been proposed to incentivize their domestic production.

• Several initiatives including battery-operated Green rickshaws in New Delhi and the Tata Starbus range of buses including hybrid CNG low-floor buses have been introduced. Delhi has also subsidized sales by giving buyers a 15% rebate on the price of the vehicle.


Appendix – II: Patent Portfolio Analysis of Indian Automotive Companies (Electric car Segment)

Tata Motors and Mahindra Reva are the only companies currently involved in electric vehicle development in India.

Mahindra Reva Company

Exhibit 30: IPC Category-wise Distribution – Mahindra Reva Company

The patent portfolio of Mahindra Reva is provided in the exhibit below. Electrical machinery and Transport are the major categories in which Mahindra Reva has filed the patents. 37.5% of their patents are in Electrical machinery and 25% of patents are in Transport category.

Exhibit 31: Patents Granted and Number of Patents Pending – Mahindra Reva Company

The exhibit below shows the status of patents filed by Mahindra Reva. Mahindra Reva filed 4 patents. Out of these 4 patents, 1 patent is granted and 6 patents are still pending. In addition, the company filed all the patents through PCT route.


Exhibit 32: Timeline of Patent Filings – Mahindra Reva Company

The exhibit shows the number of patents filed by Mahindra Reva year wise.


Tata Motors Company

Exhibit 33: IPC Category-wise Distribution – Tata Motors Company

The patent portfolio of Tata motors is provided in the exhibit below. Electrical machinery and Transport are the only categories in which Tata motors has filed the patents. 57.2 % of their patents are in Transport category.

Exhibit 34: Patents Granted and Number of Patents Pending – Tata Motors Company

The exhibit below shows the status of patents filed by Tata motors. Tata motors filed 3 patents which are still pending. In addition, Tata motors filed 4 patents via PCT route.

Exhibit 35: Timeline of Patent Filings – Tata Motors Company

The exhibit shows the number of patents filed by Tata motors year wise. The number of patents filed has been stagnant from the year 2008 to present.


Comments:

1. The patents filed by the Indian companies are much lower than when compared to global companies.

2. PCT route is preferred by Indian companies to file patents related to electric vehicle technology. Mahindra Reva filed all their patents through PCT route. 57.2 % of patents filed by Tata Motors are through PCT route.


Appendix – III: List of Patents

Ford Motors Company

Audio-Visual Technology

Application/Patent Number

Title Status

US8137236 Ouput Torque Modulation Control Of A Transmission In A Hybrid Electric Ve-hicle

Granted

US20130162075 Cable Assembly For An Electric Vehi-cle That Includes Floor Supported And Sub-Floor Components

Pending

Computer TechnologyApplication/

Patent NumberTitle Status

US8417431 Method For Reducing Gear Rattle In A Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain

Granted

US8538619 Adaptive Real-Time Driver Advisory Control For A Hybrid Electric Vehicle To Achieve Fuel Economy Improvement

Granted

US8700284 Charge While Being Flat Towed Feature For Electric Vehicles

Granted

US20080243325 Optimal Engine Operating Power Man-agement Strategy For A Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain

Pending

US20100063704 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain With Enhanced Reverse Drive Performance

Pending

US20100305795 System And Method For Displaying Power Flow In A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20110047102 Vehicle Battery Charging System And Method

Pending

US20110166728 System And Method For Controlling Chassis Coupling Current

Pending


Pending

US20110172867 Engine Power Elevation And Active Bat-tery Charge Energy Management Strat-egies For Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehi-cles

Pending

US20120179311 Methods And Apparatus For Reporting State Of Charge In Electric Vehicles

Pending

US20130015860 Method And System For Determining A Target State Of Charge To Charge A Battery In A Vehicle Using External Elec-tric Power

Pending


US20130173101 Climate Control Advisory System And Method

Pending

US20130226377 Controlled Shutdown Of An Electric Ve-hicle

Pending

US20140012456 Adaptive Real-Time Driver Advisory Control For A Hybrid Electric Vehicle To Achieve Fuel Economy

Pending

US20140058595 Online Battery Capacity Estimation Pending

ControlApplication/


US7999665 Plug-In Vehicle Having A Recharging Port With A State Of Charge Indicator

Granted

US8525467 Phase Delayed Active Motor Damping To Mitigate Electric Vehicle Driveline Oscillations

Granted

Electrical Machinery, Apparatus, EnergyApplication/


US7576501 Method For Controlling A Hybrid Elec-tric Vehicle Powertrain With Divided Power Flow Paths

Granted

US8075329 Method And System For Preventing Dis-engagement Between An Electrical Plug And A Charge Port On An Electric Ve-hicle

Granted

US8089248 Battery Monitoring And Control System And Method Of Use Including Redun-dant Secondary Communication Inter-face

Granted

US8134333 Battery And Ultracapacitor Device And Method Of Use

Granted

US8159188 Vehicle And Method For Managing Power Limits For A Battery

Granted

US8167262 Power Converter Mounting Assemblies Granted

US8207698 Electric Drive System For An Automotive Vehicle

Granted

US8273501 System And Method For Hydrating A Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

Granted

US8400112 Method For Managing Power Limits For A Battery

Granted

US8405347 Input Voltage Based System And Meth-od For Charging A Vehicle Battery

Granted

US8535201 Method And Strategy To Detect The Lock-Up Of Planetary Gear In Power Split Hybrid Vehicles

Granted

US8575778 Variable Voltage Converter (Vvc) With Integrated Battery Charger

Granted

US8647766 Voltage Detection In A Battery Granted

US8680795 Vehicle Electric Drive And Power Sys-tems

Granted

US8695740 Vehicle Traction Battery Ventilation Control

Granted


US20090206793 System And Method For Rebalancing A Battery During Vehicle Operation

Pending

US20100231169 Automotive Vehicle And Method For Charging/Discharging A Power Stor-age Unit Therein

Pending

US20100259223 Method And System For Controlling Current Of A Power Distribution Circuit

Pending

US20110014533 Method And System For Power Control In An Automotive Vehicle

Pending

US20110043355 Plug-In Vehicle Pending

US20110082607 System And Method For Balancing A Storage Battery For An Automotive Ve-hicle

Pending


Pending

US20110163710 Vehicle Power System Pending

US20110163716 Battery Charger Temperature Control System And Method

Pending

US20110163722 Vehicle And Method Of Charging Bat-tery Of Same

Pending

US20110175570 Electrical Outlet Cover For Charging Electrified Vehicles

Pending

US20110177372 Support Assembly For An Array Of Bat-tery Cells

Pending

US20110177374 Battery Cooling Pending

US20110177376 Battery Cover Assembly Pending

US20110177379 Battery Assembly Pending

US20120049792 Method And System For Charging An Auxilary Battery In A Plug-In Electric Ve-hicle

Pending

US20120153895 System And Method For Controlling Ac Line Current And Power During Vehicle Battery Charging

Pending

US20120161698 Method And System For Charging A Ve-hicle High Voltage Battery

Pending

US20120161925 Vehicle And Method For Authenticating A Charge Station

Pending

US20120166026 System And Method For Charging A Ve-hicle Battery

Pending

US20120177952 Battery Cell Separator Pending

US20120183828 Energy Storage Device Protection Ap-paratus

Pending

US20120280646 Vehicle And Method For Charging Ve-hicle Batteries

Pending

US20130026970 Method And System For Charging A Ve-hicle Battery

Pending

US20130030617 Battery Cell Voltage Balancing System And Method

Pending

US20130089999 Locking Apparatus For Electric Vehicle Charging Connector

Pending

US20130093391 Variable Output Current Battery Char-ger And Method Of Operating Same

Pending

US20130149575 Electric Vehicle Battery With Series And Parallel Fluid Flow

Pending


US20130154656 Battery Pack Distributed Isolation Detec-tion Circuitry

Pending

US20130164569 Packaging Of Thermistor In A Battery Assembly

Pending

US20130183563 Traction Battery Assembly With Plenum Arranged To Promote Development Of More Uniform Pressure Therein

Pending

US20130187600 Electric Vehicle Charging System Adap-tor

Pending

US20130302653 Vehicle Battery Pack Cooling System Pending

US20130337296 Cooling System Having Active Cabin Venting For A Vehicle Battery

Pending

US20140015450 Method And System For Heating Trac-tion Battery Of Electric Vehicle

Pending


Pending

US20140021914 Vehicle Charging System Pending

US20140021916 Low Cost Charger Circuit With Pre-charge

Pending

US20140055092 Traction Battery Discharge Control Pending

US20140062348 Control Strategy For An Electric Ma-chine In A Vehicle

Pending


Pending

US20140070741 Electric Machine Torque Capability De-termination

Pending

US20140077739 Electric Motor Position Signal Synchro-nized Operation

Pending

Engines, Pumps, TurbinesApplication/


US7762232 Engine And Exhaust Heating For Hybrid Vehicle

Granted

US8056540 Method And System For Fuel Vapor Control

Granted

US8336526 Vapor Purge System Integrity Diagnosis For A Hybrid Vehicle

Granted


Granted

US8453627 Hybrid Vehicle Propulsion System Utiliz-ing Knock Suppression

Granted

US20080224478 Control System For A Hybrid Electric Vehicle To Anticipate The Need For A Mode Change

Pending

US20100121556 Torque-Based Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain Control System And Method

Pending


Pending

US20110132291 Auxiliary Pump Scheme For A Cooling System In A Hybrid-Electric Vehicle

Pending


Pending

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49

US20130291830 Methods And Systems For Engine Start-ing During A Shift

Pending

US20130296126 Methods And Systems For Engine Cranking

Pending

US20130297191 Methods And Systems For Stopping An Engine

Pending

US20140058647 Method And System For Oil Dilution Control

Pending

US20140073478 Method And Apparatus For Controlling Engine Shutdown In Hybrid Vehicles

Pending

Environmental TechnologyApplication/


US8683781 Method For Controlling An Exhaust-Gas Aftertreatment Device Of A Hybrid Drive, And Hybrid Drive

Granted

US20130232951 Thermoelectric Device For Oil Tem-perature Control

Pending

US20140081563 Engine-On Time Predictor For After-treatment Scheduling For A Vehicle

Pending

Measurement


Title Status

US20100321030 System And Method To Provide Lubrica-tion For A Plug-In Hybrid

Pending

US20110174066 Non-Intrusive Egr Monitor For A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20110184600 Adaptive Initial Estimation And Dynam-ic Determination And Update Of Dis-tance Until Charge Of A Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20120010767 Hybrid Electric Vehicle And Method Of Control Using Path Forecasting

Pending

US20120105078 Method And System For Determining An Operating Characteristic Associated With An Inductor In A Power Converter System

Pending

Mechanical ElementsApplication/


US7871348 Vehicle Hybrid Powertrain System And Method Of Operating Same

Granted

US20100139998 Hybrid Electric Vehicle And Powertrain Pending

US20130012347 Multi-Mode Powersplit Powertrain For Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20130086897 Torsion Damper For Hybrid Electric Transmission

Pending

US20130087225 Hydraulic Circuit For Hybrid Electric Transmission

Pending

US20130192947 Modular Powertrain Component For Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Pending

US20140026866 Method And System For Fuel System Control

Pending


Thermal Processes and ApparatusApplication/


US20100218916 Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Second-ary Cooling System

Pending

US20100295391 Cooling System And Method For An Electric Motor

Pending

TransportApplication/


US7998024 System For Using Mechanical Power To Operate A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8030894 System And Method For Rebalancing A Vehicle Battery

Granted


Granted

US8047313 Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Granted

US8062171 Transmission Engagement Control During An Engine Restart Of A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8062172 Powertrain For A Hybrid Vehicle With All-Wheel Drive Capability And Method For Controlling Wheel Slip

Granted

US8070648 Transmission Clutch Stroking Control During An Engine Restart In A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8092340 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain Con-trol After A Requested Change In Vehi-cle Direction

Granted

US8116926 Motor Power Control Granted


US8151916 Energy Management System And Meth-od For Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Granted

US8180509 Tail Pipe Emissions Mode Control For Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Granted

US8239082 Method And System For Enhancing Fuel Economy Of A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8248221 Method And System For Displaying Re-covered Energy For A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8258937 System For Transmitting Data Between A Hybrid Electric Vehicle And A Remote Transceiver

Granted

US8276696 Structural Battery Duct Assembly Granted

US8296032 Hybrid Vehicle And A Method Of Con-trol For Improved Power Management

Granted

US8307928 System And Method For Operating An Electric Motor By Limiting Performance

Granted

US8336657 Support Structure For Inverter System Controller Module

Granted


US8346421 Method And System For Initiating Start-ing Of An Engine In A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8346422 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Thermal Man-agement System

Granted

US8393423 Method And System To Prevent Vehicle Driveaway During Battery Charging

Granted

US8406948 Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle And Method Of Control For Providing Dis-tance To Empty And Equivalent Trip Fuel Economy Information

Granted

US8433465 Transitioning Between Series-Drive And Parallel-Drive In A Hybrid-Electric Vehi-cle Powertrain

Granted

US8467927 Method And System For Speed Control Of A Hybrid Vehicle

Granted


US8500589 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain With An Enhanced All-Electric Drive Mode

