Tag: patents

Jeep is looking at ways to integrate drones with its vehicles, as recent patent filings indicate. One possible use Jeep is looking to patent is off-road spotting. Instead of a…

A federal jury in Marshall, Texas, on Friday awarded computer memory company Netlist $118 million in damages from Samsung Electronics in a patent lawsuit over technology for improving data processing…

Porsche patented a 6-stroke engine Outside of early Saabs, most gas-powered car engines are a 4-stroke Porsche’s 6-stroke patent seems to indicate it could eke more power out of an…

Future General Motors vehicles could feature deployable awnings. That’s something Rivian has also tried to patent, although GM may have different uses in mind. A deployable awning was the subject…

Two patent filings hint at how Ferrari is planning to make up for the lack of engine noises in future electric cars. One patent application, published by the United States…

Apple urged a U.S. appeals court on Friday to overturn a U.S. trade tribunal’s decision to ban imports of some Apple Watches in a patent dispute with medical-monitoring technology company…

General Motors has filed a patent application for battery cells with unusual shapes designed to aid cooling. Instead of the rectangular shape of the automaker’s current Ultium cells, the patent…

General Motors has designed foldable bed ramps that could make loading motorcycles, ATVs, or lawnmowers into the beds of pickup trucks more convenient. Ramps allow wheeled vehicles to be driven…

Rivian has filed two patent applications for integrated lighting in the roof rails in its electric pickup trucks and SUVs. The two applications show slightly different versions of a lighting…

Voice-assist systems are commonplace in cars today, but Ford wants to give them personalities. A patent application from the automaker published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)…