Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Bledsoe

Christopher A. Bledsoe 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).

  • Patent number: 11888363
    Abstract: A fixture for holding a stator including a stator core having a plurality of stator windings during assembly. The fixture includes a first fixture portion including a base defining a first stator receiving portion that is receptive of a first end of the stator, a second fixture portion including second stator receiving portion that is receptive of a second end of the stator, and at least one alignment feature provided on one of the first fixture portion and the second fixture portion. The at least one alignment feature is configurated to establish a selected alignment between a terminal end of each of the plurality of stator windings and busbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventor: Christopher A. Bledsoe
  • Publication number: 20220190698
    Abstract: A fixture for holding a stator including a stator core having a plurality of stator windings during assembly. The fixture includes a first fixture portion including a base defining a first stator receiving portion that is receptive of a first end of the stator, a second fixture portion including second stator receiving portion that is receptive of a second end of the stator, and at least one alignment feature provided on one of the first fixture portion and the second fixture portion. The at least one alignment feature is configurated to establish a selected alignment between a terminal end of each of the plurality of stator windings and busbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Christopher A. Bledsoe
  • Patent number: 9960463
    Abstract: A battery pack apparatus comprising a first cell bank and a laminated cooling plate. The first cell bank includes a first tray and at least one battery cell coupled to the tray. The laminated cooling plate being in contact with the first cell bank and including a plurality of face sheets and a plurality of internal sheets. The face sheets forming a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The plurality of internal sheets forming a plurality of fluid passages connecting the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet. The internal sheets further formed to include fluid pathways defining the fluid passages wherein none of the fluid pathways individually defining an uninterrupted flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Flagship Enterprise Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Ronning, Dennie E. Emerson, Laura M. Soverns, Christopher A. Bledsoe
  • Publication number: 20140141300
    Abstract: A battery pack apparatus comprising a first cell bank and a laminated cooling plate. The first cell bank includes a first tray and at least one battery cell coupled to the tray. The laminated cooling plate being in contact with the first cell bank and including a plurality of face sheets and a plurality of internal sheets. The face sheets forming a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The plurality of internal sheets forming a plurality of fluid passages connecting the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet. The internal sheets further formed to include fluid pathways defining the fluid passages wherein none of the fluid pathways individually defining an uninterrupted flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: ECHO AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Ronning, Dennie E. Emerson, Laura M. Soverns, Christopher A. Bledsoe
  • Patent number: D692377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Remy Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alex Creviston, Christopher A. Bledsoe, John Patrick Amos