Patents Assigned to Delphi Technologies, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7699095
    Abstract: A core unit for a heat exchanger comprises a pair of headers spaced from one another each defining a fluid space for receiving a fluid therein and each defining a plurality of apertures. A first region comprising a plurality of first tubes extends between the headers and a first fin is disposed between adjacent pairs of the first tubes. A second region comprising a plurality of second tubes extends between the headers and a second fin is disposed between adjacent pairs of the second tubes. A crushable center different than the first and second regions is disposed parallelly between the first and second regions for controllably crushing when the headers are bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Earl Beamer, Steve C. Brick, Christopher Alfred Fuller, Robert Michael Runk
  • Patent number: 7701943
    Abstract: A slave node for use with a Local Interconnect Network (LIN network) receives incoming messages from the LIN network in a manner that reduces operating current, power consumption and/or operating temperature. The slave node generally includes an input circuit, an electronic processing device, associated components such as an Integrated Glass Fog Sensor (IGFS) unit, and a transmitting device all mounted on a single circuit board. The input circuit, which can either be separate from or incorporated within the electronic processing device, pre-filters an incoming message from a LIN bus such that it only wakes the transmitting device out of its low-current sleep mode when required. Stated differently, the transmitting device is removed from an incoming message path so that it is only active when it is transmitting an outgoing message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale M. Harris, Terry L. Hanna, James W. Streit
  • Patent number: 7700215
    Abstract: A current carrier for a solid oxide fuel cell system comprising a current-carrying core formed of a high-conductivity metallic material such as copper, brass, bronze, silver, silver-copper alloys, molybdenum, tungsten, or the like, and a protective jacket surrounding the core material. Preferably, the jacket is metallurgically bonded to the core. The jacket is formed of a high temperature alloy such as stainless steel, nickel, or a nickel alloy. The jacket is structurally competent to maintain the form of the electrical carrier at elevated temperatures at which the core material may be structurally incompetent. The current carrier may be sized comparable to conventional copper cables. The carrier is attached to a fuel cell current collector by a clamp assembly having a large surface contact area. Preferably, a contact paste consisting of fine silver particles forms a diffusion bond between the clamp and the carrier jacket, resulting in a low-loss connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl J. Haltiner, Jr., James S. Vordonis
  • Patent number: 7701321
    Abstract: A primary electrical fuse is attached to a printed circuit board. The primary electrical fuse comprises a first and second terminal, a fusible element disposed between the first and second terminals electrically linking the first terminal and the second terminal, and receiving tip sections located on the first and second terminals that receive a replacement electrical fuse to electrically connect the first and second terminals with a replacement fusible element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Juan I. Banzo
  • Patent number: 7698895
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator comprising an actuator element movably supported at an actuator housing, a pyrotechnic pressure element to move the actuator element and a control means to control a force exerted onto the actuator element by the pressure element to move the actuator element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Bretfeld, Uwe Albrecht, Bernhard Lang
  • Patent number: 7700044
    Abstract: A chemical vapor sensor is provided that passively measures a chemical species of interest with high sensitivity and chemical specificity. In an aspect, ethanol vapor in a vehicle cabin is measured, and sufficient sensitivity is provided to passively detect a motor vehicle driver that exceeds a legal limit of blood alcohol concentration (BAC), for use with vehicle safety systems. The sensor can be situated in an inconspicuous vehicle cabin location and operate independently without requiring active involvement by a driver. A vapor concentrator is utilized to amplify a sampled vapor concentration to a detectible level for use with an infrared (IR) detector. In an aspect, in comparison to conventional chemical sensors, the sensitivity of detection of ethanol vapor is increased by a factor of about 1,000. Further, a single channel of infrared detection is utilized avoiding spurious infrared absorption and making the chemical vapor sensor less costly to implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David K. Lambert, Larry M. Oberdier, Christopher M. Thrush
  • Patent number: 7699133
