Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

University of Illinois

University of Connecticut

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Purdue Research Foundation

University System of Maryland

Vanderbilt University

The Ohio State University

Ohio State Innovation Foundation

Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

North America, Inc.

Toyota Manufacturing Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Shailesh N Joshi

Ercan Mehmet Dede

Feng Zhou

Ercan Mehment Dede

Danny J Lohan

Yanghe Liu

Naoya Take

Paul Vannest Braun

Masao Noguchi

Umesh N Gandhi

Ali M Bazzi

Gaurav Singhal

Hitoshi Fujioka

Hiroshi Ukegawa

Weiqiang Chen

Lingyi Zhang

Matthew Joseph Rau

Shohei Suenaga

Julia Kohanek

Krishna R Pattipati

Krishna Pattipatti

Donald Mcmenemy

Kai-Wei Lan

Debasish Banerjee

Brian J Pinkelman

Yuyang Song

Suresh V Garimella

Yuji Fukuoka

Vishnu Baba Sundaresan

Vijay Venkatesh

Mayur Prakash Gaikwad

Danil V Prokhorov

Ryohei Tsuruta

Songtao Wu

Chi-Ming Wang

Tianzhu Fan

Shohei Nagai

Jaewook Lee

F Patrick McCluskey

Hannes Martin Hinrich Greve

Srivatsava Krishnan

Joshua Sean Kuhlmann

John Kaminski

Taehwa Lee

Masanori Ishigaki

Ravi Rajamani

Jongwon Shin

Ziqi Yu

Muhamed K Farooq

Nenad Miljkovic

Khoa Vo

Piran Ravichandran Kidambi

Kyosuke N Miyagi

Fa Chen

Hiroshi N Ukegawa

Srivathsan Sudhakar

Raymond P Viviano

Shashi Honnikoppa

Peifu Cheng

Srivathsan Sudhaker

Dajie Xie

Krishna Pattipati

Qian Yang

A morphing structure includes a deployable aerodynamic origami structure with an outer covering having a plurality of creases, a tether attached to the deployable origami structure, and a light-responsive polymer disposed on one or more of the creases of the outer covering. The light-responsive polymer is configured to change shape when activated by a light and the deployable origami structure configured to change from a first shape to a second shape different than the first shape when the light-responsive polymer is activated. In some variations, the morphing structure also includes at least one heating element disposed on one or more of the creases of the outer covering and the at least one heating element is configured to heat the light-responsive polymer such that the shape of the deployable aerodynamic origami structure moves from the second shape to the first shape.

Morphing origami structures with light-responsive polymers

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to predicting anomalous operation of a device and an associated remaining useful life (RUL) estimation. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring usage information about the operation of an electronic device. The method includes determining whether the usage information indicates the presence of an anomaly in the operation of the electronic device according to an anomaly model. The method includes, responsive to detecting the anomaly, determining a remaining useful life (RUL) for the electronic device according to a RUL model. The method includes providing the RUL estimate.

Remaining useful life determination for power electronic devices

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to charging a battery of an electric vehicle while the electric vehicle is hovering. In one embodiment, a method includes, responsive to determining that an electric vehicle does not include a receiver pad, inserting the receiver pad into the electric vehicle that is hovering in the air at a charging station. The method includes determining a space above a transmitter pad for the electric vehicle to hover based, at least in part, on a location and a size of the transmitter pad. The method includes charging a battery to a threshold value through the receiver pad.

Charging a battery of an electric vehicle hovering in the air

A dynamic wireless power transfer system can include a dynamic wireless power transfer transmission system and a dynamic wireless power transfer reception system. The dynamic wireless power transfer transmission system can include a signal receiver, an array of coils of conductors, an array of switches, and a controller. The dynamic wireless power transfer reception system can include a signal transmitter and an array of coils of conductors. The signal transmitter can be configured to transmit, to the signal receiver, a signal. The signal can include information indicative of a size of the array of coils of conductors of the dynamic wireless power transfer reception system. The array of switches can be configured to connect an alternating current source to the array of coils of conductors of the dynamic wireless power transfer transmission system. The controller can control, according to the information, positions of switches of the array of switches.

Configurable dynamic wireless power transfer transmission system

A light apparatus includes an optical member, composed of an elastically deformable material, having a reflective surface to reflect light. The optical member moveable between a first state in which the reflective surface has a first structural shape, and a plurality of second states in which the reflective surface has a second structural shape different than the first structural shape. Elastically deformable position adjustment members are operable to move the optical member between the first state and the plurality of second states. The elastically deformable position adjustment members have one or more photochromatic regions that are moveable in response to exposure to UV light. Light sources are operable to selectively emit illuminating UV light in a direction that contacts the one or more photochromatic regions to thereby adjust an orientation of the optical member in a manner which changes a direction of light reflected by the optical member.

Dynamic adjustment of flexible mirror using photochromatic material

A morphing aerodynamic structure includes a body with an outer covering, a bridle attached to the body, and a light-response polymer disposed on at least one of the outer covering and the bridle. The light-responsive polymer is configured to change shape when illuminated with a laser such that at least one of an angle of attack, roll, pitch and yaw of the morphing aerodynamic structure is at least partially controlled without the use of a mechanical or pneumatic control unit.

