Patents by Inventor John E. Burdy

John E. Burdy 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: 10367177
    Abstract: An insulative nonwoven battery cover and method of construction thereof is provided. The cover includes a plurality of nonwoven sections bonded together to form a desired structural configuration. The nonwoven sections are mats of heat-settable textile fibers and green materials including natural fibers, recycled materials and/or waste stream materials. The mats are formed having a bonded seam of the melted heat-settable textile fibers such that the cover is provided with a circumferentially continuous wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
    Inventors: David Harris, Daniel A. Rowcotsky, John E. Burdy, Cassie M. Malloy
  • Patent number: 10249855
    Abstract: A flexible one piece, insulative battery cover; battery cover assembly therewith; method of construction thereof, and method of enclosing a battery therewith are provided. The battery cover includes a flexible, tubular textile wall having a cavity extending between a bottom end and an open top end of the wall. The cover further includes a flexible textile lid having a free end and an opposite end attached to the wall via a hinge, with the lid being pivotal via the hinge between an open position, exposing the open top end of the wall, and a closed position, substantially closing off the top end. Further yet, the cover includes a fastener fixed to the lid adjacent the free end, with the fastener being configured to for releasable attachment to an elongate fastener member of the vehicle battery assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
    Inventors: John E. Burdy, Daniel A. Rowcotsky, Christopher J. Pinkow
  • Patent number: 9457739
    Abstract: A flexible, resilient, non-woven acoustic sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve has an elongate nonwoven layer with opposite sides bonded to one along a lengthwise extending bonded seam, thereby forming a circumferentially enclosed inner cavity sized for receipt of an elongate member therethrough. The sleeve further includes a generally smooth inner scrim layer bonded to an inner surface of the nonwoven layer, wherein the smooth inner scrim layer forms a circumferentially continuous, smooth inner surface bounding the cavity, with the material of the inner scrim layer forming at least a portion of the bonded seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamaguchi, Maeda Takuto, Ritesh Mehbubani, Aleksandr Ilyin, John E. Burdy
  • Publication number: 20160226033
    Abstract: An insulative nonwoven battery cover and method of construction thereof is provided. The cover includes a plurality of nonwoven sections bonded together to form a desired structural configuration. The nonwoven sections are mats of heat-settable textile fibers and green materials including natural fibers, recycled materials and/or waste stream materials. The mats are formed having a bonded seam of the melted heat-settable textile fibers such that the cover is provided with a circumferentially continuous wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: DAVID HARRIS, DANIEL A. ROWCOTSKY, JOHN E. BURDY, CASSIE M. MALLOY
  • Publication number: 20160144805
    Abstract: A flexible, resilient, non-woven acoustic sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve has an elongate nonwoven layer with opposite sides bonded to one along a lengthwise extending bonded seam, thereby forming a circumferentially enclosed inner cavity sized for receipt of an elongate member therethrough. The sleeve further includes a generally smooth inner scrim layer bonded to an inner surface of the nonwoven layer, wherein the smooth inner scrim layer forms a circumferentially continuous, smooth inner surface bounding the cavity, with the material of the inner scrim layer forming at least a portion of the bonded seam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamaguchi, Maeda Takuto, Ritesh Mehbubani, Aleksandr Ilyin, John E. Burdy
  • Patent number: 9334591
    Abstract: An insulative nonwoven battery cover and method of construction thereof is provided. The cover includes a plurality of nonwoven sections bonded together to form a desired structural configuration. The nonwoven sections are mats of heat-settable textile fibers and green materials including natural fibers, recycled materials and/or waste stream materials. The mats are formed having a bonded seam of the melted heat-settable textile fibers such that the cover is provided with a circumferentially continuous wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Harris, Daniel A. Rowcotsky, John E. Burdy, Cassie M. Malloy
  • Publication number: 20160064706
    Abstract: A flexible one piece, insulative battery cover; battery cover assembly therewith; method of construction thereof, and method of enclosing a battery therewith are provided. The battery cover includes a flexible, tubular textile wall having a cavity extending between a bottom end and an open top end of the wall. The cover further includes a flexible textile lid having a free end and an opposite end attached to the wall via a hinge, with the lid being pivotal via the hinge between an open position, exposing the open top end of the wall, and a closed position, substantially closing off the top end. Further yet, the cover includes a fastener fixed to the lid adjacent the free end, with the fastener being configured to for releasable attachment to an elongate fastener member of the vehicle battery assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: John E. Burdy, Daniel A. Rowcotsky, Christopher J. Pinkow
  • Patent number: 8757215
    Abstract: A textile sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members and method of construction thereof are provided. The sleeve has a wall of interlaced monofilament and/or multifilament yarns. Opposite edges of the wall extend along a central axis of the sleeve. The opposite edges are biased into a self-wrapping, overlapping relation with one another to bound a tubular cavity in an in-use first configuration. A plurality of elongate hinges formed with the interlaced yarns extend along the length of the sleeve in substantially parallel relation with the central axis, with the hinges separating relatively rigid, arcuate regions of the wall from one another. The hinges allow the arcuate regions to be moved from the expanded in-use tubular first configuration to a collapsed, second configuration nested with one another to allow significantly increased numbers of the sleeves to be shipped and stowed in a significantly reduced volume of space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain, Inc.
    Inventor: John E. Burdy
  • Publication number: 20130048139
    Abstract: A textile sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members and method of construction thereof are provided. The sleeve has a wall of interlaced monofilament and/or multifilament yarns. Opposite edges of the wall extend along a central axis of the sleeve. The opposite edges are biased into a self-wrapping, overlapping relation with one another to bound a tubular cavity in an in-use first configuration. A plurality of elongate hinges formed with the interlaced yarns extend along the length of the sleeve in substantially parallel relation with the central axis, with the hinges separating relatively rigid, arcuate regions of the wall from one another. The hinges allow the arcuate regions to be moved from the expanded in-use tubular first configuration to a collapsed, second configuration nested with one another to allow significantly increased numbers of the sleeves to be shipped and stowed in a significantly reduced volume of space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventor: John E. Burdy
  • Publication number: 20130052518
    Abstract: An insulative nonwoven battery cover and method of construction thereof is provided. The cover includes a plurality of nonwoven sections bonded together to form a desired structural configuration. The nonwoven sections are mats of heat-settable textile fibers and green materials including natural fibers, recycled materials and/or waste stream materials. The mats are formed having a bonded seam of the melted heat-settable textile fibers such that the cover is provided with a circumferentially continuous wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: David A. Harris, Daniel A. Rowcotsky, John E. Burdy, Cassie M. Malloy
  • Publication number: 20100035078
    Abstract: A hand wrappable heat shield and method of construction thereof has outer and inner layers of metal embossed with peaks and valleys. An intermediate layer of insulation material is sandwiched between the outer and inner layers of metal. The peaks embossed in the outer layer are offset relative to the peaks embossed in the inner layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Eric K. Staudt, John E. Burdy, Timothy D. Sellis