Blair E. Carlson

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Ann Arbor, MI, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Inspection of reflective surfaces based on image correlation
- Patent number 12,073,555
- Issue date Aug 27, 2024
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Zerun Ma
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Air management system for laser welding with airflow optimizing def...
- Patent number 12,023,757
- Issue date Jul 2, 2024
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Joshua Lee Solomon
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Laser welded assembly having a heat affected zone reinforcement and...
- Patent number 11,701,738
- Issue date Jul 18, 2023
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Nannan Chen
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Post-build quick powder removal system for powder bed fusion additi...
- Patent number 11,534,972
- Issue date Dec 27, 2022
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Richard J. Skurkis
- B22 - CASTING POWDER METALLURGY
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Mechanical performance of al-steel weld joints
- Patent number 11,524,358
- Issue date Dec 13, 2022
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- David R. Sigler
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Additive energy director and method of formation
- Patent number 11,389,828
- Issue date Jul 19, 2022
- GM Global Technology Operations, LLC
- Saul S. Lee
- B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATER...
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Composite fusion filament
- Patent number 11,358,328
- Issue date Jun 14, 2022
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- David A. Okonski
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Filament deposition head and method of depositing filament material...
- Patent number 11,358,330
- Issue date Jun 14, 2022
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Blair E. Carlson
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Adaptive time scaling for accelerating explicit finite element anal...
- Patent number 11,288,424
- Issue date Mar 29, 2022
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Jian Chen
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Tailored panel assembly and method of manufacturing the same
- Patent number 11,132,986
- Issue date Sep 28, 2021
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Anil K. Sachdev
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Aluminum alloy to steel welding process
- Patent number 11,123,816
- Issue date Sep 21, 2021
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- David R. Sigler
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Electrode for resistance spot welding of dissimilar materials
- Patent number 11,084,119
- Issue date Aug 10, 2021
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- David Yang
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Resistance spot welding workpiece stack-ups having a steel workpiec...
- Patent number 11,065,710
- Issue date Jul 20, 2021
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- David R. Sigler
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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High throughput additive manufacturing system
- Patent number 11,007,713
- Issue date May 18, 2021
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- John P Spicer
- B22 - CASTING POWDER METALLURGY
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Resistance welding electrode
- Patent number 10,981,244
- Issue date Apr 20, 2021
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Hui-ping Wang
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Multi-step direct welding of an aluminum-based workpiece to a steel...
- Patent number 10,981,243
- Issue date Apr 20, 2021
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- David R. Sigler
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Method for laser welding steel workpieces
- Patent number 10,953,497
- Issue date Mar 23, 2021
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Hui-Ping Wang
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Joining thermoplastic workpieces with induction heating
- Patent number 10,933,590
- Issue date Mar 2, 2021
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Ryan Gergely
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Improving mechanical performance of Al-steel weld joints by limitin...
- Patent number 10,857,618
- Issue date Dec 8, 2020
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- David R. Sigler
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Control of intermetallic compound growth in aluminum to steel resis...
- Patent number 10,857,619
- Issue date Dec 8, 2020
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Tyson W. Brown
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Mating electrodes for resistance spot welding of aluminum workpiece...
- Patent number 10,766,095
- Issue date Sep 8, 2020
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Hui-Ping Wang
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Electrode weld face design
- Patent number 10,730,133
- Issue date Aug 4, 2020
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Amberlee S. Haselhuhn
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Resistance spot welding steel and aluminum workpieces with electrod...
- Patent number 10,682,723
- Issue date Jun 16, 2020
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- David R. Sigler
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Resistance spot welding of aluminum-to-aluminum, aluminum-to-steel,...
- Patent number 10,682,724
- Issue date Jun 16, 2020
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- David R. Sigler
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Joining of light metal alloy workpieces to steel workpieces using r...
- Patent number 10,675,702
- Issue date Jun 9, 2020
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Blair E. Carlson
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Method and apparatus for resistance spot welding overlapping steel...
- Patent number 10,675,701
- Issue date Jun 9, 2020
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- David Yang
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Al-steel weld joint
- Patent number 10,675,703
- Issue date Jun 9, 2020
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- David Sigler
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Alternately direct resistance spot welding of Al-to-Al, al-to-steel...
- Patent number 10,675,704
- Issue date Jun 9, 2020
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- David R. Sigler
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Hot cracking reduction in aluminum laser welding
- Patent number 10,675,712
- Issue date Jun 9, 2020
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Hui-Ping Wang
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Method of resistance spot welding aluminum to steel
- Patent number 10,625,367
- Issue date Apr 21, 2020
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- David Sigler
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Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

