Patents by Inventor ALEJANDRO AVILA

ALEJANDRO AVILA 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).

  • Actuator assembly having a motor with heat dissipation
    Patent number: 9041259
    Abstract: An actuator assembly includes a housing with a motor compartment, a gear compartment, a bulkhead separating the motor compartment from the gear compartment, and an aperture through the bulkhead. The actuator assembly also includes a motor assembly in the motor compartment defining a space radially between the motor assembly and the gear motor compartment. A high thermal conductivity material is disposed within the space to transfer heat from the motor assembly to the housing. The bulkhead includes one of a groove and a rib surrounding the aperture on the side of the bulkhead facing the motor compartment and the motor assembly includes the other of the groove and the rib such that the rib fits within the groove to prevent the high thermal conductivity material from migrating radially inward of the groove and the rib when the high thermal conductivity material is injected into the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel R. Palfenier, Oscar Vazquez, Alejandro Avila
  • ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A MOTOR WITH HEAT DISSIPATION
    Publication number: 20140021808
    Abstract: An actuator assembly includes a housing with a motor compartment, a gear compartment, a bulkhead separating the motor compartment from the gear compartment, and an aperture through the bulkhead. The actuator assembly also includes a motor assembly in the motor compartment defining a space radially between the motor assembly and the gear motor compartment. A high thermal conductivity material is disposed within the space to transfer heat from the motor assembly to the housing. The bulkhead includes one of a groove and a rib surrounding the aperture on the side of the bulkhead facing the motor compartment and the motor assembly includes the other of the groove and the rib such that the rib fits within the groove to prevent the high thermal conductivity material from migrating radially inward of the groove and the rib when the high thermal conductivity material is injected into the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: SAMUEL R. PALFENIER, OSCAR VAZQUEZ, ALEJANDRO AVILA