Patents by Inventor Blake B. Nye

Blake B. Nye 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).

  • Valvetrain drive stretch compensation for camshaft to crankshaft correlation
    Patent number: 7519465
    Abstract: A method of correlating a rotational position of a crankshaft to a rotational position of a camshaft includes determining a stretch value of a timing connection, which drivingly couples the crankshaft and the camshaft, and calculating a crankshaft to camshaft rotational position value indicative of the rotational position of the crankshaft with respect to the rotational position of the camshaft. The crankshaft to camshaft rotational position value is compensated based on the stretch value to provide a compensated crankshaft to camshaft rotational position value and whether the rotational position of the crankshaft correlates to the rotational position of the camshaft is determined based on the compensated crankshaft to camshaft rotational position value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Antonio E. Bartolomeo, Richard M. Frank, Ronald J. Kubani, Jordan R. Lee, Anthony L. Marks, Blake B. Nye, John F. Van Gilder
  • VALVETRAIN DRIVE STRETCH COMPENSATION FOR CAMSHAFT TO CRANKSHAFT CORRELATION
    Publication number: 20090030586
    Abstract: A method of correlating a rotational position of a crankshaft to a rotational position of a camshaft includes determining a stretch value of a timing connection, which drivingly couples the crankshaft and the camshaft, and calculating a crankshaft to camshaft rotational position value indicative of the rotational position of the crankshaft with respect to the rotational position of the camshaft. The crankshaft to camshaft rotational position value is compensated based on the stretch value to provide a compensated crankshaft to camshaft rotational position value and whether the rotational position of the crankshaft correlates to the rotational position of the camshaft is determined based on the compensated crankshaft to camshaft rotational position value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Antonio E. Bartolomeo, Richard M. Frank, Ronald J. Kubani, Jordan R. Lee, Anthony L. Marks, Blake B. Nye, John F. Van Gilder