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LASER WELDING OF STACKS OF EXTERNAL TABS OF ELECTRODES TO TERMINALS
- Publication number 20250055161
- Publication date Feb 13, 2025
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Masoud MOHAMMADPOUR
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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OPTICAL GAS IMAGING SYSTEM FOR LEAK DETECTION DURING BATTERY MANUFA...
- Publication number 20250044181
- Publication date Feb 6, 2025
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Hassan GHASSEMI-ARMAKI
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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INVERTED BATTERY PACK ASSEMBLY
- Publication number 20250010699
- Publication date Jan 9, 2025
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Lu HUANG
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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JOINING OF EXTERNAL TABS OF ELECTRODES OF BATTERY CELLS TO TERMINAL...
- Publication number 20250007125
- Publication date Jan 2, 2025
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Junjie MA
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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LASER WELDED INTERNAL TERMINALS FOR BATTERY CELLS
- Publication number 20250007119
- Publication date Jan 2, 2025
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Teresa Jean RINKER
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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LASER-WELDING OF EXTERNAL TABS OF ELECTRODES TO INTERNAL TERMINALS...
- Publication number 20240429553
- Publication date Dec 26, 2024
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Masoud MOHAMMADPOUR
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WELDING VEHICLE COMPONENT ASSEMBLIES
- Publication number 20240286232
- Publication date Aug 29, 2024
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Hassan GHASSEMI-ARMAKI
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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BATTERY PACK INCLUDING HORIZONTAL CELL STACK STRUCTURE
- Publication number 20240283075
- Publication date Aug 22, 2024
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Lu Huang
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WELD QUALITY AND PROPERTIES IN...
- Publication number 20240227086
- Publication date Jul 11, 2024
- UT-Battelle, LLC
- Wei Zhang
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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BATTERY ENCLOSURES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Publication number 20240222772
- Publication date Jul 4, 2024
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Lu HUANG
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING SHEET METAL
- Publication number 20240157426
- Publication date May 16, 2024
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Joshua L. Solomon
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING LASER BEAM WITH FILLER WIRE FOR LASE...
- Publication number 20240116133
- Publication date Apr 11, 2024
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Junjie Ma
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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ULTRASONIC PRE-SURFACE AND POST-SURFACE PROCESSING FOR LASER BRAZIN...
- Publication number 20240075645
- Publication date Mar 7, 2024
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Guangze LI
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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REGULATING AIR FLOW TO IMPROVE LASER WELD QUALITY
- Publication number 20240075553
- Publication date Mar 7, 2024
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Wei Zeng
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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ENCLOSURE FOR RECHARGEABLE ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING HERMETIC...
- Publication number 20240072352
- Publication date Feb 29, 2024
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Hui-ping WANG
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR JOINING AN ALUMINUM COMPONENT TO A STEEL COMPONENT USING...
- Publication number 20240051060
- Publication date Feb 15, 2024
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Blair E. CARLSON
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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METHODS FOR INSPECTION OF PRESS-HARDENING STEEL SURFACES PRIOR TO S...
- Publication number 20240027421
- Publication date Jan 25, 2024
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Hassan GHASSEMI-ARMAKI
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SUPPLEMENTAL AND TARGETED HEATING OF VEHICLE BODY-IN-WHITE INTERIOR...
- Publication number 20230390938
- Publication date Dec 7, 2023
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Wayne CAI
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPINGBACK COMPENSATION IN BEND FORMING PROC...
- Publication number 20230219126
- Publication date Jul 13, 2023
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Lu Huang
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
INSPECTION OF REFLECTIVE SURFACES BASED ON IMAGE CORRELATION
- Publication number 20230214988
- Publication date Jul 6, 2023
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Zerun Ma
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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AIR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR LASER WELDING WITH AIRFLOW OPTIMIZING DEF...
- Publication number 20230158605
- Publication date May 25, 2023
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Joshua Lee Solomon
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Information Patent Application
LASER WELDED ASSEMBLY HAVING A HEAT AFFECTED ZONE REINFORCEMENT AND...
- Publication number 20220097172
- Publication date Mar 31, 2022
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Nannan Chen
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Information Patent Application
POST-BUILD QUICK POWDER REMOVAL SYSTEM FOR POWDER BED FUSION ADDITI...
- Publication number 20220063198
- Publication date Mar 3, 2022
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Richard J. Skurkis
- B22 - CASTING POWDER METALLURGY
Information Patent Application
Electromagnetic Probe To Detect Discontinuities In Metal Joints
- Publication number 20200386714
- Publication date Dec 10, 2020
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Amberlee S. HASELHUHN
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
MOLDING PROCESS FOR JOINING PREFABRICATED WORKPIECE SUBSTRATES INTO...
- Publication number 20200353656
- Publication date Nov 12, 2020
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- David A. Okonski
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
JOINING THERMOPLASTIC WORKPIECES WITH INDUCTION HEATING
- Publication number 20200290290
- Publication date Sep 17, 2020
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Ryan Gergely
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
FILAMENT DEPOSITION HEAD AND METHOD OF DEPOSITING FILAMENT MATERIAL...
- Publication number 20200290271
- Publication date Sep 17, 2020
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Blair E. Carlson
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
COMPOSITE FUSION FILAMENT
- Publication number 20200290269
- Publication date Sep 17, 2020
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- David A. Okonski
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF AL-STEEL WELD JOINTS
- Publication number 20200139480
- Publication date May 7, 2020
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- David R. Sigler
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Information Patent Application
ADAPTIVE TIME SCALING FOR ACCELERATING EXPLICIT FINITE ELEMENT ANAL...
- Publication number 20200134113
- Publication date Apr 30, 2020
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Jian Chen
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

