Tesla Motors, Inc.

Carbon, Inc.

Tesla, Inc.

Intuit, Inc.

Craig Bruce Carlson

Jeffrey Brian Straubel

Scott Ira Kohn

Roy Goldman

Weston Arthur Hermann

Eugene Michael Berdichevsky

Martin F Eberhard

Kurt Russell Kelty

Abhishek Parmar

Andrew Gregory Simpson

Andrew David Baglino

Vineet Haresh Mehta

Keijiro Ikebe

Brennan Boblett

Kevin Hsieh

Thorsten Hayer

Matthew Fox

Gregory William Dachs, Ii

Anil Paryani

John R Tumbleston

Hardik Kabaria

Jacques Magloire Perrault

Kyle Laaker

Gerald Baron Huff

Ronald A Truong

R Griffin Price

Brian Stuart Boggs

Sean Friedrich Walter McCluskey

Clarissa Gutierrez

Hendric Vogel

Braden Reed Ball

Martin Forest Eberhard

A method of enhancing a performance characteristic of an additive manufacturing apparatus, the method including: (a) dispensing a batch of a light polymerizable resin into the additive manufacturing apparatus, the batch characterized by at least one physical characteristic; (b) determining the unique identity of the batch; (c) sending the unique identity of the batch to a database; then (d) either: (i) receiving on the controller from the database modified operating instructions for the resin batch, which modified operating instructions have been modified based on the at least one physical characteristic, or (ii) receiving on the controller from the database the at least one physical characteristic for the specific resin batch and modifying the operating instructions based on the at least one physical characteristic; and then (e) producing the object from the batch of light polymerizable resin on the additive manufacturing apparatus with the modified operating instructions.

Performance optimization in additive manufacturing

A method includes: determining, based, at least in part, on a predicted driver characteristic, a first energy-versus-distance measure for a planned driving route of a vehicle, the first energy-versus-distance measure determined using an energy model; presenting the first energy-versus-distance measure on a user interface associated with the vehicle; identifying an already-driven part of the planned driving route; determining, based on information associated with the already-driven part of the planned driving route, a model error associated with the energy model; determining a second energy-versus-distance measure by modifying the first energy-versus-distance measure to account for the model error; and presenting the second energy-versus-distance measure on the user interface associated with the vehicle.

Trip planning with energy constraint

Provided is a method of making a three-dimensional object, which method may include the steps of: (a) producing an intermediate object () from a dual cure polymerizable liquid by additive manufacturing, the intermediate object having the shape of the three-dimensional object in warped or distorted form; (b) optionally washing the intermediate object; then (c) contacting the intermediate to a form (), which form has a shape corresponding to the three-dimensional object, and with the intermediate conformed to the shape of the form; then (d) further curing the intermediate object in contact with the form to produce the three-dimensional object () under conditions in which the three-dimensional object retains a shape conformed to the form after separating therefrom; and then (e) separating the three-dimensional object from the form.

Method of making three-dimensional objects by additive manufacturing

A method of operating a Continuous Liquid Interface Printing (CLIP) printer can include receiving a set of objectives for fabrication of an object using a CLIP printer and determining an orientation for fabrication of the object based on fulfillment of the set of objectives by simulated fabrication of the object.

Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining orientation and fabrication parameters used in three-dimensional (3D) continuous liquid interface printing (CLIP) systems, and related printers

A method includes: receiving information corresponding at least to (i) a state of charge of an energy storage of a vehicle, (ii) route information corresponding to a planned driving route for the vehicle, and (iii) a predicted driver characteristic; determining using the received information, and presenting to a driver of the vehicle, a first energy-versus-distance measure for the planned driving route; receiving a user input indicating a proposed change in at least the driver characteristics, and determining using the received information and the user input, and presenting to the driver, a second energy-versus-distance measure for the planned driving route that takes into account the proposed change.

A method for accurately estimating battery capacity based on a weighting function is provided. The disclosed system monitors battery current and uses the monitored battery current to calculate the state of charge (SOCbyAh) of the battery. The system also measures the open circuit voltage (OCV) of the battery when the system is at rest, rest being determined by achieving a current of less than a preset current value for a period of time greater than a preset time period. The state of charge of the battery is calculated from the OCV (SOCbyOCV). The weighting function is based on &#x394;SOCbyAh and &#x394;SOCbyOCV, where &#x394;SOCbyAh is equal to SOCbyAhminus SOCbyAh, and where &#x394;SOCbyOCV is equal to SOCbyOCVminus SOCbyOCV. The weighting function also takes into account the errors associated with determining SOCbyAh and SOCbyOCV.

Battery capacity estimating method and apparatus

A software application displays user interfaces for functionality of the software application. A user interface element is displayed on a user interface for the software application. A configuration screen for user configuration of the software application is displayed in response to a user command indicating selection of said user interface element. The configuration screen includes content corresponding to a state of the software application when the user command is received. The configuration screen may include content based on entered data in the user interface or on a data entry point of the user at the time of selecting the user interface element. The user interface element is displayed in a location on a plurality of user interface screens that is substantially identical for each screen. The configuration screen may include user preferences.

User interface including an element for selecting customization or help screens

A method and apparatus that allows the end user to optimize the performance of an all-electric or hybrid vehicle and its charging system for a desired mode of operation is provided. The system of the invention includes multiple charging/operational modes from which the user may select. Each charging/operational mode controls the cut-off voltage used during charging and the maintenance temperature of the battery pack.

Multi-mode charging system for an electric vehicle

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Los Altos, CA, United States of America

Craig Bruce Carlson