Granted

US8527123 Vehicle Response System And Method Granted

US8543272 Distance Oriented Energy Management Strategy For A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8567540 Drive Unit For An Electric Hybrid Vehicle Granted

US8579765 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Hold Function Granted

US8581714 Method And Apparatus For Generating Vehicle Vibration To Alert Vehicle User Of Warning

Granted

US8583301 Engine Speed Control For An Engine In A Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain For Improved Noise, Vibration And Harsh-ness

Granted

US8647231 Transitioning Between Electric-Drive And Parallel-Drive In A Hybrid-Electric Vehicle Powertrain

Granted

US8649923 E-Drive Pwm Frequency Strategy Granted

US8649925 Method And System For Controlling Operation Of An Electric Oil Pump In A Hybrid Electric Vehicle (Hev)

Granted

US8672068 Drive Unit For An Electric Hybrid Vehicle Granted

US8676415 Engine Power Demand Load-Leveling For A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8690725 Engine Restart Torque Spike Manage-ment System For A Hybrid Vehicle

Granted

US20090321159 Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Pending

US20100063658 Engine Speed Control And Battery Pow-er Scheduling Strategy For An Engine In A Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain

Pending

US20100076634 Method For Controlling A Micro-Hy-brid Electric Vehicle With An Automatic Transmission

Pending

US20100084112 Hybrid Electric Vehicle And Method For Managing Heat Therein

Pending

US20100084915 Braking System For Hybrid Vehicle Pending


US20100106352 System And Method For Displaying An Overall Efficiency Of A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20100106353 Regenerative Braking And Charge Flow State Indication System For A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20100140246 System And Method For Controlling Heating In A Hybrid Vehicle Using A Power Source External To The Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20100230197 Auto-Seek Electrical Connection For A Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20100265050 Vehicle Information Display And Meth-od

Pending

US20100276218 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain Hav-ing High Vehicle Speed Engine Starts

Pending

US20100279818 Control Of A Dry, Dual-Clutch Trans-mission During An Engine Restart Of A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20100292901 Hybrid Electric Vehicle And Method For Controlling A Powertrain Therein

Pending


US20110010031 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Control For Min-imizing High Voltage Battery Power Limits Violations

Pending

US20110046834 Method And System For Determining A Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Expected Drive Range

Pending

US20110083917 Automotive Vehicle And Method Of De-termining Forward Or Backward Move-ment Of Same

Pending


Pending

US20110162897 Vehicle Solar Panel Array With High Voltage Output

Pending

US20110162901 Cooling Air Duct For Electric Vehicle Pending

US20110163141 Apparatus For On-Board Storage Of Electric Vehicle Charging Cord

Pending

US20110165829 Automotive Vehicle And Method For Operating Climate System Of Same

Pending

US20110165832 Electric Compartment Exhaust Duct With Enhanced Air Cooling Features

Pending

US20110166730 Engine Transient Mitigation For Hybrid Vehicles

Pending

US20110166731 Energy Management Control Of A Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20110166732 Distance Based Battery Charge Deple-tion Control For Phev Energy Manage-ment

Pending

US20110168462 Electric Vehicle And Method Of Control For Active Auxiliary Battery Depletion

Pending

US20110172862 Multiple-Ratio Transmission Downshift Strategy For Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrains

Pending

US20110178663 Plug-In Electric Vehicle Interlock Pending

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US20110263379 Multiple-Mode Power Split Hybrid Pow-ertrain

Pending


US20110288712 Method To Prioritize Electric-Only Vehi-cle (Ev) Mode For A Vehicle

Pending

US20110298241 Apparatus For Heating A Vehicle Cabin Pending

US20120010768 Hybrid Electric Vehicle And Method Of Path Dependent Receding Horizon Control

Pending

US20120022731 Series-Drive Operation During Launch And Creep Of A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20120091792 Method And Apparatus For Charging Or Discharging An Electrical Device

Pending


US20120239251 Climate Control System And Method For Optimizing Energy Consumption Of A Vehicle

Pending

US20120265382 Torque Modulation In A Hybrid Vehicle Downshift During Regenerative Braking

Pending

US20120271492 Transient Operation Energy Manage-ment Strategy For A Hybrid Electric Ve-hicle Powertrain

Pending

US20130001006 Method For Supplying Power To An Electrically Assisted Steering System

Pending

US20130006454 Nonlinear Adaptive Observation Ap-proach To Battery State Of Charge Es-timation

Pending

US20130030619 Battery Cell Capacity Balancing System And Method

Pending


US20130082521 System And Method For Managing Electrical Loads In A Vehicle

Pending

US20130116866 Method And System For Valve Opera-tion Control

Pending


Pending


Pending

US20130158756 Hybrid Vehicle Drive Control Sys-tem And Method For Providing Motor Torque Boost Compensating For Engine Delay And Torque Exceeding Maximum Engine Torque

Pending

US20130166115 Hybrid Electric Vehicle And Method For Smooth Engine Operation With Fixed Throttle Position

Pending

US20130178330 Hybrid Vehicle And Control For A Clutch Engaging Event

Pending

US20130179015 Electronic Stability Control System For Electric Drive Vehicle

Pending

US20130187446 Electric Vehicle With Transient Current Management For Dc-Dc Converter

Pending

US20130193708 Package Tray With Cargo Catchment Pending


US20130217538 Control Of Powersplit Transmission For An Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20130253745 Charge Utilization Control System And Method

Pending

US20130268175 Method Of Adaptive Control For Engine Transient Mitigation In A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20130274969 Feed Forward And Feedback Adjust-ment Of Motor Torque During Clutch Engagement

Pending

US20130292223 Pre-Staging And Boosting For Down-shifts To Increase Regenerative Braking

Pending

US20130296098 Methods And Systems For A Vehicle Driveline Control During Varying Driv-ing Conditions

Pending

US20130296101 Methods And Systems For A Four Wheel Drive Vehicle Driveline

Pending

US20130296104 Biased Speed Control For An Electric Machine In A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20130296105 Adjusting Motor Torque To Compen-sate For Uphill And Downhill Demands During Cruise Control In Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20130296106 Method And System For Controlling Driveline Lash In A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20130296107 Method And Apparatus For Starting A Turbocharged Engine In A Hybrid Ve-hicle

Pending

US20130296108 Modular Hybrid Transmission With A One Way Clutch

Pending

US20130296110 Modulating Engine Torque To Syn-chronization Engine Speed With Motor Speed For Disconnect Clutch Engage-ment In Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20130296112 Controlling Powertrain Components For Hill-Holding In A Hybrid Electric Ve-hicle

Pending

US20130296115 System And Method For Controlling A Driveline In A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20130296120 Methods And Systems For Driveline Sailing Mode Entry

Pending

US20130296121 Methods And Systems For Engine Stop-ping

Pending

US20130296122 Methods And Systems For Operating A Vehicle Driveline Responsive To External Conditions

Pending

US20130296123 Methods And Systems For Adapting A Driveline Disconnect Clutch Transfer Function

Pending

US20130296124 Methods And Systems For A Driveline Dual Mass Flywheel

Pending

US20130296127 Torque Hole Filling In A Hybrid Vehicle During Automatic Transmission Shifting

Pending

US20130296128 Method And System To Manage Drive-line Oscillations With Clutch Pressure Control

Pending


US20130296130 Methods And Systems For Transitioning Between Braking Modes

Pending

US20130296132 Methods And Systems For Adjusting Driveline Disconnect Clutch Operation

Pending

US20130296136 Methods And Systems For A Vehicle Driveline

Pending

US20130297106 Hybrid Vehicle Control Utilizing Grade Data

Pending

US20130297110 Lash Zone Detection In A Hybrid Vehicle Pending

US20130297113 Methods And Systems For A Hybrid Ve-hicle

Pending

US20130297115 Methods And Systems For Operating A Driveline Disconnect Clutch Responsive To Engine Operating Conditions

Pending

US20130297116 Methods And Systems For Operating A Vehicle Driveline

Pending

US20130297117 Methods And Systems Providing Drive-line Braking

Pending

US20130297118 Methods And Systems For Launching A Vehicle

Pending

US20130297119 Methods And Systems For Adjusting Driveline Operation During An Acceler-ator Tip-Out

Pending

US20130297120 Methods And Systems For Providing Uniform Driveline Braking

Pending

US20130297122 Methods And Systems For A Driveline Disconnect Clutch

Pending

US20130297126 Opportunistic Charging Of Hybrid Ve-hicle Battery

Pending

US20130297157 Methods And Systems For Improving Transmission Shifting

Pending

US20130297162 Dynamic Shift Scheduling In A Hybrid Vehicle Having A Step Ratio Automatic Transmission

Pending

US20130331230 Transmission Control During Regener-ative Braking

Pending

US20140005865 Hybrid Vehicle And Associated Output Torque Control Method

Pending

US20140005866 Hybrid Vehicle And Associated Engine Start And Stop Control Method

Pending

US20140005867 Hybrid Vehicle And Associated Control Method

Pending

US20140005868 Hybrid Vehicle And Associated Engine Speed Control Method

Pending

US20140012442 Method And System To Avoid Unintend-ed Engine On/Offs For Hybrid Vehicles

Pending

US20140038772 Traction Control System For A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20140070013 Thermal System And Method For A Ve-hicle Having Traction Battery

Pending

US20140070606 Customized Battery Charging Pending

US20140095003 Electric Vehicle And Method Of Battery Set-Point Control

Pending



Pending

US20140100727 Method And System For Operating A Hybrid Powertrain

Pending

US20140106927 Method And System For Improving Ve-hicle Launch

Pending

Audio-Visual Technology

Audio-Visual TechnologyApplication/


US8137236 Ouput Torque Modulation Control Of A Transmission In A Hybrid Electric Ve-hicle

Granted

US20130162075 Cable Assembly For An Electric Vehi-cle That Includes Floor Supported And Sub-Floor Components

Pending



US8417431 Method For Reducing Gear Rattle In A Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain

Granted


Granted

US8700284 Charge While Being Flat Towed Fea-ture For Electric Vehicles

Granted


Pending

US20100063704 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain With Enhanced Reverse Drive Performance

Pending

US20100305795 System And Method For Displaying Power Flow In A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending


Pending

US20110166728 System And Method For Controlling Chassis Coupling Current

Pending


Pending

US20110172867 Engine Power Elevation And Active Battery Charge Energy Management Strategies For Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Pending

US20120179311 Methods And Apparatus For Reporting State Of Charge In Electric Vehicles

Pending

US20130015860 Method And System For Determining A Target State Of Charge To Charge A Battery In A Vehicle Using External Elec-tric Power

Pending


US20130173101 Climate Control Advisory System And Method

Pending

US20130226377 Controlled Shutdown Of An Electric Ve-hicle

Pending

US20140012456 Adaptive Real-Time Driver Advisory Control For A Hybrid Electric Vehicle To Achieve Fuel Economy

Pending

US20140058595 Online Battery Capacity Estimation Pending

ControlApplication/


US7999665 Plug-In Vehicle Having A Recharging Port With A State Of Charge Indicator

Granted

US8525467 Phase Delayed Active Motor Damping To Mitigate Electric Vehicle Driveline Oscillations

Granted



US7576501 Method For Controlling A Hybrid Elec-tric Vehicle Powertrain With Divided Power Flow Paths

Granted

US8075329 Method And System For Preventing Disengagement Between An Electrical Plug And A Charge Port On An Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8089248 Battery Monitoring And Control System And Method Of Use Including Redun-dant Secondary Communication Inter-face

Granted

US8134333 Battery And Ultracapacitor Device And Method Of Use

Granted

US8159188 Vehicle And Method For Managing Power Limits For A Battery

Granted

US8167262 Power Converter Mounting Assemblies Granted

US8207698 Electric Drive System For An Automo-tive Vehicle

Granted

US8273501 System And Method For Hydrating A Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

Granted


Granted

US8405347 Input Voltage Based System And Meth-od For Charging A Vehicle Battery

Granted

US8535201 Method And Strategy To Detect The Lock-Up Of Planetary Gear In Power Split Hybrid Vehicles

Granted

US8575778 Variable Voltage Converter (Vvc) With Integrated Battery Charger

Granted

US8647766 Voltage Detection In A Battery Granted

US8680795 Vehicle Electric Drive And Power Sys-tems

Granted

US8695740 Vehicle Traction Battery Ventilation Control

Granted


US20090206793 System And Method For Rebalancing A Battery During Vehicle Operation

Pending

US20100231169 Automotive Vehicle And Method For Charging/Discharging A Power Stor-age Unit Therein

Pending

US20100259223 Method And System For Controlling Current Of A Power Distribution Circuit

Pending

US20110014533 Method And System For Power Control In An Automotive Vehicle

Pending


US20110082607 System And Method For Balancing A Storage Battery For An Automotive Ve-hicle

Pending


Pending

US20110163710 Vehicle Power System Pending

US20110163716 Battery Charger Temperature Control System And Method

Pending

US20110163722 Vehicle And Method Of Charging Bat-tery Of Same

Pending

US20110175570 Electrical Outlet Cover For Charging Electrified Vehicles

Pending

US20110177372 Support Assembly For An Array Of Bat-tery Cells

Pending

US20110177374 Battery Cooling Pending

US20110177376 Battery Cover Assembly Pending

US20110177379 Battery Assembly Pending

US20120049792 Method And System For Charging An Auxilary Battery In A Plug-In Electric Ve-hicle