Blair E. Carlson

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Inspection of reflective surfaces based on image correlation

Air management system for laser welding with airflow optimizing def...

Laser welded assembly having a heat affected zone reinforcement and...

Post-build quick powder removal system for powder bed fusion additi...

Mechanical performance of al-steel weld joints

Additive energy director and method of formation

Composite fusion filament

Filament deposition head and method of depositing filament material...

Adaptive time scaling for accelerating explicit finite element anal...

Tailored panel assembly and method of manufacturing the same

Aluminum alloy to steel welding process

Electrode for resistance spot welding of dissimilar materials

Resistance spot welding workpiece stack-ups having a steel workpiec...

High throughput additive manufacturing system

Resistance welding electrode

Multi-step direct welding of an aluminum-based workpiece to a steel...

Method for laser welding steel workpieces

Joining thermoplastic workpieces with induction heating

Improving mechanical performance of Al-steel weld joints by limitin...

Control of intermetallic compound growth in aluminum to steel resis...

Mating electrodes for resistance spot welding of aluminum workpiece...

Electrode weld face design

Resistance spot welding steel and aluminum workpieces with electrod...

Resistance spot welding of aluminum-to-aluminum, aluminum-to-steel,...

Joining of light metal alloy workpieces to steel workpieces using r...

Method and apparatus for resistance spot welding overlapping steel...

Al-steel weld joint

Alternately direct resistance spot welding of Al-to-Al, al-to-steel...

Hot cracking reduction in aluminum laser welding

Method of resistance spot welding aluminum to steel

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

LASER WELDING OF STACKS OF EXTERNAL TABS OF ELECTRODES TO TERMINALS

OPTICAL GAS IMAGING SYSTEM FOR LEAK DETECTION DURING BATTERY MANUFA...

INVERTED BATTERY PACK ASSEMBLY

JOINING OF EXTERNAL TABS OF ELECTRODES OF BATTERY CELLS TO TERMINAL...

LASER WELDED INTERNAL TERMINALS FOR BATTERY CELLS

LASER-WELDING OF EXTERNAL TABS OF ELECTRODES TO INTERNAL TERMINALS...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WELDING VEHICLE COMPONENT ASSEMBLIES

BATTERY PACK INCLUDING HORIZONTAL CELL STACK STRUCTURE

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WELD QUALITY AND PROPERTIES IN...

BATTERY ENCLOSURES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING SHEET METAL

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING LASER BEAM WITH FILLER WIRE FOR LASE...

ULTRASONIC PRE-SURFACE AND POST-SURFACE PROCESSING FOR LASER BRAZIN...

REGULATING AIR FLOW TO IMPROVE LASER WELD QUALITY

ENCLOSURE FOR RECHARGEABLE ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING HERMETIC...

METHOD FOR JOINING AN ALUMINUM COMPONENT TO A STEEL COMPONENT USING...

METHODS FOR INSPECTION OF PRESS-HARDENING STEEL SURFACES PRIOR TO S...

SUPPLEMENTAL AND TARGETED HEATING OF VEHICLE BODY-IN-WHITE INTERIOR...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPINGBACK COMPENSATION IN BEND FORMING PROC...

INSPECTION OF REFLECTIVE SURFACES BASED ON IMAGE CORRELATION

AIR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR LASER WELDING WITH AIRFLOW OPTIMIZING DEF...

LASER WELDED ASSEMBLY HAVING A HEAT AFFECTED ZONE REINFORCEMENT AND...

POST-BUILD QUICK POWDER REMOVAL SYSTEM FOR POWDER BED FUSION ADDITI...

Electromagnetic Probe To Detect Discontinuities In Metal Joints

MOLDING PROCESS FOR JOINING PREFABRICATED WORKPIECE SUBSTRATES INTO...

JOINING THERMOPLASTIC WORKPIECES WITH INDUCTION HEATING

FILAMENT DEPOSITION HEAD AND METHOD OF DEPOSITING FILAMENT MATERIAL...

COMPOSITE FUSION FILAMENT

MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF AL-STEEL WELD JOINTS

ADAPTIVE TIME SCALING FOR ACCELERATING EXPLICIT FINITE ELEMENT ANAL...