| Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing NA Patent applications |
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| 20120107698 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE WITH A MAGNESIUM ANODE AND A STABLE, SAFE ELECTROLYTE COMPATIBLE WITH SULFUR - An electrochemical device, having an anode containing magnesium; a cathode stable to a voltage of at least 3.2 V relative to a magnesium reference; and an electrolyte containing a solvent and a LiCl complex of a magnesium halide salt of a sterically hindered secondary amine is provided. In a preferred embodiment the electrolyte contains tetrahydrofuran and 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-magnesium chloride-lithium chloride complex. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120102711 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUNROOF GLASS AUTOMATED SHIMMING - A device that includes a frame having a first part and a second part and a plurality of first suction devices connected to the first part of the frame, the first suction devices positioned so as to contact a glass plane. Also included in the device is a plurality of second suction devices connected to the second part of the frame, the second suction devices positioned so as to contact a body having an opening to receive the glass plane. A plurality of positioning components that position the frame with respect to the opening in the body, the positioning components connected to the first part of the frame and a plurality of shimming elements that move down between the glass plane and the opening and shift the glass plane forward, the shimming elements connected to the first part of the frame are as included in the device. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20110262804 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE WITH A MAGNESIUM ANODE AND A STABLE, SAFE ELECTROLYTE COMPATIBLE WITH SULFUR - An electrochemical device, having an anode containing magnesium; a cathode stable to a voltage of at least 3.2 V relative to a magnesium reference; and an electrolyte containing an electrochemically active magnesium salt obtained by mixing an organic magnesium compound with an aluminum compound in an ether solvent and separation of the electrochemically active salt from the reaction mixture is provided. The separated electrochemically active salt is stable and safe to handle in comparison to conventional Grignard based electrolyte systems. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110244338 | ELECTROLYTE FOR A MAGNESIUM SULFUR BATTERY - An electrochemical device, having an anode containing magnesium; a cathode stable to a voltage of at least 3.2 V relative to a magnesium reference; and an electrolyte obtained by admixture of a magnesium salt of a non-nucleophilic base comprising nitrogen and aluminum trichloride in an ether solvent is provided. As sulfur is stable to a voltage of at least 3.2 V relative to a magnesium reference, a magnesium-sulfur electrochemical device is specifically provided. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20100207812 | RIDESHARE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY - A rideshare system and associated methodology for recommending rideshares to prospective riders and drivers uses itineraries and personal affinities to make the recommendations. The rideshare system computes a cost value by comparing the search criteria submitted by a user to stored user profiles. Results of the comparison are displayed in order of highest match to lowest match, according to the cost values computed. Further, the system also adaptively updates the stored profiles according to rideshare history. Lastly, the system includes a real-time user localization unit to locate prospective riders and drivers in real time, making just in time or unplanned rideshares possible. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100126933 | WASHER BATH USING CENTRIFUGE AND ULTRA FILTER - A part washing apparatus includes a centrifugal filter and an ultra filter provided as a single base unit. A washing chamber is provided to enclose one or more industrial parts for cleaning with a washing solution, which is collected in a washer bath. The washing solution is then pumped through a centrifugal filter to remove contaminants from the washing solution and subsequently pumped through an ultra filter a filter configured to remove further contaminants from the washing solution. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100122968 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SPATTER-LESS WELDING - A method for optimizing a schedule for impulse welding including generating a weld lobe using a preexisting welding schedule, the schedule prescribing a current, a weld time, and a pressure; identifying an operating window on the weld lobe; analyzing the operating window, the analysis including determining a maximum time range of the operating window, and determining a maximum current range of the operating window; until (i) the determined maximum time range of the operating window is greater than a predetermined percentage of the prescribed weld time of the schedule and (ii) the determined maximum current range is greater than the prescribed current of the schedule, creating additional weld lobes by varying the pressure and repeating the identifying an operating window and the analyzing the operating window steps; and selecting, within the operating window satisfying conditions (i) and (ii), a second schedule including a second weld time, a second current, and a second pressure. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100092073 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION AND CLASSIFICATION USING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE FEATURE DETECTORS - A method including imaging an object in three-dimensions; binning data of the imaged object into three-dimensional regions having a predetermined size; determining a density value p of the data in each bin; inputting the p density values of the bins into a first layer of a computational system including a corresponding processing element for each of the bins; calculating an output O of the processing elements of the computational system while restricting the processing elements to have weights Wc | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100057361 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STOCHASTICALLY PREDICTING THE FUTURE STATES OF A VEHICLE - A method for predicting future states of a vehicle including the steps of selecting a model having n states reflecting dynamic features of the vehicle; inputting noisy sensor measurements representing a current state of the vehicle to generate (2n+1) sigma points X | 03-04-2010 |