Pending

US20120153895 System And Method For Controlling Ac Line Current And Power During Vehicle Battery Charging

Pending

US20120161698 Method And System For Charging A Vehicle High Voltage Battery

Pending

US20120161925 Vehicle And Method For Authenticating A Charge Station

Pending

US20120166026 System And Method For Charging A Vehicle Battery

Pending

US20120177952 Battery Cell Separator Pending

US20120183828 Energy Storage Device Protection Ap-paratus

Pending

US20120280646 Vehicle And Method For Charging Ve-hicle Batteries

Pending

US20130026970 Method And System For Charging A Vehicle Battery

Pending

US20130030617 Battery Cell Voltage Balancing System And Method

Pending

US20130089999 Locking Apparatus For Electric Vehicle Charging Connector

Pending

US20130093391 Variable Output Current Battery Char-ger And Method Of Operating Same

Pending

US20130149575 Electric Vehicle Battery With Series And Parallel Fluid Flow

Pending


US20130154656 Battery Pack Distributed Isolation De-tection Circuitry

Pending

US20130164569 Packaging Of Thermistor In A Battery Assembly

Pending

US20130183563 Traction Battery Assembly With Plenum Arranged To Promote Development Of More Uniform Pressure Therein

Pending

US20130187600 Electric Vehicle Charging System Adap-tor

Pending

US20130302653 Vehicle Battery Pack Cooling System Pending

US20130337296 Cooling System Having Active Cabin Venting For A Vehicle Battery

Pending

US20140015450 Method And System For Heating Trac-tion Battery Of Electric Vehicle

Pending


Pending

US20140021914 Vehicle Charging System Pending

US20140021916 Low Cost Charger Circuit With Pre-charge

Pending

US20140055092 Traction Battery Discharge Control Pending


Pending


Pending

US20140070741 Electric Machine Torque Capability De-termination

Pending

US20140077739 Electric Motor Position Signal Synchro-nized Operation

Pending




Granted


Granted


Granted


Granted

US8453627 Hybrid Vehicle Propulsion System Uti-lizing Knock Suppression

Granted

US20080224478 Control System For A Hybrid Electric Vehicle To Anticipate The Need For A Mode Change

Pending

US20100121556 Torque-Based Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain Control System And Method

Pending


Pending

US20110132291 Auxiliary Pump Scheme For A Cooling System In A Hybrid-Electric Vehicle

Pending


Pending


US20130291830 Methods And Systems For Engine Start-ing During A Shift

Pending

US20130296126 Methods And Systems For Engine Cranking

Pending

US20130297191 Methods And Systems For Stopping An Engine

Pending

US20140058647 Method And System For Oil Dilution Control

Pending

US20140073478 Method And Apparatus For Controlling Engine Shutdown In Hybrid Vehicles

Pending



US8683781 Method For Controlling An Ex-haust-Gas Aftertreatment Device Of A Hybrid Drive, And Hybrid Drive

Granted

US20130232951 Thermoelectric Device For Oil Tem-perature Control

Pending

US20140081563 Engine-On Time Predictor For After-treatment Scheduling For A Vehicle

Pending

MeasurementApplication/


US20100321030 System And Method To Provide Lubrica-tion For A Plug-In Hybrid

Pending

US20110174066 Non-Intrusive Egr Monitor For A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20110184600 Adaptive Initial Estimation And Dynam-ic Determination And Update Of Dis-tance Until Charge Of A Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20120010767 Hybrid Electric Vehicle And Method Of Control Using Path Forecasting

Pending

US20120105078 Method And System For Determining An Operating Characteristic Associat-ed With An Inductor In A Power Con-verter System

Pending



US7871348 Vehicle Hybrid Powertrain System And Method Of Operating Same

Granted

US20100139998 Hybrid Electric Vehicle And Powertrain Pending

US20130012347 Multi-Mode Powersplit Powertrain For Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20130086897 Torsion Damper For Hybrid Electric Transmission

Pending

US20130087225 Hydraulic Circuit For Hybrid Electric Transmission

Pending

US20130192947 Modular Powertrain Component For Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Pending

US20140026866 Method And System For Fuel System Control

Pending


Thermal Processes And ApparatusApplication/


US20100218916 Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Second-ary Cooling System

Pending

US20100295391 Cooling System And Method For An Electric Motor

Pending



US7998024 System For Using Mechanical Power To Operate A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8030894 System And Method For Rebalancing A Vehicle Battery

Granted


Granted


US8062171 Transmission Engagement Control During An Engine Restart Of A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8062172 Powertrain For A Hybrid Vehicle With All-Wheel Drive Capability And Method For Controlling Wheel Slip

Granted

US8070648 Transmission Clutch Stroking Control During An Engine Restart In A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8092340 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain Con-trol After A Requested Change In Vehi-cle Direction

Granted

US8116926 Motor Power Control Granted


US8151916 Energy Management System And Meth-od For Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Granted

US8180509 Tail Pipe Emissions Mode Control For Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Granted

US8239082 Method And System For Enhancing Fuel Economy Of A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8248221 Method And System For Displaying Re-covered Energy For A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8258937 System For Transmitting Data Between A Hybrid Electric Vehicle And A Remote Transceiver

Granted

US8276696 Structural Battery Duct Assembly Granted

US8296032 Hybrid Vehicle And A Method Of Con-trol For Improved Power Management

Granted

US8307928 System And Method For Operating An Electric Motor By Limiting Performance

Granted

US8336657 Support Structure For Inverter System Controller Module

Granted

US8346421 Method And System For Initiating Start-ing Of An Engine In A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Granted


US8346422 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Thermal Man-agement System

Granted


Granted

US8406948 Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle And Method Of Control For Providing Dis-tance To Empty And Equivalent Trip Fuel Economy Information

Granted

US8433465 Transitioning Between Series-Drive And Parallel-Drive In A Hybrid-Electric Vehi-cle Powertrain

Granted

US8467927 Method And System For Speed Control Of A Hybrid Vehicle

Granted


US8500589 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain With An Enhanced All-Electric Drive Mode

Granted

US8527123 Vehicle Response System And Method Granted

US8543272 Distance Oriented Energy Manage-ment Strategy For A Hybrid Electric Ve-hicle

Granted

US8567540 Drive Unit For An Electric Hybrid Vehi-cle

Granted

US8579765 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Hold Function Granted

US8581714 Method And Apparatus For Generating Vehicle Vibration To Alert Vehicle User Of Warning

Granted

US8583301 Engine Speed Control For An Engine In A Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain For Improved Noise, Vibration And Harsh-ness

Granted

US8647231 Transitioning Between Electric-Drive And Parallel-Drive In A Hybrid-Electric Vehicle Powertrain

Granted

US8649923 E-Drive Pwm Frequency Strategy Granted

US8649925 Method And System For Controlling Operation Of An Electric Oil Pump In A Hybrid Electric Vehicle (Hev)

Granted

US8672068 Drive Unit For An Electric Hybrid Vehi-cle

Granted

US8676415 Engine Power Demand Load-Leveling For A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8690725 Engine Restart Torque Spike Manage-ment System For A Hybrid Vehicle

Granted


US20100063658 Engine Speed Control And Battery Pow-er Scheduling Strategy For An Engine In A Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain

Pending

US20100076634 Method For Controlling A Micro-Hy-brid Electric Vehicle With An Automatic Transmission

Pending

US20100084112 Hybrid Electric Vehicle And Method For Managing Heat Therein

Pending

US20100084915 Braking System For Hybrid Vehicle Pending


63

US20100106352 System And Method For Displaying An Overall Efficiency Of A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20100106353 Regenerative Braking And Charge Flow State Indication System For A Hy-brid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20100140246 System And Method For Controlling Heating In A Hybrid Vehicle Using A Power Source External To The Hybrid Vehicle

Pending


Pending


Pending

US20100276218 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain Hav-ing High Vehicle Speed Engine Starts

Pending

US20100279818 Control Of A Dry, Dual-Clutch Trans-mission During An Engine Restart Of A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20100292901 Hybrid Electric Vehicle And Method For Controlling A Powertrain Therein

Pending


US20110010031 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Control For Min-imizing High Voltage Battery Power Limits Violations

Pending

US20110046834 Method And System For Determining A Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Expected Drive Range

Pending

US20110083917 Automotive Vehicle And Method Of Determining Forward Or Backward Movement Of Same

Pending


Pending

US20110162897 Vehicle Solar Panel Array With High Voltage Output

Pending

US20110162901 Cooling Air Duct For Electric Vehicle Pending

US20110163141 Apparatus For On-Board Storage Of Electric Vehicle Charging Cord

Pending

US20110165829 Automotive Vehicle And Method For Operating Climate System Of Same

Pending

US20110165832 Electric Compartment Exhaust Duct With Enhanced Air Cooling Features

Pending

US20110166730 Engine Transient Mitigation For Hybrid Vehicles

Pending

US20110166731 Energy Management Control Of A Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20110166732 Distance Based Battery Charge Deple-tion Control For Phev Energy Manage-ment

Pending

US20110168462 Electric Vehicle And Method Of Control For Active Auxiliary Battery Depletion

Pending

US20110172862 Multiple-Ratio Transmission Downshift Strategy For Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrains

Pending



US20110263379 Multiple-Mode Power Split Hybrid Pow-ertrain

Pending


US20110288712 Method To Prioritize Electric-Only Vehi-cle (Ev) Mode For A Vehicle

Pending

US20110298241 Apparatus For Heating A Vehicle Cabin Pending

US20120010768 Hybrid Electric Vehicle And Method Of Path Dependent Receding Horizon Control

Pending

US20120022731 Series-Drive Operation During Launch And Creep Of A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20120091792 Method And Apparatus For Charging Or Discharging An Electrical Device

Pending


US20120239251 Climate Control System And Method For Optimizing Energy Consumption Of A Vehicle

Pending

US20120265382 Torque Modulation In A Hybrid Vehicle Downshift During Regenerative Braking

Pending

US20120271492 Transient Operation Energy Manage-ment Strategy For A Hybrid Electric Ve-hicle Powertrain

Pending

US20130001006 Method For Supplying Power To An Electrically Assisted Steering System

Pending

US20130006454 Nonlinear Adaptive Observation Ap-proach To Battery State Of Charge Es-timation

Pending

US20130030619 Battery Cell Capacity Balancing System And Method

Pending


US20130082521 System And Method For Managing Electrical Loads In A Vehicle

Pending

US20130116866 Method And System For Valve Opera-tion Control

Pending


Pending


Pending

US20130158756 Hybrid Vehicle Drive Control Sys-tem And Method For Providing Motor Torque Boost Compensating For En-gine Delay And Torque Exceeding Max-imum Engine Torque

Pending

US20130166115 Hybrid Electric Vehicle And Method For Smooth Engine Operation With Fixed Throttle Position

Pending

US20130178330 Hybrid Vehicle And Control For A Clutch Engaging Event

Pending

US20130179015 Electronic Stability Control System For Electric Drive Vehicle

Pending

US20130187446 Electric Vehicle With Transient Current Management For Dc-Dc Converter

Pending

US20130193708 Package Tray With Cargo Catchment Pending


65

US20130217538 Control Of Powersplit Transmission For An Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20130253745 Charge Utilization Control System And Method

Pending

US20130268175 Method Of Adaptive Control For En-gine Transient Mitigation In A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20130274969 Feed Forward And Feedback Adjust-ment Of Motor Torque During Clutch Engagement

Pending

US20130292223 Pre-Staging And Boosting For Down-shifts To Increase Regenerative Braking

Pending

US20130296098 Methods And Systems For A Vehicle Driveline Control During Varying Driv-ing Conditions

Pending

US20130296101 Methods And Systems For A Four Wheel Drive Vehicle Driveline

Pending

US20130296104 Biased Speed Control For An Electric Machine In A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20130296105 Adjusting Motor Torque To Compen-sate For Uphill And Downhill Demands During Cruise Control In Hybrid Vehi-cle

Pending

US20130296106 Method And System For Controlling Driveline Lash In A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20130296107 Method And Apparatus For Starting A Turbocharged Engine In A Hybrid Ve-hicle

Pending

US20130296108 Modular Hybrid Transmission With A One Way Clutch

Pending

US20130296110 Modulating Engine Torque To Syn-chronization Engine Speed With Motor Speed For Disconnect Clutch Engage-ment In Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20130296112 Controlling Powertrain Components For Hill-Holding In A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20130296115 System And Method For Controlling A Driveline In A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20130296120 Methods And Systems For Driveline Sailing Mode Entry

Pending

US20130296121 Methods And Systems For Engine Stop-ping

Pending

US20130296122 Methods And Systems For Operating A Vehicle Driveline Responsive To Exter-nal Conditions

Pending

US20130296123 Methods And Systems For Adapting A Driveline Disconnect Clutch Transfer Function

Pending

US20130296124 Methods And Systems For A Driveline Dual Mass Flywheel

Pending

US20130296127 Torque Hole Filling In A Hybrid Vehicle During Automatic Transmission Shifting

