Patents by Inventor Chris Conway Gearhart

Chris Conway Gearhart 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).

  • Energy management system and method for hybrid electric vehicles
    Patent number: 8151916
    Abstract: An energy management system includes a first energy source having a first well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions content, a second energy source having a second well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions content and a drive mechanism powered by the first energy source and the second energy source. The drive mechanism is powered by the first energy source when the first well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions content is less than the second well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions content and the drive mechanism is powered by the second energy source when the second well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions content is less than the first well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Chris Conway Gearhart
  • Energy Management System and Method for Hybrid Electric Vehicles
    Publication number: 20100187030
    Abstract: An energy management system includes a first energy source having a first well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions content, a second energy source having a second well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions content and a drive mechanism powered by the first energy source and the second energy source. The drive mechanism is powered by the first energy source when the first well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions content is less than the second well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions content and the drive mechanism is powered by the second energy source when the second well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions content is less than the first well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventor: Chris Conway Gearhart
  • Method and system for determining weather strip fit for a closure panel of a vehicle
    Patent number: 6946194
    Abstract: A method and system for determining weather strip fit for the closure panels of a vehicle includes a flexible carrier with a transferable disclosing agent disposed on the flexible carrier. The flexible carriers may be applied to a closure panel of vehicle when the panel is in an open position, with the panel then being closed so as to allow the disclosing agent to either be transferred to the fixed side of the opening, or to be merely dislodged from the flexible carrier. In either case, the pattern of interference fit between the weather strip and the closure panel is then disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Chris Conway Gearhart, Sankaran Subramaniam, Vijitha Senaka Kiridena
  • Method and system for determining weather strip fit for a closure panel of a vehicle
    Patent number: 6860067
    Abstract: A method and system for determining weather strip fit for the closure panels of a vehicle includes a flexible carrier with a transferable disclosing agent disposed on the flexible carrier. The flexible carriers may be applied to a closure panel of vehicle when the panel is in an open position, with the panel then being closed so as to allow the disclosing agent to either be transferred to the fixed side of the opening, or to be merely dislodged from the flexible carrier. In either case, the pattern of interference fit between the weather strip and the closure panel is then disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Conway Gearhart, Sankaran Subramaniam, Vijitha Senaka Kiridena
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING WEATHER STRIP FIT FOR A CLOSURE PANEL OF A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20030232189
    Abstract: A method and system for determining weather strip fit for the closure panels of a vehicle includes a flexible carrier with a transferable disclosing agent disposed on the flexible carrier. The flexible carriers may be applied to a closure panel of vehicle when the panel is in an open position, with the panel then being closed so as to allow the disclosing agent to either be transferred to the fixed side of the opening, or to be merely dislodged from the flexible carrier. In either case, the pattern of interference fit between the weather strip and the closure panel is then disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Chris Conway Gearhart, Sankaran Subramaniam, Vijitha Senaka Kiridena