公开(公告)号：US09664229B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-30

申请号：US13871117

申请日：2013-04-26

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Dale Edward Murrish ,  Yuchuan Liu ,  Thomas George Halka

IPC: F02B75/32 ,  F16C7/02 ,  F16C9/04 ,  F16C33/10 ,  F16C17/04 ,  F16C17/10

CPC classification number: F16C7/023 ,  F16C9/04 ,  F16C17/047 ,  F16C17/10 ,  F16C33/1075 ,  F16C2360/22 ,  Y10T74/2162

Abstract: A connecting rod for a device includes a rod having a large end, and a cap attached to the large end. The large end of the rod and the cap cooperate to define a first side surface and a second side surface disposed opposite to each other. The large end of the rod and the cap further define a crankshaft bore that extends along a crank axis between the first side surface and the second side surface. A thrust surface is defined by at least one of the first side surface or the second side surface, and is disposed on a thrust plane. The thrust surface includes at least one recessed region that extends inward away from the thrust plane of the thrust surface. Each of the thrust surfaces include ramps that extend between the recessed regions and the flat regions at the thrust plane of the thrust surface.

公开(公告)号：US12228685B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

申请号：US17741740

申请日：2022-05-11

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Zhe Li ,  Bo Yang ,  Yuchuan Liu ,  Julien P. Mourou ,  Rachit Garg

IPC: G01S7/497 ,  G01D11/24 ,  G01S7/02 ,  G01S13/931 ,  G01S17/931

Abstract: An apparatus for protecting a sensor device includes a cover mounted on the sensor device, the cover including a cover portion made from a transparent material that is transparent to sensor signals, the cover portion including an external surface having a wettability that varies according to a wettability gradient in a selected direction along the surface.

公开(公告)号：US12115949B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US17534810

申请日：2021-11-24

Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC

Inventor： Bo Yang ,  Yuchuan Liu ,  Julien P. Mourou ,  Zhe Li

IPC: B60S1/56 ,  B60R1/06 ,  B60S1/02 ,  B60S1/66 ,  G01S17/931 ,  G02B27/00 ,  H02N1/00

CPC classification number: B60S1/56 ,  B60R1/0602 ,  B60S1/02 ,  B60S1/66 ,  G01S17/931 ,  G02B27/0006 ,  H02N1/004

Abstract: A Lidar system, window of the Lidar system and a method of moving a fluid along a window. The window includes a first electrode disposed on a first side of a outermost layer of the window, a second electrode disposed on the first side of the outermost layer, and a processor. The processor is configured to activate the first electrode to draw a fluid to a first location on a second side of the outermost layer opposite the first electrode, deactivate the first electrode, and activate the second electrode to draw the fluid to a second location on the second side of the outermost layer opposite the second electrode.

公开(公告)号：US20220266802A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-25

申请号：US17182666

申请日：2021-02-23

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Zhe Li ,  Yuchuan Liu ,  Bo Yang ,  Julien P. Mourou

IPC: B60S1/56 ,  B60S1/08

Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a sensor and a cover disposed adjacent to the sensor to protect the sensor. The cover has an inner cover surface and an outer cover surface opposite the inner cover surface. The inner cover surface faces the sensor, and the outer cover surface faces away from the sensor. The cover has a first end wall and a second end wall apart from the first end wall along a first direction. The sensor assembly includes a cleaning system having a wiper movable along the outer cover surface of the cover in the first direction to clean to the outer cover surface. The wiper is at least partly made of a wiper material, and the wiper material includes a hydrophilic material to facilitate removal of water from the outer cover surface of the cover.