Pending


US20130296128 Method And System To Manage Drive-line Oscillations With Clutch Pressure Control

Pending

US20130296130 Methods And Systems For Transitioning Between Braking Modes

Pending

US20130296132 Methods And Systems For Adjusting Driveline Disconnect Clutch Operation

Pending

US20130296136 Methods And Systems For A Vehicle Driveline

Pending

US20130297106 Hybrid Vehicle Control Utilizing Grade Data

Pending

US20130297110 Lash Zone Detection In A Hybrid Vehi-cle

Pending

US20130297113 Methods And Systems For A Hybrid Ve-hicle

Pending

US20130297115 Methods And Systems For Operating A Driveline Disconnect Clutch Responsive To Engine Operating Conditions

Pending

US20130297116 Methods And Systems For Operating A Vehicle Driveline

Pending

US20130297117 Methods And Systems Providing Drive-line Braking

Pending

US20130297118 Methods And Systems For Launching A Vehicle

Pending

US20130297119 Methods And Systems For Adjusting Driveline Operation During An Accel-erator Tip-Out

Pending

US20130297120 Methods And Systems For Providing Uniform Driveline Braking

Pending

US20130297122 Methods And Systems For A Driveline Disconnect Clutch

Pending

US20130297126 Opportunistic Charging Of Hybrid Ve-hicle Battery

Pending

US20130297157 Methods And Systems For Improving Transmission Shifting

Pending

US20130297162 Dynamic Shift Scheduling In A Hybrid Vehicle Having A Step Ratio Automatic Transmission

Pending

US20130331230 Transmission Control During Regener-ative Braking

Pending

US20140005865 Hybrid Vehicle And Associated Output Torque Control Method

Pending

US20140005866 Hybrid Vehicle And Associated Engine Start And Stop Control Method

Pending

US20140005867 Hybrid Vehicle And Associated Control Method

Pending

US20140005868 Hybrid Vehicle And Associated Engine Speed Control Method

Pending

US20140012442 Method And System To Avoid Unintend-ed Engine On/Offs For Hybrid Vehicles

Pending

US20140038772 Traction Control System For A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20140070013 Thermal System And Method For A Ve-hicle Having Traction Battery

Pending


US20140070606 Customized Battery Charging Pending

US20140095003 Electric Vehicle And Method Of Battery Set-Point Control

Pending


Pending

US20140100727 Method And System For Operating A Hybrid Powertrain

Pending

US20140106927 Method And System For Improving Ve-hicle Launch

Pending


Analysis of Biological Materials


Title Status

US20130027048 Method And System For Controlling A Vehicle Battery

Pending



US8135519 Method And Apparatus To Determine A Preferred Output Torque For Operating A Hybrid Transmission In A Fixed Gear Operating Range State

Granted

US8489265 Method And Engine Stability Control System For A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Granted

US20090118881 Detecting Program Flow Fault In Torque Security Software For Hybrid Vehicle Electric Drive System

Pending

US20090118919 Method For Determining Inertia Effects For A Hybrid Powertrain System

Pending

US20090118942 Method For Determining Constraints On Input Torque In A Hybrid Transmis-sion

Pending

US20090118957 Optimal Selection Of Blended Braking Capacity For A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20090118964 Method For Controlling Electric Boost In A Hybrid Powertrain

Pending

US20090319115 Systems And Methods For Estimating Temperatures Of Power Module Com-ponents

Pending

US20100292880 Method For Managing Battery Power Within A Hybrid Powertrain System

Pending

US20100305793 Method For Starting A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20110125351 Control Of Regenerative Braking In A Hybrid Vehcile

Pending

US20110213517 Method For Operating A Hybrid Vehicle Pending

US20110295474 Transmission Load Predicting System For A Stop-Start System And A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending


US20110301790 Optimizing Use Of Solar Photovolta-ic-Generated Electricity In Electric Or Hybrid Vehicles

Pending

US20110320075 Torque Blending Systems For Hybrid Electric Vehicles With Electrically Con-tinuous Variable Transmissions

Pending

US20120072060 Method Of Monitoring In-Use Perfor-mance Ratios Of Onboard Diagnostic Systems For Plug-In Hybrid Electric Ve-hicles

Pending

US20120109431 Robust Motor Torque Performance Di-agnostics Algorithm For Electric Drive Systems In Hybrid Vehicles

Pending

US20120239283 Consistent Range Calculation In Hybrid Vehicles With Hybrid And Pure Battery Electric Propulsion

Pending

Control


Title Status

US8207740 Method For Use With A Vehicle Battery Pack Having A Number Of Individual Battery Cells

Granted

US8214120 Method To Manage A High Voltage Sys-tem In A Hybrid Powertrain System

Granted

Electrical Machinery, Apparatus, Energy


Title Status

US7911180 Single-Phase Phase Locked Loop Suitable For Use In A Hybrid Vehi-cle Charging System And Method For Charging A Hybrid Vehicle From A Sin-gle-Phase Power Source

Granted

US8054046 Fast Search Algorithm For Finding Ini-tial Diffusion Voltage In Electro-Chem-ical Systems

Granted

US8399138 Liquid Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery Granted

US8404392 Method Of Entering And Exiting A Re-generative/Stand-By Mode On A Fuel Cell System Where The Fuel Cell Is Sep-arated From The Regenerative Source By A Blocking Power Diode

Granted

US8432126 Rapid Offboard Charging Via Selective Energizing Of Designated Semiconduc-tor Switches And Induction Coils In An Electric Or Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8514037 Dual Bipolar Magnetic Field For Rotary High-Voltage Contactor In Automotive Lithium-Ion Battery Systems

Granted

US8552682 Battery Charging System For Hybrid Ve-hicles

Granted

US20090045780 Battery Control Method For Hybrid Ve-hicles

Pending


69

US20090140592 Methods And Apparatus For A Perma-nent Magnet Machine With An Added Air Barrier

Pending

US20090140593 Methods And Apparatus For A Perma-nent Magnet Machine With Added Ro-tor Slots

Pending

US20100028727 Method And Apparatus For Starting A Fuel Cell Engine In A Vehicle Equipped With An Ultracapacitor

Pending

US20100141076 Methods And Apparatus For A Perma-nent Magnet Machine With Segmented Ferrite Magnets

Pending

US20100156355 System And Method For Charging A Plug-In Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20100301810 Systems And Methods For Electric Vehi-cle Charging

Pending

US20110012553 Method Of Charging A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20110012558 Control Strategy For Hv Battery Equal-ization Charge During Driving Opera-tion In Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicles

Pending

US20110104589 Hybrid Electrically Conductive Fluid Distribution Separator Plate Assembly For Fuel Cells

Pending

US20110279087 Method For Automatic Battery Control-ler Identification And Cell Indexing Via A Multi-Purpose Signal Line

Pending

US20110288704 Method For Heating A High Voltage Ve-hicle Battery

Pending

US20110311894 Usage Of Regenerative Brake Power For System Restart In Start-Stop Opera-tion Of Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicles

Pending

US20120056567 Method And Apparatus For Controlling A High-Voltage Battery Connection For Hybrid Powertrain System

Pending

US20120062176 Integrated Charger-Inverter For A Per-manent Magnet/Induction Motor Drive Of An Electric Or Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20120083948 Method And Apparatus For Managing Multiple Battery Packs In A Hybrid Or Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20120091963 Battery Fault Tolerant Architecture For Cell Failure Modes Parallel Bypass Cir-cuit

Pending

US20120091964 Battery Fault Tolerant Architecture For Cell Failure Modes Series Bypass Circuit

Pending

US20120091971 Excessive Current Detection Controls Method

Pending

US20120100414 Encapsulated Emi/Rfi Shielding For A Non-Conductive Thermosetting Plastic Composite Phev Battery Cover

Pending

US20120178574 Motor Module Assembly Pending

US20120181860 Dual Bipolar Magnetic Field For Linear High-Voltage Contactor In Automotive Lithium-Ion Battery Systems

Pending

Innomantra Consulting Private Limited

70

US20120200257 Method Of Controlling A State-Of-Charge (Soc) Of A Vehicle Battery

Pending

US20120251863 Fabric Composite Support Or Enclo-sure For An Automotive Battery Pack

Pending

US20120313580 Electric Vehicle With Secondary Charge Cord Release Mechanism

Pending

US20130122331 Lithium Ion Battery Cooling System Pending

US20140015491 Internally Referenced Scalable Auto Discharge Method For Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Pending

US20140015492 Externally Referenced Scalable Auto Discharge Method For Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Pending

US20140030560 Battery With Solid State Cooling Pending

US20140103722 Electrical System And Method For A Hy-brid-Electric Vehicle

Pending



US7792627 Hybrid Vehicle Exhaust Control Strategy Granted

US8095290 Method To Control Vehicular Powertrain By Monitoring Map Preview Information

Granted

US8499734 System And Method For Controlling Torque During Engine Start Operations In Hybrid Vehicles

Granted

US20080305922 Hybrid Drive System For A Vehicle And Method Of Operating The Hybrid Drive System

Pending

US20090084363 Regeneration Of Evaporative Emision Control System For Plug-In Hybrid Ve-hicle

Pending

US20100186702 System And Method For Storage And Delivery Of A Fuel Additive On-Board A Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20110231034 Method For Starting A Hybrid Vehicle Pending

US20110295494 Controlled Engine Shutdown System For A Stop-Start System And A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20120197513 Service Station Maintenance Mode For Extended Range Electric Vehicles And Hybrid Vehicle Applications

Pending

US20120204536 Catalytic Converter Combustion Strate-gy For A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20130013136 System And Method For Increasing Op-erating Efficiency Of A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending



US8627654 Method Of Treating Emissions Of A Hy-brid Vehicle With A Hydrocarbon Ab-sorber And A Catalyst Bypass System

Granted

US20130255227 System And Method For Hydrocarbon Adsorber Regeneration In A Hybrid Ve-hicle

Pending


It Methods For ManagementApplication/


US20100198754 Method Of Providing Modular Battery Packs For A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

Machine ToolsApplication/


US20130029206 Low Pressure Electron Beam Welding Of Li-Ion Battery Connections

Pending

US7649360 Apparatus And Systems For Common Mode Voltage-Based Ac Fault Detec-tion, Verification And/Or Identification

Granted

US8022710 Methods For Common Mode Volt-age-Based Ac Fault Detection, Verifica-tion And/Or Identification

Granted

US8054083 Method And Apparatus For Diagnosing A Motor Control Circuit In A Hybrid Ve-hicle

Granted

US8346489 Method And System For Determining Output Torque Capabilities In Hybrid And Electric Powertrains

Granted

US8384354 Sensor Arrangement And Method Of Using The Same

Granted

US20090112495 Method For Estimating Battery Life In A Hybrid Powertrain

Pending

US20090125171 Processor Security Diagnostics For Hy-brid Vehicle Electric Motor Control Sys-tem

Pending

US20130307487 Cell Temperature And Degradation Measurement In Lithium Ion Battery Systems Using Cell Voltage And Pack Current Measurement And The Rela-tion Of Cell Impedance To Temperature Based On Signal Given By The Power Inverter

Pending

US20140046518 Method Of Selecting Modes Of Opera-tion For A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20140103933 Method And System For Estimating Bat-tery Capacity In A Vehicle

Pending



US8512189 Hybrid Powertrain With Compound-Split Evt Drive Axle And Electric Drive Axle

Granted

US20110269592 Drive Mechanism For Selectively Switch-ing A Drive Between Propulsion And Torque Vectoring Mode

Pending

US20130095970 Flexible Hybrid Transmission With Con-figurable Motor Winding And Declutch-ing Strategy To Provide Electric Vehicle And Hybrid Functions

Pending


US20130324340 Two-Mode Electrically-Variable Trans-mission With Offset Motor And Two Planetary Gear Sets

Pending



US8469858 Hybrid Vehicle With Dual Clutch Trans-mission

Granted

US8473134 Method And Apparatus For Operating A Vehicle Including A Hybrid Powertrain System During A Launch Maneuver

Granted

US8558406 Low Cost Electric Power Take Out Func-tionality For Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicles

Granted

US8626367 Method For Operating A Hybrid Vehicle Granted

US8630759 Control Of Regenerative Braking In A Hybrid Vehicle

Granted

US8655532 System And Method For Operating A Hybrid Vehicle

Granted

US20090118877 Creation And Depletion Of Short Term Power Capability In A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20090118920 Optimal Selection Of Hybrid Range State And/Or Input Speed With A Blended Braking System In A Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20090250279 Power Systems For Hybrid Electric Vehi-cle (Hev)

Pending

US20100012741 Coolant Systems For Electric And Hy-brid-Electric Vehicles

Pending

US20100036575 Vehicle Deceleration Rate Control Method And Apparatus

Pending

US20100263950 Coupling And Synchronizing Device For Electric Drive Modules

Pending

US20100276223 Hybrid Vehicle Exhaust Control Strategy Pending

US20110144837 Hybrid Accessory Power Module Shed-ding For High Voltage Battery Protection

Pending

US20110212802 Highly Configurable Hybrid Powertrain And Control System Therefor

Pending

US20110264317 Self-Learning Satellite Navigation As-sisted Hybrid Vehicle Controls System

