Patents by Inventor Darin R. Driessen

Darin R. Driessen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7692924
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rack suitable for housing a liquid-cooled electric unit. A rack 2 comprises an electric connector 12 for supplying electricity to the housed electric unit 50, and a fluid connector 14 for supplying cooling liquid to the housed electric unit 50. The fluid connector 14 and the electric connector 12 are arranged at different positions in a horizontal cross section (plane) of the rack 2. More preferably, the electric connector 12 is mounted on a back panel 6 of the rack 2, while the fluid connector 14 is mounted on the foreside of the rack 2. Such a configuration makes it less likely that the cooling liquid leaking from the fluid connector 14 drips onto the electric connector 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignees: Nabtesco Corporation, Hamilton Sundstrand
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Wavering, Francis C. Belisle, Darin R. Driessen, Tsutomu Yasui
  • Publication number: 20090219692
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rack suitable for housing a liquid-cooled electric unit. A rack 2 comprises an electric connector 12 for supplying electricity to the housed electric unit 50, and a fluid connector 14 for supplying cooling liquid to the housed electric unit 50. The fluid connector 14 and the electric connector 12 are arranged at different positions in a horizontal cross section (plane) of the rack 2. More preferably, the electric connector 12 is mounted on a back panel 6 of the rack 2, while the fluid connector 14 is mounted on the foreside of the rack 2. Such a configuration makes it less likely that the cooling liquid leaking from the fluid connector 14 drips onto the electric connector 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicants: NABTESCO CORPORATION, HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Wavering, Francis C. Belisle, Darin R. Driessen, Tsutomu Yasui
  • Patent number: 7255602
    Abstract: An electrical cable assembly is provided including multiple cables having wires. The cables each include a shield. A connector receives ends of the wires and includes an outer surface. A conductive shield ring has an outer periphery and includes multiple holes receiving the cables. The shield of each cable engages an inner surface provided by a corresponding hole in the shield ring. In one example, the circumference of each shield is soldered to the corresponding hole. A wrap engages the outer periphery and the outer surface to electrically connect the connector to the shields. In one example, the wrap is conductive heat shrink wrap that surrounds and engages the entire outer surface of the shield ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Darin R. Driessen, Eugene W. Dolfi, Michael A. Seno, Jack S. Canciamille