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Granted Patent B2
US 10,935,655 · App. 16/118,259 · Granted Mar 2, 2021

Surface penetrating radar and battery systems

Inventor: Byron McCall Stanley (Newton, MA)
Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
G01S13/885B60L50/60B60K1/04B60K2001/0405G05D1/0257H01Q21/06
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Patent No.
US 10,935,655
App. No.
16/118,259
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system may include a surface penetrating radar system. The system may further include a battery system of a vehicle. At least a portion of the battery system of the vehicle may also be at least a portion of the surface penetrating radar system.

Claims (32)

1. A system comprising:

a surface penetrating radar system defined in a first space; and

a battery system of an electric vehicle defined in a second space, wherein a portion of the second space is included in the first space and includes a cavity of the surface penetrating radar system.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the battery system of the vehicle in the portion of the second space included in the first space is fused to a portion of the surface penetrating radar system in the portion of the second space included in the first space to create a shared portion of the system.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the battery system dampens energy of waves emitted by the surface penetrating radar system.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the battery system comprises a material selected from the group consisting of: a metal, a high permittivity material, and a high permeability material.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of a bottom surface of the battery system of the vehicle is also at least a portion of a top surface of the surface penetrating radar system.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the surface penetrating radar system is shaped to mount to the battery system.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the surface penetrating radar system is mountable to the battery system upon removal of a portion of the battery system.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the surface penetrating radar system is mountable to the battery system upon removal of a portion of the surface penetrating radar system.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the battery system comprise a material selected to reflect waves emitted by the surface penetrating radar system.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the battery system comprise a material selected to absorb waves emitted by the surface penetrating radar system.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein the battery system comprise a material selected to shift a phase of waves emitted by the surface penetrating radar system.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein the battery system comprise a material selected to alter a path of waves emitted by the surface penetrating radar system.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein the battery system comprise a material selected to alter a breadth of waves emitted by the surface penetrating radar system.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein the battery system comprise a material selected to alter an angle of waves emitted by the surface penetrating radar system.

15. A system comprising:

a surface penetrating radar system defined in a first space; and

a battery system of an electric vehicle defined in a second space, wherein a portion of the second space is included in the first space and includes at least a portion of a plate shared by the battery system and the surface penetrating radar system.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein a portion of the battery system of the vehicle in the portion of the second space included in the first space is fused to a portion of the surface penetrating radar system in the portion of the second space included in the first space to create a shared portion of the system.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the battery system dampens energy of waves emitted by the surface penetrating radar system.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the battery system comprises a material selected from the group consisting of: a metal, a high permittivity material, and a high permeability material.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein at least a portion of a bottom surface of the battery system of the vehicle is also at least a portion of a top surface of the surface penetrating radar system.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein the surface penetrating radar system is shaped to mount to the battery system.

21. The system of claim 20 , wherein the surface penetrating radar system is mountable to the battery system upon removal of a portion of the battery system.

22. The system of claim 20 , wherein the surface penetrating radar system is mountable to the battery system upon removal of a portion of the surface penetrating radar system.

23. The system of claim 15 wherein the battery system comprise a material selected to reflect waves emitted by the surface penetrating radar system.

24. The system of claim 15 wherein the battery system comprise a material selected to absorb waves emitted by the surface penetrating radar system.

25. The system of claim 15 wherein the battery system comprise a material selected to shift a phase of waves emitted by the surface penetrating radar system.

26. The system of claim 15 wherein the battery system comprise a material selected to alter a path of waves emitted by the surface penetrating radar system.

27. The system of claim 15 wherein the battery system comprise a material selected to alter a breadth of waves emitted by the surface penetrating radar system.

28. The system of claim 15 wherein the battery system comprise a material selected to alter an angle of waves emitted by the surface penetrating radar system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2019
From: STANLEY, BYRON MCCALL
To: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 051017/0035 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62553229 · Sep 1, 2017
Related Publication 20200033468A1 · Jan 30, 2020