Pending

US20110269387 Air-Based Hybrid Battery Thermal Con-ditioning System

Pending

US20110301791 Electric Launch Of A Hybrid Vehicle Having A Belt Alternator Starter And A Dual Clutch Transmission

Pending

US20120059538 Closed-Loop Speed And Torque Damp-ing Control For Hybrid And Electric Ve-hicles

Pending

US20120101672 Method And Apparatus For Enhancing The Robustness Of A Hybrid Vehicle Torque Security Diagnostic

Pending

US20120109432 System And Method For Controlling An Engine In A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending


US20120179315 Navigation System And Method Of Us-ing Vehicle State Information For Route Modeling

Pending

US20120209463 Method For Operating A Hybrid Vehicle Pending

US20120261397 Method And System For Heating A Ve-hicle Battery

Pending

US20120264553 Hybrid Transmission With Three Plane-tary Gear Sets And Two Interconnecting Members And With Synchronous Shift Between Series And Compound-Split Operating Modes

Pending

US20120271494 System And Method For Controlling Operation Of An Electric All-Wheel Drive Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20120279790 Vehicle With Drive System Providing Re-duced Emissions

Pending

US20120296502 Forward-Looking Hybrid Vehicle Con-trol Strategy

Pending

US20120306170 Vehicle With Active-Regenerative Sus-pension

Pending

US20130024055 Adaptive Energy Management In A Hy-brid Vehicle

Pending

US20130041532 System And Method For Increasing Op-erating Efficiency Of A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20130069424 Onboard Power Line Conditioning Sys-tem For An Electric Or Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20130184907 Coordination Of Fuel Cutoff For Fault Detection And Hybrid Operation

Pending

US20130197749 Vehicle Cabin Warm-Up Pending

US20130264325 Remote High Voltage Switch For Con-trolling A High Voltage Heater Located Inside A Vehicle Cabin

Pending

US20130278051 Electric And Hybrid Vehicle High Cur-rent Conductor

Pending

US20130289810 Hybrid Vehicle With Electric Transmis-sion And Electric Drive Module

Pending

US20130289811 System And Methods For Torque Con-trol In An Electronic All Wheel Drive Vehicle

Pending

US20130325227 Hybrid Powertrain Coordination During A Diesel Particulate Filter Regeneration Event

Pending

US20130338862 Hybrid Battery Power Limit Control Pending

US20140012443 Extended-Range Electric Vehicle With Mechanical Output Clutch

Pending

US20140046520 Method And Apparatus For Providing Hybrid Functionality In A Vehicle

Pending

US20140100728 Method Of Controlling Catalyst Light-Off Of A Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20140121867 Method Of Controlling A Hybrid Pow-ertrain With Multiple Electric Motors To Reduce Electrical Power Losses And Hy-brid Powertrain Configured For Same

Pending


74

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd

Civil EngineeringApplication/


US20130152474 Arrangement Structure For Charging Port Cover

Pending

Computer TechnologyDocument Number

Title Status

US8433492 Accelerator-Pedal Reaction Force Con-trol Apparatus

Granted

US8386139 Shift Control Of Automatic Transmission Granted

US20120221189 Vehicle User Distance Measuring Sys-tem

Pending

US20130031121 Vehicle Charging Facility Information Acquisition System

Pending

US20130035804 Information Provision Device And Infor-mation Provision Method

Pending

US20130041541 Device For Improving Vehicle Behavior When Steering

Pending

US20130073507 Information Providing Apparatus For Vehicle, And Method Therefor

Pending

ControlApplication/


US8299904 System And Method For Producing An Audible Alert For A Vehicle

Granted

US20130054073 Apparatus For Improving Steering Sen-sitivity Of Vehicle

Pending



US8465872 Positive Electrode Active Material Sin-tered Body For Battery

Granted

US8258753 Secondary Battery Remaining Capacity Estimating Apparatus

Granted

US8481197 Bipolar Secondary Battery, Method For Manufacturing The Bipolar Secondary Battery, Bipolar Electrode, Method For Manufacturing The Bipolar Electrode And Assembled Battery

Granted

US8456132 Secondary Battery System Granted

US8426060 Laminate Cell, Assembled Battery, Bat-tery Module And Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8415041 Vehicle Battery Temperature Control System Fluidly Coupled To An Air-Con-ditioning Refrigeration System

Granted

US8329337 Electrode For Use In A Battery Granted

US8415049 Bipolar Battery Granted


US20130065116 Lithium Ion Secondary Battery Pending

US20130059179 Bipolar Secondary Battery Pending

US20130065109 Thin Battery Pending

US20130057096 Power Transmission Device For Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20130069584 Battery Charging Apparatus And Bat-tery Charging Method

Pending

US20130082519 Battery Charging System Pending

US20130088200 Charging Control Apparatus And Charging Control Method

Pending

US20130184385 Negative Electrode For Lithium-Ion Secondary Battery, And Manufacturing Method For Same

Pending

US20130088312 Electromagnetic Relay Pending

US20130157124 Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Composition And Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Second-ary Battery

Pending

US20130154425 Rotor For Electric Motor Pending

US20130122362 Bipolar Electrode, Bipolar Secondary Battery Using The Same And Method For Manufacturing Bipolar Electrode

Pending

US20130157485 Charging Port Cover And Charging Port Structure

Pending

US20130127383 Inverter Apparatus And Inverter Control Method

Pending

US20130141953 Inverter Control Device And Inverter Control Method

Pending

US20130141023 Motor Controlling Apparatus Pending

US20130141028 Motor Controlling Apparatus Pending

US20130147407 Temperature Protection Device Pending

US20130171488 Battery Pack Pending

US20130196193 Terminal-Attached Plate, Plate Assem-bly, And Battery Module

Pending

US20130183554 Battery Temperature Control Device Pending

US20130147424 Battery Charging Control Device Pending

US20130193802 Spinning Processing Method And Rotor Shaft

Pending

US20130192058 Battery And Related Method Pending



US8494765 Vehicle User Distance Measuring Sys-tem

Granted

US20130076365 Battery Cell Control System And Method Pending



US20120285287 Device To Control Force Required To Depress Accelerator Pedal

Pending

US20120291587 Device To Control Force Required To Depress Accelerator Pedal

Pending


US20120304800 Accelerator Pedal Force Control Device Pending

SemiconductorsApplication/


US20130175703 Semiconductor Device And Method Of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device

Pending

Thermal Processes and ApparatusDocument Number

Title Status

US20130068443 Vehicle Air Conditioning System Pending

US20130199217 Air Conditioner For Vehicle Pending

US20130192282 Vehicle Air Conditioning System Pending

US20130219939 Vehicle Heat Pump System Pending



US8309249 Lithium-Ion Secondary Battery Granted

US8255120 Steering Apparatus, Automotive Vehicle With The Same, And Steering Control Method

Granted

US8483926 Device And Method For Estimating Fric-tional Condition Of Ground Contact Surface Of Wheel

Granted

US8251439 Vehicle Body Granted

US8521367 System Provided With An Assis-tance-Controller For Assisting An Oper-ator Of The System, Control-Operation Assisting Device, Control-Operation As-sisting Method, Driving-Operation As-sisting Device, And Driving-Operation Assisting Method

Granted

US8315755 Drive Control Apparatus And Drive Control Method For Hybrid Vehicle

Granted

US8452469 Control Apparatus For Hybrid Vehicle Granted

US8370014 Control Apparatus And Method For Controlling A Hybrid Vehicle

Granted


Granted


Granted

US8362398 Vehicle Radiant Heating Control System Granted

US8315754 Vehicle Brake Controller Granted

US8364345 Vehicle Driving Operation Support Ap-paratus/Process And Cooperation Con-trol

Granted

US8386119 Vehicle Driving Operation Support Ap-paratus/Process And Restraint Control

Granted

US8517127 Vehicle Component Mounting Arrange-ment

Granted

US8474555 Vehicle Component Mounting Structure Granted

US8491441 Hybrid Vehicle Control Device Granted

US8509980 Hybrid Vehicle Granted


US8512202 Shift Controller And Shift Controlling Method

Granted

US8403809 Continuously Variable Transmission And Control Method Thereof

Granted

US20120293318 Vehicle Notification Sound Emitting Ap-paratus

Pending


Pending


Pending


Pending


Pending


Pending

US20130076077 Structure For Reinforcing Panel Of Car Body

Pending

US20130026790 Front Underfloor Structure Of Vehicle Pending

US20130026797 Vehicle Underfloor Structure Pending

US20130026779 Windshield Glass Support Structure Pending

US20130041542 Device For Improving Vehicle Behavior When Steering

Pending

US20130066509 Play-Reducing Control Apparatus For Electrically Driven Vehicle

Pending

US20130060412 Control Device For Use In Vehicle, Adapted To Control Safety Measures Against Electric Power Supply Failure

Pending

US20130080012 Vibration-Damping Control Device For Vehicle

Pending

US20130041565 Vehicle Brake Control System Pending

US20130033048 Vehicle Collision Protection Apparatus Pending

US20130057027 Vehicle Body Structure Pending

US20130073145 Vehicle Damping Control Device Pending

US20130090799 Creep Cut-Off Control Device For Elec-tric Vehicle

Pending

US20130080013 Vehicle Damping Control Apparatus Pending

US20130033374 Vehicle Warning Sound Emitting Appa-ratus

Pending

US20130090826 Vibration-Restraining Control Appara-tus For Vehicle

Pending

US20130085650 Vehicle Brake Control System Pending

US20130131892 Device For Calculating Power Con-sumption Of Vehicle, Information Pro-viding Device, And Information Provid-ing Method

Pending

US20130124026 Apparatus And Method For Controlling Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20130124027 Control Apparatus And Method For Hy-brid Vehicle

Pending

US20130158766 Hybrid-Vehicle Control Device Pending

US20130173106 Vehicle Pending


US20130166165 Vehicle Body Vibration Damping Con-trol Device

Pending

US20130112390 Vehicle Heating And Air Conditioning System

Pending

US20130197734 Uncertified Battery Replacement Countermeasure Apparatus For Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20130231838 Device For Estimating Vehicle Body Vi-bration And Controller For Suppressing Vehicle Body Vibration Using Same

Pending


US20130178332 Control Apparatus For Preventing Roll-ing Back Of An Electrically Driven Vehi-cle Upon Start-Up Thereof

Pending

US20130204478 Idling Control Device For Vehicle Pending

US20130154344 Electric Vehicle Brake Control Device Pending

US20130204479 Control Device For Hybrid Vehicle Pending

US20130211653 Hybrid Vehicle Rapid Deceleration Con-trol Device

Pending

US20130218391 Control Device And Control Method For Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20130231815 Hybrid Vehicle Control Device Pending

US20130231816 Vehicle Control System For Electrically Driven Vehicle

Pending

US20130218389 Control Device And Control Method For Hybrid Vehicle

Pending

US20130226385 Driving Torque Control Device For Hy-brid Vehicle

Pending

US20130151056 Hybrid Vehicle Control Apparatus And Control Method

Pending

US20120316715 Engine Start Control Device For Hybrid Vehicles

Pending

US20120309587 Engine Stop Control System For Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20130184953 Vehicle Brake Control Device Pending

US20130119042 Vehicle Cabin Heating System Pending

Tesla Motors Inc.

