Patents by Inventor Donna O'Hara

Donna O'Hara 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).

  • Flow-directing water jacket diverter
    Patent number: 10920711
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a water jacket diverter. In one example, the water jacket diverter may be formed by injection molding and includes features such as cut-outs, an inlet ledge, a continuous upper rail, and one or more fins. The water jacket diverter may increase coolant flow in an upper portion of the water jacket, thereby increasing a cooling efficiency at an upper region of a cylinder block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Damian Cierpial, Kenneth Steven Fedeson, Anthony Hale, Donna O'Hara, James Schneider, Calvin Tran
  • Water jacket diverter and method for operation of an engine cooling system
    Patent number: 10907530
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a water jacket diverter. In one example, a water jacket diverter for a cylinder block is provided that includes a masking wall arranged above a rail and including a tuning section having a reduced thickness when compared to a remainder of the masking wall. The water jacket diverter also includes a tuning ledge adjacent to the masking wall and extending outward from the masking wall with regard to a cylinder bore axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Damian Cierpial, Paul Shoemaker, Donna O'Hara, James Schneider
  • WATER JACKET DIVERTER AND METHOD FOR OPERATION OF AN ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200355109
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a water jacket diverter. In one example, a water jacket diverter for a cylinder block is provided that includes a masking wall arranged above a rail and including a tuning section having a reduced thickness when compared to a remainder of the masking wall. The water jacket diverter also includes a tuning ledge adjacent to the masking wall and extending outward from the masking wall with regard to a cylinder bore axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Philip Damian Cierpial, Paul Shoemaker, Donna O'Hara, James Schneider
  • FLOW-DIRECTING WATER JACKET DIVERTER
    Publication number: 20190390629
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a water jacket diverter. In one example, the water jacket diverter may be formed by injection molding and includes features such as cut-outs, an inlet ledge, a continuous upper rail, and one or more fins. The water jacket diverter may increase coolant flow in an upper portion of the water jacket, thereby increasing a cooling efficiency at an upper region of a cylinder block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Philip Damian Cierpial, Kenneth Steven Fedeson, Anthony Hale, Donna O'Hara, James Schneider, Calvin Tran