Inventor

Martin Eberhard

Inventor

Woodside, CA, US

Overview

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Patents

1987–2020

Patent span

Performing operations

Primary field (CPC B)

Patents· 36 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

B60Lprimary

B60LPropulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles12%

H01MProcesses or means, e.g. batteries, for the direct conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy12%

Y02EReduction of greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions, related to energy generation, transmission or distribution12%

Y02TClimate change mitigation technologies related to transportation12%

G06FElectric digital data processing7%

B23KSoldering or unsoldering6%

B60KArrangement or mounting of propulsion units or of transmissions in vehicles6%

B60YIndexing scheme relating to aspects cross-cutting vehicle technology6%

B62DMotor vehicles5%

F16MFrames, casings or beds of engines, machines or apparatus, not specific to engines, machines or apparatus provided for elsewhere5%

PatentTitleYear

10,847,775Multi-layer contact plate configured to establish electrical bonds to battery cells in a battery module2020 10,811,662Contact plate including at least one higher-fuse bonding connector for arc protection2020 10,629,883Contact plate configured to establish electrical bonds to battery cells in a battery module2020 10,601,016Center contact plate configured to establish electrical bonds to different groups of battery cells in a battery module2020 10,574,365Optical communications interface for battery modules of an energy storage system2020 10,547,042Hybrid contact plate arrangement configured to establish electrical bonds to battery cells in a battery module2020 10,497,919Contact plate including at least one bonding connector configured to establish electrical bonds to terminals of at least one group of battery cells in a battery module2019 10,381,618Battery module mounting area of an energy storage system2019 10,160,492Battery junction box housing configured to direct crash forces in an electric vehicle2018 9,905,821'Vehicle battery packaging'2018 9,774,024'Preconditioned bus bar interconnect system'2017 9,431,644'Preconditioned bus bar interconnect system'2016 9,065,103'Battery mounting and cooling system'2015 8,945,747'Battery cell having an attachment structure and vehicle battery module'2015 8,932,741'Conductor plate for a vehicle battery module'2015 8,598,847'Balancing voltage for a multi-cell battery system'2013 8,569,995'Control circuit and method for controlling a plurality of battery cells based on a determined number of coupled battery cells'2013 8,125,324'Charge state indicator for an electric vehicle'2012 8,063,757'Charge state indicator for an electric vehicle'2011 7,671,567'Multi-mode charging system for an electric vehicle'2010 7,629,773'Multi-mode charging system for an electric vehicle'2009 7,629,772'Multi-mode charging system for an electric vehicle'2009 7,622,897'Multi-mode charging system for an electric vehicle'2009 7,386,619'System and method for allocating communications to processors in a multiprocessor system'2008 7,316,017'System and method for allocatiing communications to processors and rescheduling processes in a multiprocessor system'2008 7,240,350'System and method for providing communications to processes'2007 7,228,550'System and method for making communication streams available to processes executing under control of an operating system but without the intervention of the operating system'2007 D0483361'Portable content display device'2003 6,639,577'Portable information display device with ergonomic bezel'2003 6,356,287'Citation selection and routing feature for hand-held content display device'2002 6,331,867'Electronic book with automated look-up of terms of within reference titles'2001 6,181,344'Drag-and-release method for configuring user-definable function key of hand-held computing device'2001 6,154,214'Display orientation features for hand-held content display device'2000 D0425558'Electronic book'2000 D0404761'Portable content display device'1999 4,706,068'Four wire keyboard interface'1987

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1987Based in Palo Alto, CA, US· patent location history

1999–2002Patents assigned to NUVOMEDIA INC (6)· patent assignee history

1999–2020Based in Woodside, CA, US· patent location history

2009–2015Patents assigned to TESLA MOTORS INC (7)· patent assignee history

2011–2012Based in San Carlos, CA, US· patent location history

2013–2018Patents assigned to AUDI AG (5)· patent assignee history

2018–2020Patents assigned to INEVIT LLC (9)· patent assignee history

2020Patents assigned to TIVENI MERGECO INC (6)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
INEVIT LLC	9	2018–2020
TESLA MOTORS INC	7	2009–2015
NUVOMEDIA INC	6	1999–2002
TIVENI MERGECO INC	6	2020
AUDI AG	5	2013–2018

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Woodside, California, US	33	1999–2020
San Carlos, California, US	2	2011–2012
Palo Alto, California, US	1	1987