Analysis of Biological MaterialsApplication/


US8004243 Battery Capacity Estimating Method And Apparatus

Granted

US8421469 Method And Apparatus For Electrically Cycling A Battery Cell To Simulate An Internal Short

Granted

US20110156641 State Of Charge Range Pending

US20130027049 Method For Determining Battery Pack Isolation Resistance Via Dual Bus Mon-itoring

Pending


Chemical EngineeringApplication/


US20120266914 Cleaning Feature For Electric Charging Connector

Pending

Civil EngineeringApplication/


US20130160374 Glass-Run Retainer For Automobile Door And Door Structure Of Automo-bile

Pending

US20130097940 Method Of Controlling A Dual Hinged Vehicle Door

Pending

US20130099524 Control System For Use With A Dual Hinged Vehicle Door

Pending

US20130160376 Sealing Mechanism Of Automobile Door

Pending



US8095278 Interface For Vehicle Function Control Via A Touch Screen

Granted

US7747363 Traction Control System For An Electric Vehicle

Granted

US7742852 Control System For An All-Wheel Drive Electric Vehicle

Granted

US7739005 Control System For An All-Wheel Drive Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8078359 User Configurable Vehicle User Inter-face

Granted

US20110082618 Adaptive Audible Feedback Cues For A Vehicle User Interface

Pending

US20110082619 Adaptive Soft Buttons For A Vehicle User Interface

Pending

US20120046795 Method And Apparatus For Extending Lifetime For Rechargeable Stationary Energy Storage Devices

Pending

US20110082627 Morphing Vehicle User Interface Pending

US20130073234 Response To Low Voltage Electrolysis In A Battery Pack

Pending

US20130073233 Detection Of Low Voltage Electrolysis In A Battery Pack

Pending

ControlApplication/


US8059007 Battery Thermal Event Detection System Using A Thermally Interruptible Electri-cal Conductor

Granted

US20130179012 Detection Of Over-Current In A Battery Pack

Pending

Electrical Machinery, Apparatus, Energy



Title Status

US8049460 Voltage Dividing Vehicle Heater System And Method

Granted

US7579725 Liquid Cooled Rotor Assembly Granted

US8153290 Heat Dissipation For Large Battery Packs Granted

US7741816 System And Method For Battery Preheat-ing

Granted

US7741750 Induction Motor With Improved Torque Density

Granted

US7821224 Voltage Estimation Feedback Of Over-modulated Signal For An Electrical Ve-hicle

Granted

US7847501 Varying Flux Versus Torque For Maxi-mum Efficiency

Granted

US7960928 Flux Controlled Motor Management Granted

US8389142 Method And Apparatus For The External Application Of A Battery Pack Adhesive

Granted

US8367239 Cell Separator For Minimizing Thermal Runaway Propagation Within A Battery Pack

Granted

US8054038 System For Optimizing Battery Pack Cut-Off Voltage

Granted

US7911184 Battery Charging Time Optimization System

Granted

US7928699 Battery Charging Time Optimization System

Granted

US7749650 Method And Apparatus For Maintaining Cell Wall Integrity During Thermal Run-away Using Multiple Cell Wall Layers

Granted

US7786704 System For Battery Charging Based On Cost And Life

Granted

US7671567 Multi-Mode Charging System For An Electric Vehicle

Granted

US7781097 Cell Thermal Runaway Propagation Re-sistance Using An Internal Layer Of In-tumescent Material

Granted

US8088511 Cell Cap Assembly With Recessed Ter-minal And Enlarged Insulating Gasket

Granted

US7749647 Method And Apparatus For Maintaining Cell Wall Integrity During Thermal Run-away Using A High Yield Strength Outer Sleeve

Granted

US8117857 Intelligent Temperature Control System For Extending Battery Pack Life

Granted


Granted

US7763381 Cell Thermal Runaway Propagation Re-sistance Using Dual Intumescent Mate-rial Layers

Granted


Granted


US8154256 Battery Thermal Event Detection System Using An Electrical Conductor With A Thermally Interruptible Insulator

Granted

US8057928 Cell Cap Assembly With Recessed Ter-minal And Enlarged Insulating Gasket

Granted

US8241772 Integrated Battery Pressure Relief And Terminal Isolation System

Granted

US8076016 Common Mode Voltage Enumeration In A Battery Pack

Granted

US8018113 Ac Motor Winding Pattern Granted

US7736799 Method And Apparatus For Maintaining Cell Wall Integrity During Thermal Run-away Using An Outer Layer Of Intumes-cent Material

Granted

US7820319 Cell Thermal Runaway Propagation Re-sistant Battery Pack

Granted

US7719232 Method For Battery Charging Based On Cost And Life

Granted


Granted

US8449997 Thermal Energy Transfer System For A Power Source Utilizing Both Metal-Air And Non-Metal-Air Battery Packs

Granted

US8423215 Charge Rate Modulation Of Metal-Air Cells As A Function Of Ambient Oxygen Concentration

Granted

US8324863 Trickle Charger For High-Energy Stor-age Systems

Granted

US8263250 Liquid Cooling Manifold With Multi-Function Thermal Interface

Granted

US8263254 Cell With An Outer Layer Of Intumes-cent Material

Granted

US8277965 Battery Pack Enclosure With Controlled Thermal Runaway Release System

Granted

US8365392 Method Of Fabricating A Rotor Assem-bly For An Electric Motor

Granted

US8493032 Bidirectional Polyphase Multimode Converter Including Boost And Buck-Boost Modes

Granted

US8450974 Electric Vehicle Extended Range Hybrid Battery Pack System

Granted


Granted

US8304108 Method And Apparatus For Maintaining Cell Wall Integrity Using A High Yield Strength Outer Sleeve

Granted

US7956574 System And Method For Interconnection Of Battery Packs

Granted

US7940028 Thermal Energy Transfer System For A Power Source Utilizing Both Metal-Air And Non-Metal-Air Battery Packs

Granted

US8069555 Manufacturing Method Utilizing A Dual Layer Winding Pattern

Granted

US8008827 Triple Layer Winding Pattern And Meth-ods Of Manufacturing Same

Granted


US8124263 Corrosion Resistant Cell Mounting Well Granted

US8133287 Method Of Controlled Cell-Level Fusing Within A Battery Pack

Granted

US8133608 Battery Pack With Cell-Level Fusing Granted

US8441826 Fast Switching For Power Inverter Granted

US8493018 Fast Switching For Power Inverter Granted

US8445126 Hazard Mitigation Within A Battery Pack Using Metal-Air Cells

Granted

US8336658 Augmented Vehicle Seat Mount Granted

US8298692 Collection, Storage And Use Of Met-al-Air Battery Pack Effluent

Granted

US8268469 Battery Pack Gas Exhaust System Granted

US8154167 Induction Motor Lamination Design Granted

US8122590 Manufacturing Methods For A Triple Layer Winding Pattern

Granted

US8154166 Dual Layer Winding Pattern Granted

US8450966 Method Of Operating A Recharging System Utilizing A Voltage Dividing Heater

Granted

US8481191 Rigid Cell Separator For Minimizing Thermal Runaway Propagation Within A Battery Pack

Granted


Granted

US8389139 Integrated Battery Pressure Relief And Terminal Isolation System

Granted

US8293393 Apparatus For The External Application Of Battery Pack Encapsulant

Granted

US8247097 Method Of Controlling Battery Pack Hu-midity Utilizing An Active Reactivation System

Granted

US8313850 Method For Detecting Battery Thermal Events Via Battery Pack Pressure Mon-itoring

Granted

US8361649 Method And Apparatus For Maintaining Cell Wall Integrity Using A High Yield Strength Outer Casing

Granted


Granted

US8137833 Condensation-Induced Corrosion Re-sistant Cell Mounting Well

Granted

US20100136413 Method And Apparatus For The External Application Of Battery Pack Encapsulant

Pending

US20100151308 Increased Resistance To Thermal Run-away Through Differential Heat Transfer

Pending

US20110077879 Determining Battery Dc Impedance Pending

US20110156661 Fast Charging With Negative Ramped Current Profile

Pending

US20110012562 Low Temperature Charging Of Li-Ion Cells

Pending

US20100136424 Multi-Wall Battery For Maintaining Cell Wall Integrity During Thermal Runaway

Pending


83

US20100136404 Thermal Barrier Structure For Con-taining Thermal Runaway Propagation Within A Battery Pack

Pending

US20100136391 Active Thermal Runaway Mitigation Sys-tem For Use Within A Battery Pack

Pending

US20100136409 Battery Cell With A Partial Dielectric Barrier For Improved Battery Pack Me-chanical And Thermal Performance

Pending

US20100136407 Battery Cell With A Partial Dielectric Barrier For Improved Battery Pack Me-chanical And Thermal Performance

Pending

US20100136402 Sealed Battery Enclosure Pending

US20110091760 System And Method For Inhibiting The Propagation Of An Exothermic Event

Pending

US20110062819 Rotor Design For An Electric Motor Pending

US20120091953 Ac Current Control Of Mobile Battery Chargers

Pending

US20120098501 Efficient Lead Acid Battery Charging Pending

US20110198960 Dual Layer Winding Pattern And Meth-ods Of Manufacturing Same

Pending

US20120111444 Fill Port For Electric Vehicle Battery En-closure

Pending

US20120105015 Battery Pack Overcharge Protection Sys-tem

Pending

US20120111445 Perforation Apparatus And Method For Electric Vehicle Battery Enclosure

Pending

US20110298417 Methodology For Charging Batteries Safely

Pending

US20110117403 Battery Cell With A Center Pin Com-prised Of A Low Melting Point Material

Pending

US20120305283 Power Electronics Interconnection For Electric Motor Drives

Pending

US20130002173 Traction Motor Controller With Dissipa-tion Mode

Pending

US20130015814 Charge Disruption Monitoring And No-tification System

Pending

US20130057209 Multiport Vehicle Dc Charging System With Variable Power Distribution

Pending

US20120280662 Charging Efficiency Using Variable Iso-lation

Pending

US20120229098 Charging Efficiency Using Selectable Isolation

Pending

US20130004820 Battery Coolant Jacket Pending

US20130071701 Response To High Voltage Electrolysis Of Coolant In A Battery Pack

Pending

US20110262783 Battery Cell With Center Pin Comprised Of An Intumescent Material

Pending

US20120021258 Method Of Controlling System Tem-perature To Extend Battery Pack Life

Pending

US20120007532 Rotor Temperature Estimation And Mo-tor Control Torque Limiting For Vec-tor-Controlled Ac Induction Motors

Pending


US20120034501 Battery Pack Configuration To Reduce Hazards Associated With Internal Short Circuits

Pending

US20110212356 Extruded And Ribbed Thermal Interface For Use With A Battery Cooling System

Pending

US20110206969 Overmolded Thermal Interface For Use With A Battery Cooling System

Pending

US20120153718 Thermal Management System For Use With An Integrated Motor Assembly

Pending

US20120040255 Hazard Mitigation Through Gas Flow Communication Between Battery Packs

Pending

US20120195087 Fast Switching For Power Inverter Pending

US20130069476 Rotor Design For An Electric Motor Pending

US20130015823 Charge Rate Modulation Of Metal-Air Cells As A Function Of Ambient Oxygen Concentration

Pending

US20130078494 Rigid Cell Separator For Minimizing Thermal Runaway Propagation Within A Battery Pack

Pending

US20130078841 Electromechanical Pawl For Controlling Vehicle Charge Inlet Access

Pending

US20130078839 Funnel Shaped Charge Inlet Pending

US20120315517 Battery Pack Dehumidifier With Active Reactivation System

Pending

US20130196184 Battery Module With Integrated Thermal Management System

Pending

US20120231306 Battery Pack Venting System Pending

US20130059181 Battery Cap Assembly With High Effi-ciency Vent

Pending

US20120237803 Battery Pack Directed Venting System Pending

US20120183815 Thermal Management System With Dual Mode Coolant Loops

Pending

US20120153901 Method Of Withdrawing Heat From A Battery Pack

Pending

HandlingApplication/


US20130074985 Vehicle Port Door With Wirelessly Actu-ated Unlatching Assembly

Pending

It Methods For ManagementApplication/


US20130057210 Method Of Operating A Multiport Vehi-cle Charging System

Pending

Macromolecular Chemistry, PolymersApplication/


US20130048917 Composition For Corrosion Prevention Pending




85

US8092081 Battery Thermal Event Detection System Using An Optical Fiber

Granted

US8082743 Battery Pack Temperature Optimization Control System

Granted

US8168315 Method For Detecting Battery Thermal Events Via Battery Pack Isolation Mon-itoring

Granted

US8178227 Method For Detecting Battery Thermal Events Via Battery Pack Isolation Resis-tance Monitoring

Granted

US20110082620 Adaptive Vehicle User Interface Pending

US20130073229 Detection Of High Voltage Electrolysis Of Coolant In A Battery Pack

Pending

Other Special MachinesApplication/


US8216502 Method For The External Application Of Battery Pack Encapsulant

Granted

Surface Technology, CoatingApplication/


US8057630 Selective Cure Of Adhesive In Modular Assemblies

Granted

US8322393 Selective Cure Of Adhesive In Modular Assemblies

Granted

Thermal Processes And ApparatusApplication/



Granted

US8448696 Coolant De-Aeration Reservoir Granted


Granted

US20130049971 Battery Thermal Event Detection System Utilizing Battery Pack Isolation Monitor-ing

Pending

US20120168125 Multi-Function Automotive Radiator And Condenser Airflow System

Pending

US20130074525 Thermal Management System With Heat Exchanger Blending Valve

Pending

US20120222833 Active Louver System For Controlled Airflow In A Multi-Function Automotive Radiator And Condenser System

Pending



US8346419 Operation Of A Range Extended Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8044786 Systems And Methods For Diagnosing Battery Voltage Mis-Reporting

Granted

US7841431 Electric Vehicle Thermal Management System

Granted


86

US8453770 Dual Motor Drive And Control System For An Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8190320 Efficient Dual Source Battery Pack Sys-tem For An Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8180512 Efficient Dual Source Battery Pack Sys-tem For An Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8242739 Leakage Current Reduction In Com-bined Motor Drive And Energy Storage Recharge System

Granted

US8424960 Front Rail Configuration For The Front Structure Of A Vehicle

Granted

US8353545 Compact Energy Absorbing Vehicle Crash Structure

Granted

US8286743 Vehicle Battery Pack Ballistic Shield Granted

US8125324 Charge State Indicator For An Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8463481 Dual Mode Range Extended Electric Ve-hicle

Granted

US8449015 Method Of Controlling A Dual Hinged Vehicle Door

Granted


Granted

US8448966 Vehicle Front Shock Tower Granted


Granted

US8393427 Vehicle Battery Pack Ballistic Shield Granted

US20100187024 All Wheel Drive Electric Vehicle Power Assist Drive System

Pending


Pending


Pending

US20110082616 Vehicle User Interface With Proximity Activation

Pending

US20130076051 Integrated Energy Absorbing Vehicle Crash Structure

Pending

US20120046815 Method For Optimizing Battery Pack Temperature

Pending

US20120161472 System For Absorbing And Distributing Side Impact Energy Utilizing An Inte-grated Battery Pack