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for degrading and disabling a vehicle's engine throttle. The vehicle disable system includes a throttle position sensor that generates a throttle position signal, an electronic control module (“ECM”) input connected to the ECM on which the throttle position sensor provides the throttle position signal to the ECM, and an override input that enables an idling signal to be transmitted to the ECM instead of the throttle position signal. The method of the present invention includes the steps of receiving an input signal related to the state of the driver input mechanism, interpreting the input signal, and at least one of degrading and disabling the throttle based on the interpretation of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy D. Bolduc, Christopher A. Hedges, Luis A. Prieto, R. Clarkson Griffin, Gerald P. Hunt
  • Publication number: 20100089686
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a magnetic apparatus and a method of manufacturing the magnetic apparatus including a magnet having an outer surface and an inner surface opposing each other with the inner surface having a first portion and a second portion integrally connected to and facing each other and utilizing a fluid and a fixture body defining a hole along a fixture axis and a deflector disposed within the hole. The method includes the steps of installing the magnet on the fixture body and securing the magnet to the fixture body. The method further includes the steps of flowing the fluid through the magnet transverse to the fixture axis to form at least one aperture and intersecting the fluid with the deflector to redirect the fluid generally along the fixture axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Raghunath P. Khetan, Mohammad S. Islam, Matt Mielke, Brian J. Magnus, Tomy Sebastian, Charmaine Wittig, William D. Glumm, Joe Koscielecki
  • Publication number: 20100092315
    Abstract: A fuel pump assembly for a fuel injection system comprises a drive shaft, at least two pump heads each of which is axially displaced along the drive shaft, each pump head having a respective plunger for pressurising fuel within a respective pump chamber, and at least two cams provided on the drive shaft, each of which is associated with a respective one of the pump heads Adjacent pump heads are offset angularly from one another by an amount sufficient to allow a region of overlap, in an axial direction along the drive shaft, between said adjacent pump heads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: PETER ALBAN GEORGE COLLINGBORN
  • Patent number: 7697913
    Abstract: A receiver system with dual tuner diversity for background processing and for reducing multipath distortion. The receiver system provides a plurality of antennas with a dual tuner design. One tuner may be used solely for background processing of a received signal while the other tuner may be simultaneously used to reduce multipath distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Raed S. Shatara
  • Patent number: 7695005
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a side airbag device for use in a vehicle, comprising: an inflatable cushion for deployment from an unexpanded state to an expanded state. The inflatable cushion is positioned behind a headliner of the vehicle in an un-inflated state and the inflatable cushion is configured to traverse a side of the vehicle when it is inflated. The inflatable cushion also comprising a deploying edge that defines a portion of a periphery of the inflated cushion, wherein the inflatable cushion is folded in a manner that causes the deploying edge to deploy as a first leading edge as said inflatable cushion is inflated to an expanded state by an inflator wherein the deploying edge is the first portion of the inflatable cushion to expand around the headliner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd E. Tesch, Edward J. Matlack
  • Patent number: 7697303
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package includes a first non-conductive substrate having a first inner surface and a second non-conductive substrate having a second inner surface. A die having a first thickness is disposed between the first and second inner surfaces. A leadframe includes a member having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end has a second thickness less than the first thickness. The distal end is disposed between the first and second inner surfaces. The distal end is undulated such that the distal end has an effective thickness greater than the second thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A Mock, Erich W. Gerbsch
  • Patent number: 7697886
    Abstract: The present invention involves a method for transmitting data within a specified band of allocated spectrum in a satellite digital transmission system. First a data stream is encoded according to a first encoding scheme, then a second data stream is generated according to a second encoding scheme. The second encoding scheme is incompatible with the first encoding scheme. The first and second data streams are transmitted at predetermined locations within the specified band, such as time slices within a time division multiplexing transmission system. The second data stream is generated by using a more efficient FEC algorithm, including turbo-convolutional, turbo-product, low density parity check, or repeat-accumulate encoders. The inventive receiver has an antenna for receiving RF signals and a demodulator coupled to the antenna for downconverting received RF signals into a data stream. A splitter then separates the data stream into first and second component data streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric A. Dibiaso, Glenn A. Walker, Timothy D. Bolduc