Morphing structures with light-responsive polymers

A louvre system controls a flow of cooling air to a heat-generating element mounting inside a wing of an aircraft. The louvre system includes a louvre operably connected to the wing and structured to be rotatable to control airflow through an air intake of the wing into an interior of the wing. A louvre actuation mechanism is operably connected to the louvre and configured to control rotation of the louvre. A memory is communicably coupled to a processor and stores a louvre control module configured to autonomously control operation of the louvre actuation mechanism to control rotation of the louvre responsive to a temperature of a heat-generating element mounted in the wing interior.

Cooling system for aircraft components

Systems and methods for adjusting one or more properties of a deformable lens are described herein. The deformable lens includes a photoswitch material that, when irradiated by a radiation, causes a curvature of a surface of the deformable lens to change from a first curvature to a second curvature based on the intensity of the radiation.

System and method for adjusting one or more properties of a deformable lens

A transient liquid phase (TLP) composition includes a plurality of first high melting temperature (HMT) particles, a plurality of second HMT particles, and a plurality of low melting temperature (LMT) particles. Each of the plurality of first HMT particles have a core-shell structure with a core formed from a first high HMT material and a shell formed from a second HMT material that is different than the first HMT material. The plurality of second HMT particles are formed from a third HMT material that is different than the second HMT material and the plurality of LMT particles are formed from a LMT material. The LMT particles have a melting temperature less than a TLP sintering temperature of the TLP composition and the first, second, and third HMT materials have a melting point greater than the TLP sintering temperature.

Transient liquid phase bonding compositions and power electronics assemblies incorporating the same

A two-phase cold plate that includes a manifold body having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet each fluidly coupled to a fluid pathway housed within the manifold body and a vaporization structure housed within the manifold body such that the fluid pathway is disposed over the vaporization structure. The vaporization structure includes a cavity cover, a porous surface, a vapor cavity disposed between the cavity cover and the porous surface, and one or more porous feeding posts extending between the cavity cover and the porous surface. The one or more porous feeding posts fluidly coupled the fluid pathway with the porous surface of the vaporization structure and the porous surface includes a plurality of nucleation sites configured to induce vaporization of a cooling fluid and facilitate vapor flow into the vapor cavity of the vaporization structure.

Power electronics systems comprising a two-phase cold plate housing a vaporization structure

Evaporator assemblies, vapor chamber assemblies, and methods for fabricating a vapor chamber are disclosed. In one embodiment, an evaporator assembly for a vapor chamber includes an evaporator surface, an array of posts extending from the evaporator surface, and an array of vapor vents within the evaporator surface. Each vapor vent of the array of vapor vents is configured as a depression within the evaporator surface. The evaporator assembly further includes a porous layer disposed on the evaporator surface, the array of posts, and the array of vapor vents.

Evaporator assemblies, vapor chambers, and methods for fabricating vapor chambers

A panel for wireless charging of an electric vehicle includes a metamaterial panel with a first shape and a second shape different than the first shape. The metamaterial panel is configured to be positioned between a transmitter coil of a wireless power transfer station (WPTS) and a receiver coil of the electric vehicle during wireless charging of the electric vehicle and change between the first shape and the second shape as a function of at least one of a size of the transmitter coil, a size of the receiver coil, and a distance between the transmitter coil and the receiver coil. A robot with at least one of a robotic arm and a robotic buggy can be included and the metamaterial panel can be coupled to the robot. And the robot is configured to position the metamaterial panel between the transmitter coil of the WPTS and the receiver coil of the electric vehicle during wireless charging of the electric vehicle.

Metamaterial panel for enhancing wireless charging of electric vehicles

A hybrid cooling system of an electric machine is contemplated. The hybrid cooling system includes a propeller assembly comprising a propeller, a housing comprising a stator and a rotor coupled to the propeller, and one or more capacitors, a gate drive electronics board, a cold plate, a substrate, power electronics coupled to substrate and the cold plate, a pump for pumping liquid coolant, and a heat exchanger. The liquid coolant from the pump contacts the gate drive electronics board, the cold plate, the substrate, and the power electronics for cooling the gate drive electronics board, the cold plate, the substrate, and the power electronics, and the propeller is configured to generate air that cools the stator and the rotor.

Hybrid cooling systems for electric machines

A vapor chamber includes a wick structure created by an additive selective laser sintering process. The wick structure includes a substrate, a first copper powder layer, a second copper powder layer, and a plurality of additional layers. The first copper powder layer is deposited across the substrate, wherein the first copper powder layer is subsequently selectively fused via a fusing instrument. The second copper powder layer is deposited across the first copper powder layer, wherein the second copper powder layer is subsequently selectively fused via the fusing instrument. Additionally, a plurality of additional copper powder layers are deposited wherein each additional layer is deposited on the previous layer, wherein each of the additional copper powder layers is selectively fused with a predetermined structure.

Systems and methods for additive manufacturing of wick structure for vapor chamber

A power device assembly includes a heat-generating device, one or more porous bonding layers, and one or more cap layers. The one or more porous bonding layers are formed on a surface of the heat-generating device and define a plurality of embedded vapor channels. The one or more cap layers are engaged with a porous bonding layer of the one or more porous bonding layers opposite the heat-generating device. The one or more cap layer comprise a plurality of liquid feed channels for feeding cooling fluid to the heat-generating device via the porous bonding layer.

Power device assemblies and cooling devices for cooling heat-generating devices

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Shailesh N Joshi