Pending

US20120151843 Vehicle Door Secondary Sealing System Pending

US20120153682 Single Piece Vehicle Rocker Panel Pending

US20120175900 Dual Load Path Design For A Vehicle Pending

US20120175916 Swept Front Torque Box Pending

US20120175898 Bumper Mounting Plate For Double Channel Front Rails

Pending

US20120175899 Front Rail Reinforcement System Pending

US20120160583 Integration System For A Vehicle Battery Pack

Pending

US20120153675 Reinforced B-Pillar Assembly With Rein-forced Rocker Joint

Pending


US20120041628 Control, Collection And Use Of Met-al-Air Battery Pack Effluent

Pending

US20120169089 Rear Vehicle Torque Box Pending


Pending


Pending


Pending

US20120312615 Vehicle Battery Pack Ballistic Shield Pending

US20130154352 Pyrotechnic High Voltage Battery Dis-connect

Pending

US20130082487 In-Line Outer Sliding Panorama Sun-roof Tracks

Pending

US20130082489 Sunroof Utilizing Two Independent Mo-tors

Pending

US20130088051 Sunroof Positioning And Timing Ele-ments

Pending

US20130099523 Dual Hinged Vehicle Door Pending

US20130078900 Air Outlet Directional Flow Controller With Integrated Shut-Off Door

Pending

US20130076076 Angled Front Hood Sealing Assembly Pending

US20130088045 System For Absorbing And Distributing Side Impact Energy Utilizing A Side Sill Assembly With A Collapsible Sill Insert

Pending

US20130088044 System For Absorbing And Distributing Side Impact Energy Utilizing An Inte-grated Battery Pack And Side Sill As-sembly

Pending

US20130082486 Sunroof Mechanism Linkage With Con-tinuous One Part Guide Track

Pending

US20130074411 Fuel Coupler With Wireless Port Door Unlatching Actuator

Pending

US20130082488 Mechanism Components Integrated Into Structural Sunroof Framework

Pending


Pending


Pending

US20130153317 Vehicle Battery Pack Thermal Barrier Pending

Design PatentsApplication/


USD672307 Vehicle Integrated Display And Mount Granted

USD673393 Vehicle Seat Mount Granted

USD683268 Vehicle Granted

USD678154 Vehicle Door Granted

USD669008 Vehicle Wheel Front Face Granted





Analysis of Biological MaterialsApplication/


US8451006 Fuel Cell System Granted

Audio-Visual TechnologyApplication/


US8298699 Power Storage Device Granted

US8472193 Semiconductor Device Granted

US20120250253 Semiconductor Module Pending

ControlApplication/


US8283063 Power Supply Device Granted

US8473136 Power Supply System For Electrically Powered Vehicle And Method For Con-trolling The Same

Granted

US8473136 Power Supply System For Electrically Powered Vehicle And Method For Con-trolling The Same

Granted

US20130049973 Device And Method For Controlling Re-chargeable Battery

Pending



US8274262 Electric Vehicle Having A Secondary Battery And A Method Of Charging And Recharging The Secondary Battery

Granted

US8334676 Lithium Ion Secondary Battery, Battery Pack, Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Battery Pack System, And Charge-Discharge Control Method

Granted

US8445153 Fuel Cell High-Potential Prevention Control System

Granted


US8258744 Charging Control Apparatus For Vehi-cle

Granted




US8278000 High Performance Proton Exchange Membrane (Pem) Fuel Cell

Granted

US8263285 Membrane-Electrode Assembly And Fuel Cell Having The Same

Granted

US8349481 Power Storage Apparatus Granted


US8313872 Fuel Cell And Fastening Device For Fuel Cell

Granted

US8252457 Battery Cell And Power Supply Granted

US8481204 Solid-State Battery Granted

US8252473 Fuel Cell-Equipped Vehicle And Control Method For Fuel Cell-Equipped Vehicle

Granted

US8400244 Reactor Granted

US8383271 Electrode And Method For Manufactur-ing The Same

Granted


US8298712 Fuel Cell System, And Control Method For Fuel Cell

Granted

US8389151 Battery Unit Granted

US8298712 Fuel Cell System, And Control Method For Fuel Cell

Granted

US8343649 Electricity Storage Device With En-hanced Heat Dissipation

Granted


US8297999 Connector Structure Of Electrical Equip-ment And Vehicle

Granted

US8294415 Charging System And Method For Op-erating The Same

Granted

US8368347 Vehicular Charging System Granted

US8324856 Motor Drive Control Apparatus, Vehicle With Motor Drive Control Apparatus, And Motor Drive Control Method

Granted

US8415918 Charging System Of Electric Powered Vehicle

Granted

US8417428 Alternator Controlling Apparatus And Alternator Controlling Method

Granted

US8497613 Permanent Magnet, Manufacturing Method Thereof, And Rotor And Ipm Motor

Granted

US8504227 Charging Control Device And Charging Control Method

Granted

US8314521 Vehicle Drive Device Granted


US8509975 Vehicle, Method Of Estimating State Of Charge Of Secondary Battery, And Method Of Controlling Vehicle

Granted

US8269443 Rotary Electric Machine Control Appa-ratus

Granted

US8373380 Device And Method For Controlling Al-ternating-Current Motor

Granted

US8421409 Noncontact Power Receiving Appara-tus For Electrically-Powered Vehicle And Vehicle Including The Same

Granted

US8423209 Vehicle Having Power Storage Devices And Charging Line For Supplying Elec-tric Power Provided From Outside Ve-hicle

Granted


US8492947 Terminal Module For Rotating Electric Machine Having A Guide Portion, Ro-tating Electric Machine, And Manufac-turing Method Thereof

Granted

US8344564 Drive Device Granted

US8499873 Motor Device Mounted On Mobile Body And Mobile Body Having The Mo-tor Device Mounted Thereon

Granted

US8306692 Input/Output Control Device For Sec-ondary Battery And Vehicle

Granted

US8256547 Hybrid Vehicle Granted

US8274807 Power Conversion Device Granted

US8360793 Connector Fitting Structure And Electric Apparatus Using The Same

Granted

US8400101 Power Supply Control Circuit Granted

US8492040 Fuel Cell System And Method Of Con-trolling The Same

Granted

US8432066 Non-Contact Power Transmission Ap-paratus And Method For Designing Non-Contact Power Transmission Ap-paratus

Granted

US8461954 Reactor-Securing Structure Granted

US8460812 Lithium Secondary Battery Granted

US8420263 Electrode Collector Manufacturing Method And Manufacturing Apparatus, And Battery Provided With Said Collec-tor

Granted

US8273497 Air Battery Granted

US8338036 All-Solid-State Battery And Manufactur-ing Method Thereof

Granted

US8431262 Safety Valve And Manufacturing Meth-od Thereof, Sealed Battery And Manu-facturing Method Thereof, Vehicle, And Battery Mounting Device

Granted

US8354181 Battery Granted

US8423233 Degradation Determining Apparatus For Power Storage Device And Degra-dation Determining Method For Power Storage Device

Granted

US8427024 Stator Granted

US8330429 Discharge Mechanism And Vehicle In-cluding A Clasp To Short Circuit And Discharge A Smoothing Capacitor During Vehicle Collision

Granted

US8492941 Rotating Electric Machine With Im-proved Rotor Shaft Coolant Channel Structure

Granted

US8502493 Control Device And Control Method For Alternating-Current Motor

Granted

US8471519 Control Device And Control Method For Ac Motor

Granted

US8502412 Power Supply System For Vehicle And Electrically-Powered Vehicle Having The Power Supply System

Granted


91

US8423233 Degradation Determining Apparatus For Power Storage Device And Degra-dation Determining Method For Power Storage Device

Granted

US8384345 Control Method For Lithium Ion Sec-ondary Battery, And Lithium Ion Sec-ondary Battery System

Granted

US8368352 Charging And Discharging System And Electric-Powered Vehicle

Granted

US8475332 Rotary Meshing Engagement Apparatus Granted

US8476862 Power Supply Controller Granted

US8427017 Split Stator Member And Method Of Manufacturing The Split Stator Member

Granted

US8378628 Plug Conversion Adaptor Granted

US8497646 Controller For Ac Electric Motor And Electric Powered Vehicle

Granted

US8477518 Device For Driving Inverter Granted

US8305018 Power Supply System And Electric Pow-ered Vehicle Using The Same

Granted

US8466655 Charging System For Vehicle Granted

US8427087 Control Device For Ac Motor Granted

US8482234 Motor Drive Control Device Granted

US8310198 Lithium Ion Secondary Cell Charge Method And Hybrid Vehicle

Granted

US8293420 Fuel Cell Vehicle Granted

US8415061 Fuel Cell System And Control Method Of Same

Granted

US8461955 Reactor And Reactor Manufacturing Method

Granted

US8343656 Battery Electrode Production Method Granted

US8354822 Power Management System And Power Management Method

Granted

US8471506 Motor Control Apparatus Granted

US8476856 Three-Phase Ac Motor Drive Control Device

Granted

US8368354 Charge Control Device For Vehicle And Electric Powered Vehicle Provided With Same

Granted

US8508090 Lubrication Structure Of Power Trans-mission Apparatus

Granted

US8264181 Controller For Motor Drive Control Sys-tem

Granted


US8293389 All-Solid State Lithium Secondary Bat-tery

Granted

US8308826 Battery And Method For Manufacturing Battery

Granted

US8269446 Electric Vehicle Control Device Granted

US8288977 Rotation Angle Calculation Apparatus And Rotation Angle Calculation Method

Granted

US8421381 Battery Charging Circuit And Charging Method

Granted


US8504232 Electrically Powered Vehicle And Meth-od For Controlling The Same

Granted

US8302712 Vehicle With Fuel Cell Module Granted

US8298700 Prismatic Sealed Rechargeable Battery, Battery Module, And Battery Pack

Granted

US8486564 Method Of Producing Active Material Particles With Lithium Transition Metal Oxide Secondary Particles

Granted

US8476790 Control Device Of Power Supply Circuit Granted

US8471413 Control Device Of Power Supply Circuit Granted

US8482172 Terminal Module For Rotating Electric Machine Having A Guide Portion, Ro-tating Electric Machine, And Manufac-turing Method Thereof

Granted

US20120308902 Air Electrode For Air Battery And Air Battery Comprising The Same

Pending

US20120242447 Shield And Vehicle Incorporating The Shield

Pending

US20120223794 Reactor-Securing Structure Pending

US20120216394 Method For Producing Solid Electrolyte Battery

Pending

US20130045417 Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Lithium Ion Secondary Battery

Pending

US20120242186 Fixing Structure For Stator Core And Rotating Electric Machine Including The Same

Pending

US20120261986 Residential Electric Power Storage Sys-tem

Pending

US20120262124 Residential Electric Power Storage Sys-tem

Pending


US20120249066 Charging Apparatus Pending

US20120256571 Power Supply Device Pending

US20130038135 Non Contact-Power Receiving/Trans-mitting Device And Manufacturing Method Therefor

Pending

US20120301796 Method Of Producing A Sulfide Solid Electrolyte Material, Sulfide Solid Elec-trolyte Material, And Lithium Battery

Pending

US20120308905 Fuel Cell System And Control Method Of Same

Pending

US20120231348 Lithium Ion Conducting Material And Lithium Battery

Pending

US20130164571 Solid Battery And Method For Regener-ating The Same

Pending

US20130157501 Support Arm Pending

US20130164632 Sulfide Solid Electrolyte Glass, Method For Producing Sulfide Solid Electrolyte Glass, And Lithium Solid State Battery

Pending

US20130097854 Method For Producing Sulfide Solid Electrolyte Material And Method For Producing Lithium Solid State Battery

Pending

US20130002384 Reactor And Reactor Manufacturing Method

Pending


US20130143133 Cathode Catalyst For Rechargeable Metal-Air Battery And Rechargeable Metal-Air Battery

Pending

US20120326822 Reactor Pending

US20130071757 Solid Electrolyte Material, Lithium Bat-tery, And Method Of Producing Solid Electrolyte Material

Pending

US20130040219 Fuel Cell System Pending


Pending


Pending


Pending

US20130004815 Battery And Manufacturing Method Thereof

Pending

US20120328921 Current Collector And Method For Pro-ducing The Same, Battery And Method For Producing The Same

Pending

US20120315553 Non-Aqueous Liquid Electrolyte Sec-ondary Battery And Non-Aqueous Liq-uid Electrolyte For Non-Aqueous Liquid Electrolyte Secondary Battery

Pending

US20130095388 Liquid Hydrophobic Phase Transition Substance, And Battery Comprising Same

Pending

US20130106365 Electric Motored Vehicle And Method For Controlling Electrically Charging The Same

Pending

US20130026955 Electric Motor Control Device Pending

US20120306312 Rotating Electric Machine Pending

US20120286716 Control Device For Rotating Electric Machine And Method Of Controlling Rotating Electric Machine

