Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

General Electric Company

General Electric Healthcare

Patrick Lively Padgett

Ernst Wolfgang Stautner

Jacob Mathews

Douglas X Zhu

Jonathan Alan Murray

Patrick Daniel Maguire

Rui Chen

Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen

Pax Daniel Maguire

Arnaud Comment

Albert Po-Fu Chen

James Richard Trigger

An electrical storage device heater system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an electrical storage device, a heater configured to regulate a temperature of the electrical storage device and a controller configured to actuate the heater using power sourced from a location separate from the electrical storage device.

Electrical storage device heater for vehicle

Methods and systems are provided for a sealing system for a dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) system. In one embodiment, a system comprises: a reservoir including an inlet opening; an outer tube; and a tapered seal shaped to seal against the inlet opening and the outer tube, the tapered seal including: a first section removably coupleable to a second section; a through-hole formed by a first plurality of inner surfaces of both the first section and the second section, the through-hole shaped to encircle the outer tube; and a vacuum channel extending through, from an outer surface to an inner surface of the first plurality of inner surfaces, one of the first section and second section. In this way, the tapered seal may be coupled around the fluid passage without inserting a tip of the fluid passage through the through-hole of the tapered seal, thereby maintaining a sterility of the system.

Systems and method for a dynamic seal assembly for a fluid delivery system

A cooling system is provided. The cooling system is associated with a dynamic nuclear polarization system and configured to cool a sample to a temperature suitable for dynamic nuclear polarization to be carried out on the sample while the sample is in the cooling system. The cooling system includes a cryogenic chamber that includes a cryogenic fluid. The cooling system also includes a removable sample sleeve insertable within a portion of the cryogenic chamber. The removable sample sleeve is configured to define a sample path for the sample within the cryogenic chamber that is isolated from other parts of the cooling system.

Fluid path insert for a cryogenic cooling system

A heater system for an electrical storage device, such as a high voltage traction battery, is connectable to an external AC power source maintain a proper temperature of the battery as long as the system remains connected to the external power source. The battery temperature can be maintained at a level that ensures that the vehicle will start even in extremely cold climates. The heater system includes a heater disposed within the battery itself. Other system components, such as an AC/DC converter and a control module, may be connected to the battery heater system outside of the battery, allowing the battery heater system to act as a modular component that can be easily included in or excluded from a vehicle as an option, either alone or in a package with an engine block heater. The battery heater system is designed so that it can be connected along with the engine block heater to the AC power source using a single common connector.

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Detroit, MI, United States of America

Patrick Lively Padgett