  • Patent number: 7697766
    Abstract: A system for measuring the awareness of a subject including an imaging device adapted to acquire data representative of an image of the subject, and an awareness processor connected to the imaging device, wherein the awareness processor is adapted to classify the awareness of the subject according to the position of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Riad I. Hammoud, Andrew L. Wilhelm, Harry Zhang, Gerald J. Witt
  • Publication number: 20100084269
    Abstract: A NOX sensor material includes a composition of Ba(1-X)AXFe(12-Y)BYO19. Constituent A and constituent B are doping elements. Constituent A is selected from the group consisting of Bi, La and Pb and X is a real number where 0?X<1. Constituent B is selected from the group consisting of Al, B, Bi, Ca, Co, Cr, Cu, Er, Ga, In, Mg, Mn, Ni, Nb, Rh, Pb, Si, Sr, Ti, Ta, Zn and Zr and Y is a real number where 0?Y<12. The NOX sensor material may be used in a sensor element of a NOX sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Da Yu Wang, Sheng Yao, Thomas M. Brunette, Elizabeth Briggs, Raymond L. Bloink, David D. Cabush
  • Publication number: 20100083484
    Abstract: A method of making a catalytic converter includes providing a catalyst substrate having a substrate periphery and a mat support disposed thereon. The method also includes providing a metal shell having a shell wall having a shell periphery and a bore that is configured to receive the catalyst substrate and mat support. It further includes inserting the catalyst substrate and mat support into the bore of the metal shell in slidable engagement therewith. Still further it includes reducing the shell periphery while applying an axial force sufficient to cause translation of the catalyst substrate and mat support relative to the bore until the force reaches a predetermined retention force threshold, whereupon the reducing of the shell periphery and translation of the catalyst substrate is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: John C. Boehnke
  • Patent number: 7691160
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a fuel reformer can comprise: a mixing zone capable of mixing a fuel and an oxidant to form a fuel mixture and a reforming zone disposed downstream of the mixing zone. The reforming zone comprises a primary substrate and a secondary substrate. The primary substrate is disposed upstream of the secondary substrate and has a primary thermal mass that is greater than a secondary thermal mass of the secondary substrate. One embodiment of a method for operating a fuel reformer can comprise: mixing an oxidant and a fuel to form a fuel mixture, combusting the fuel mixture, heating the secondary substrate above its light-off temperature, changing an air to fuel ratio of the fuel mixture to a reforming mixture, producing an exotherm and a reformate at the secondary substrate, heating a primary substrate with the exotherm to above its light-off temperature, and producing a reformate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Kirwan, Francois Ravenda
  • Patent number: 7693481
    Abstract: A device and a method are provided for receiving items of product information over a satellite digital audio radio (SDAR) network and locally storing the information therein. A mobile device is provided that comprises a control section and mobile information storage in electrical communication with the control section. The control section is adapted to communicate the items of product information received over the SDAR network to said mobile information storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel W. Farrow
  • Patent number: 7690587
    Abstract: A fuel injector for use in an internal combustion engine, the fuel injector comprising: a valve needle which is engageable with a valve needle seat to control fuel injection through an injector outlet; an actuator arrangement arranged to control fuel pressure with in a control chamber, a surface associated with the valve needle being exposed to fuel pressure with in the control chamber such that fuel pressure variations within the control chamber control movement of the valve needle relative to the valve needle seat; damping means for damping opening movement of the valve member, the damping means comprising a damper chamber and the damping means being arranged such that fuel pressure variations within the damper chamber damp opening movement of the valve member wherein the damping means is arranged such that in use there is a through flow of fuel through the damper chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael P. Cooke
  • Patent number: D613841
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Mohinder Singh Bhatti