Pending

US20120306311 Stator And Rotating Electric Machine Pending

US20130043844 Control Device For Electric Power Stor-age Device And Vehicle Equipped With The Same

Pending

US20120268066 Charge Control Device For Vehicle And Electric Powered Vehicle Provided With Same

Pending

US20130063061 Motor Drive Apparatus And Vehicle With The Same Mounted Thereon

Pending


US20130069599 Charge Control System Pending



US20130169206 Control Device And Control Method For Power Control Unit

Pending

US20130187576 Load Driving Device And Inverted Mov-able Body Equipped With Same

Pending


US20130049666 Device And Method For Controlling Motor

Pending

US20130062476 Support Arm Pending

US20120293138 Power Control Unit And Control Meth-od For Power Control Unit

Pending

US20130096760 Vehicle Control Device And Vehicle Control Method

Pending

US20130002174 Control Device For Motor Drive System And Vehicle Incorporating The Same

Pending

US20130124005 Vehicle, Communication System, And Communication Device

Pending

US20120262033 Motor Rotor And Method For Manufac-turing Motor Rotor

Pending

US20120217836 Motor Pending

US20120242199 Vehicle Driving Apparatus Pending

US20120300523 Power Supply Device Pending

US20120242268 Rotating Electrical-Machine Control System And Method Of Operating Magnet Temperature Of Rotating Elec-trical-Machine

Pending

US20130038272 Non-Contact Charging System, Non-Contact Charging Method, Non-Contact Charging Type Vehicle, And Non-Contact Charging Manage-ment Apparatus

Pending

US20120228987 Stator Core Pending

US20130082645 Charging Device Pending

US20130069596 Vehicle Battery-Pack Equalization Sys-tem And Vehicle Battery-Pack Equaliza-tion Method

Pending

US20120299537 Charging Control Method For Second-ary Battery And Control Device

Pending

US20130183589 Battery Sintered Body, Producing Meth-od Of Battery Sintered Body And All Solid Lithium Battery

Pending

US20130202936 Electricity Storage Device And Vehicle Pending

US20130154362 Power Line Communications System, Power Line Communication Device, And Connector Device

Pending

US20130177821 Sulfide Solid Electrolyte Material, Cath-ode Body And Lithium Solid State Bat-tery

Pending

US20130143081 Battery Pack Pending

US20130108924 Anode Material, Metal Secondary Bat-tery, And Method For Production Of An-ode Material

Pending

US20130164631 Sulfide Solid Electrolyte Material And Lithium Solid State Battery

Pending

US20130084505 Solid Electrolyte Material And Lithium Battery

Pending

US20130127579 Reactor And Manufacturing Method Thereof

Pending


US20130164617 Anode Material, Lithium Secondary Battery, And Method For Producing An-ode Material

Pending

US20130099883 Reactor Pending

US20130059191 Battery Temperature Adjustment Device Pending

US20130202969 Method For Producing Anode Material, Anode Material, Method For Producing Lithium Secondary Battery, And Lithium Secondary Battery

Pending

US20130040208 Sulfide Solid Electrolyte Material, Bat-tery, And Method For Producing Sulfide Solid Electrolyte Material

Pending

US20130011746 Solid Electrolyte Material And All Sol-id-State Lithium Secondary Battery

Pending

US20130009462 Power-Feed Device Pending

US20130040486 Manual Unlocking Structure For Power Feeding Plug Locking Device

Pending

US20130022875 Active Material For Battery, And Battery Pending

US20130045426 Ion Conductor And Solid State Battery Pending

US20130146819 Method For Manufacturing Composite Positive Electrode Active Material

Pending

US20120212160 Discharge Control Device Of Electric Power Conversion System

Pending

US20130057082 Non-Contact Power Reception System And Non-Contact Power Transmission System

Pending

US20130076296 Charging Apparatus Pending

US20130124029 Vehicle Control Device And Vehicle Control Method

Pending

US20130038281 Coil Unit, Non-Contact Power Trans-mission Device, Non-Contact Power Reception Device, Non-Contact Power Supply System, And Vehicle

Pending

US20130038270 Secondary Battery Output Power Con-troller

Pending

US20120330489 Vehicle With External Charging Pending

US20130038270 Secondary Battery Output Power Con-troller

Pending

US20130020863 Power Supply System And Vehicle Equipped With Power Supply System

Pending

US20130134786 Dc-Dc Converter Comprising Dc Power Sources To Be Connected In Parallel Or In Series

Pending

US20130057208 Power Reception Equipment For Reso-nance-Type Non-Contact Power Supply System

Pending

US20130169233 Charging Method And Charging Sys-tem

Pending

US20130134908 Power Supply System And Vehicle Equipped With Power Supply System

Pending

US20130049726 Manufacturing Method For Chopper Circuit, Chopper Circuit, Dc/Dc Con-verter, Fuel Cell System, And Control Method

Pending


US20130187450 Load Driving Device, Vehicle Equipped With Load Driving Device, And Method Of Controlling Load Driving Device

Pending

US20130057188 Apparatus For Controlling Boost Con-verter

Pending

US20120319514 Vehicle Driving Apparatus Pending

US20130057207 Power Feeding System And Vehicle Pending

US20120306446 Power Supply Control Device And Infor-mation Provision Devicepower Supply Control Device And Information Provi-sion Device

Pending

US20120242366 Diagnostic Apparatus For Erroneous In-stallation Of Power Storage Stacks And Vehicle

Pending

US20130009462 Power-Feed Device Pending

US20120262106 Power Supply Control Device Pending

US20130099594 Control Device Of Power Supply Circuit Pending

US20130175071 Plate-Like Conductor For A Busbar And The Busbar Consisting Of The Plate-Like Conductor

Pending

US20130149466 Electrode Manufacturing Method Pending

US20130065123 Solid Lithium Secondary Cell, And Pro-duction Method Therefor

Pending

US20130017470 Fuel Cell System Pending

US20130045398 Fuel Cell Vehicle Pending

US20130065405 Shield Structure Of Conductor Cable And Electrically Driven Vehicle

Pending

US20130057213 Battery Monitoring And Charging Sys-tem And Motor-Driven Vehicle

Pending

US20130052501 Battery Mounting Structure Pending

US20130052540 Active Material For Battery, Battery, And Method For Production Of Active Mate-rial For Battery

Pending

US20130106350 Charge-And-Discharge Connector And A Vehicle In Which Charge And Discharge Are Possible Through The Charge-And-Discharge Connector

Pending

US20120264006 Electrode Structure And Battery Device Manufacturing Method

Pending


Pending


Pending


Pending


Pending

US20130189588 Method For Producing Solid Electrolyte Membrane

Pending

US20120258360 Negative Electrode For Lithium Sec-ondary Battery And Lithium Secondary Battery

Pending

US20120247751 System And Method For Controlling Heat Transfer Timing

Pending


US20130171495 Bus Bar Module Pending

US20120223599 Stator For Electric Rotating Machine And Manufacturing Method Of The Same

Pending

US20120235621 Rotary Electric Machine System Pending

US20130049665 Drive System For Rotating Electric Ma-chine

Pending

US20120313492 Electromagnetic Rotary Electric Machine Pending

US20120309588 Electric Vehicle, And Control Apparatus And Control Method For Electric Vehicle

Pending

US20120235524 Terminal Module For Rotating Electric Machine, Rotating Electric Machine, And Manufacturing Method Thereof

Pending

US20130088198 Electric Charging System And Electric Charging Method

Pending

US20120326655 Charging Apparatus For Electric Stor-age Device, Vehicle Equipped With The Charging Apparatus, And Method Of Controlling The Charging Apparatus

Pending

US20120212180 Electric Vehicle Charger Pending

US20120274163 Power Unit Pending

US20120242286 Resonance Type Non-Contact Charging Device

Pending


Pending

US20130049663 Control Apparatus And Control Method For Vehicle

Pending

US20130099594 Control Device Of Power Supply Circuit Pending

US20130113426 Battery Control System And Vehicle Pending

US20120242272 Rotating Electrical Machine System Pending

US20130002203 Cell Balancing Device Pending

US20130057213 Battery Monitoring And Charging Sys-tem And Motor-Driven Vehicle

Pending

US20120299552 Charging Control Apparatus And Charging Control Method For Battery

Pending

US20130196533 Electric Cable Connecting Construction And Electric Cable Connecting Method

Pending

US20130196187 Prismatic Secondary Battery Pending

US20130196189 Nonaqueous Electrolyte Secondary Bat-tery, Method For Manufacturing Non-aqueous Electrolyte Secondary Battery, And Vehicle Comprising Nonaqueous Electrolyte Secondary Battery

Pending



US20130196192 Sealed Secondary Battery Pending


US20130196521 Battery Pack Busbar Module Pending

US20130181686 Discharge Controller And Electric Vehi-cle

Pending




US8287629 Hydrogen Gas Storage Device Granted



US8421468 Internal Resistance Estimation Appa-ratus For Power Storage Device, Deg-radation Determination Apparatus For Power Storage Device, Power Supply System, And Internal Resistance Estima-tion Method For Power Storage Device

Granted

US20130076363 System And Method For Determining Degradation Of Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery

Pending



US8456045 Heat-Generating Portion Cooling Struc-ture Of Vehicle Drive Apparatus

Granted

SemiconductorsApplication/


US8324691 Power Semiconductor Device Granted

US8324691 Power Semiconductor Device Granted

US8384211 Semiconductor Apparatus With Im-proved Efficiency Of Thermal Radiation

Granted

US20120228757 Cooling Structure Of Semiconductor Device

Pending


US20120319253 Semiconductor Module Manufacturing Method, Semiconductor Module, And Manufacturing Device

Pending


Surface Technology, CoatingApplication/


US20120225351 Method For Producing Electrode Lami-nate And Electrode Laminate

Pending

US20130084406 Method For Producing Electrode Com-posite Material

Pending

US20130171525 Production Process For Composite Ox-ide, Positive-Electrode Active Material For Secondary Battery And Secondary Battery

Pending

Thermal Processes and ApparatusApplication/


US8391011 Cooling Device Granted

US20130025837 Cooler Pending




US8395277 Control Device And Control Method For Vehicle

Granted

US8288989 Method And System For Managing Charge Of Automated Guided Vehicle

Granted

US8294419 Electrical Powered Vehicle Granted

US8310086 Vehicular Power System Granted

US8292009 Power Supply Device And Vehicle In-cluding The Same, Control Method For Power Supply Device, And Comput-er-Readable Recording Medium Hav-ing Program For Causing Computer To Execute That Control Method Recorded Thereon

Granted

US8301322 Apparatus And Method For Activating System Of Vehicle

Granted

US8326476 Electrically Powered Vehicle Granted

US8390245 Communication Device For Vehicle Granted

US8307929 Drive Control Apparatus For Rotating Electric Machines And Vehicle

Granted

US8393426 Vehicle Structure Of A Hybrid Vehicle Granted

US8251169 Temperature Adjustment Structure For Power Storage Apparatus

Granted

US8423210 Power Supply System And Vehicle In-cluding The Same, And Method Of Controlling Power Supply System

Granted

US8253356 Vehicle Control System Granted

US8478469 Power Source System For Electric Pow-ered Vehicle And Control Method Therefor

Granted

US8442727 Electric Vehicle And Method For Setting Total Allowable Discharge Electric Ener-gy In The Electric Vehicle

Granted

US8287429 Shifting Control Apparatus For Vehicu-lar Power Transmitting System

Granted

US8415825 Power Conversion Device, Method Of Controlling Power Conversion Device, And Vehicle With The Same Mounted Thereon

Granted

US8469859 Control Apparatus For Hybrid Vehicle Granted

US8418823 Electrically Powered Vehicle Granted

US8430790 Power Transmission Controlling Appa-ratus

Granted


Granted


Granted


Mahindra Reva Company

ControlApplication/


US20120059526 Estimating And Enhancing Residual Per-formance In An Energy Storage System

Pending



US20120053774 System And Method For Monitoring And Controlling Energy System

Pending



US20120150378 Hybrid Battery Pack Pending

US20120053900 Determination And Usage Of Reserve Energy In Stored Energy Systems

Pending

US20120059766 A Power Pack System And A Ventilation System Provided Therein

Pending



WO/2011/114349 Method For Validation And Introduction Of One Or More Features In Electrically Powered System

Pending

WO2013046230 Antilock Braking For Vehicles Pending



US8612076 Method And System For Revenue Gen-eration Using Energy System

Granted


Tata Motors Company

Electrical Machinery, Apparatus, EnergyApplication/Patent

NumberTitle Status

US20130177795 Swappable, Configurable And Struc-tural Battery Pack For Electric Vehicles

Pending

WO/2012/140665 Bimetallic Busbar Device For Battery Cell Assemblies

Pending

WO/2013/051012 Battery Thermal Management Arrangement

Pending

TransportApplication/Patent

NumberTitle Status

WO2012077062 A Thermal Management System Of An Electrical Vehicle And Method Thereof

Pending

US20130041536 Wheel Drive Architecture For Electric Vehicles

Pending

US20130175973 Buddy Charging For Electric Vehicles Pending

WO2012160573 A Method For Delivering Power Through A Hybrid Drive And System Thereof

Pending


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