Patents by Inventor Amber T. Vanness

Amber T. Vanness 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).

  • Automated mobile compressed hydrogen fuel source management for mobile power generation applications
    Patent number: 11302941
    Abstract: A pressure-based latching switch includes a shuttle valve, a first valve and a second valve. The shuttle valve may switch a fuel through one of a first port and a second port in response to a greater pressure of the fuel at the ports. The first valve may switch a fuel to the first port while a second pressure of the fuel at the second port is less than a second threshold pressure. The second valve may switch the fuel to the second port while a first pressure of the fuel at the first port is less than a first threshold pressure. The pressure-based latching switch may change the fuel supplied to the fuel cell system automatically from a first fuel tank to a second fuel tank in response to the first pressure of the fuel falling below the first threshold pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Raffaello Ardanese, Kristopher A. Thor, Amber T. Vanness, Mark A. Leavitt
  • AUTOMATED MOBILE COMPRESSED HYDROGEN FUEL SOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR MOBILE POWER GENERATION APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20210218043
    Abstract: A pressure-based latching switch includes a shuttle valve, a first valve and a second valve. The shuttle valve may switch a fuel through one of a first port and a second port in response to a greater pressure of the fuel at the ports. The first valve may switch a fuel to the first port while a second pressure of the fuel at the second port is less than a second threshold pressure. The second valve may switch the fuel to the second port while a first pressure of the fuel at the first port is less than a first threshold pressure. The pressure-based latching switch may change the fuel supplied to the fuel cell system automatically from a first fuel tank to a second fuel tank in response to the first pressure of the fuel falling below the first threshold pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Raffaello Ardanese, Kristopher A. Thor, Amber T. Vanness, Mark A. Leavitt