Patents by Inventor Harry L. Husted

Harry L. Husted 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: 9304060
    Abstract: A wire retention clip includes a first compartment for allowing at least a first wire to pass through the compartment uninterrupted and for retaining the at least one wire to the wire retention clip. The wire retention clip also includes a second compartment that is distinct from the first compartment and contains and electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry L. Husted, James D. Ward
  • Patent number: 8997698
    Abstract: A system for a multi-cylinder compression ignition engine includes a plurality of nozzles, at least one nozzle per cylinder, with each nozzle configured to spray oil onto the bottom side of a piston of the engine to cool that piston. Independent control of the oil spray from the nozzles is provided on a cylinder-by-cylinder basis. A combustion parameter is determined for combustion in each cylinder of the engine, and control of the oil spray onto the piston in that cylinder is based on the value of the combustion parameter for combustion in that cylinder. A method for influencing combustion in a multi-cylinder engine, including determining a combustion parameter for combustion taking place in in a cylinder of the engine and controlling an oil spray targeted onto the bottom of a piston disposed in that cylinder is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory T. Roth, Harry L Husted, Mark C. Sellnau
  • Publication number: 20140157868
    Abstract: A wire retention clip includes a first compartment for allowing at least a first wire to pass through the compartment uninterrupted and for retaining the at least one wire to the wire retention clip. The wire retention clip also includes a second compartment that is distinct from the first compartment and contains and electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: JAMES D. WARD, HARRY L. HUSTED
  • Publication number: 20130261927
    Abstract: A method of authenticating an automotive device connected to an engine control system that stores an authentication code in memory of the automotive device that is generated by an encryption algorithm using an identification code of the automotive device as a seed value. The engine controller determines a verification code using a complementary encryption algorithm that also uses the identification code received from the automotive device as a seed value. The engine controller compares the authentication code to the verification code, and indicates that the automotive device is not authentic if the authentication code does not correspond to the verification code. Advantageously, authenticating the automotive device will be done autonomously by the engine controller without prompting by a technician using special equipment such as a laptop computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Clinton W. Erickson, Karl A. Schten, Harry L. Husted
  • Patent number: 7606655
    Abstract: An engine data acquisition and control system measures cylinder pressure at a high degree of resolution and then processes it for portions of the combustion cycle of interest for performing combustion calculations. The data are utilized to calculate combustion parameters, and the combustion parameters may be utilized to control the engine's fuel and/or spark timing/duration, and other variables affecting the combustion process. The system architecture provides for acquisition of very large amounts of data without unduly loading the CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry L. Husted, Clinton W. Erickson, Ashish D Punater, Karl A. Schten, Gerald A Kilgour, Michael P. Conyers
  • Patent number: 7475671
    Abstract: A method for compensating fuel injection timing when a torque signal or throttle command indicates that a transient operation is about to transpire. The control adjusts the fuel injection timing in advance of the transient operation to prevent loss of torque due to change in combustion phase position. During engine operation in pre-mix mode of combustion, rapid changes in fueling quantity can affect the combustion angle as well as the temperature in the combustion chamber, causing late or early combustion phasing. The present invention anticipates a change in combustion phasing by sensing a change in demanded fueling rate. The Engine Control Module (ECM) then applies a nest of algorithms to advance fuel injection timing during acceleration or to shorten ignition delay for deceleration by retarding fuel injection timing. As the engine returns to steady state operation, the compensation in injection timing is progressively reduced to zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald T. Fattic, Harry L. Husted
  • Publication number: 20080082250
    Abstract: An engine data acquisition and control system measures cylinder pressure at a high degree of resolution and then processes it for portions of the combustion cycle of interest for performing combustion calculations. The data are utilized to calculate combustion parameters, and the combustion parameters may be utilized to control the engine's fuel and/or spark timing/duration, and other variables affecting the combustion process. The system architecture provides for acquisition of very large amounts of data without unduly loading the CPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Harry L. Husted, Clinton W. Erickson, Ashish D. Punater, Karl A. Schten, Gerald A. Kilgour, Michael P. Conyers
  • Patent number: 7323264
    Abstract: A fuel cell system in accordance with the invention includes a single, central electronic controller (CPU) for controlling at least the Air Handling sub-system, the Reformer sub-system, the Power Electronics sub-system, and the Customer Interface sub-system. The central controller provides a central location for easier serviceability; increases data transport efficiency by eliminating lengthy links between distributed controllers; eliminates the need for multiple mechanical enclosures; allows for controller thermo conditioning in one mechanical enclosure; and reduces parasitic power losses by employing a single power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John G. Noetzel, Kaushik Rajashekara, Harry L. Husted
  • Patent number: 7216481
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for providing reformate into an engine exhaust stream including aftertreatment devices such as a particulate trap and an NOx filter regenerable by hydrogen-rich reformate injected into the engine exhaust ahead of the aftertreatment devices. A pump pressurizes a hydrocarbon catalytic reformer, and a three-way valve for dividing the reformate injected into the engine exhaust. The reformer draws oxygen from the engine exhaust rather than ambient air as in the prior art. Thus, the only pressure drop that the pump/reformer system must overcome is within the reformate supply system between the reformer take-off point and the reformate entry points. In a configuration wherein the exhaust is taken off ahead of the inline particulate trap, a separate particulate filter is preferably incorporated into the reformer supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. MacBain, Harry L. Husted
  • Patent number: 7005830
    Abstract: A charging strategy for a rechargeable battery pack is disclosed. The battery pack is used in an application that includes a dynamoelectric machine that may operate as a motor, drawing power from the battery pack, or as a generator, delivering regenerative energy to the battery pack. The strategy monitors the nature, intensity, duration and frequency, among other things, associated with encountered episodes of regenerative energy from the dynamoelectric machine, and adjusts subsequent recharging processes to allow a calculated amount of headroom to accommodate regenerative energy inputs in the future, which may be assumed to be equal in nature, intensity, duration and frequency to what has already been observed. Overcharging is reduced or eliminated, while maximizing the amount of charge on the battery pack, and thus duration of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Enerdel, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen W. Moore, Harry L. Husted
  • Patent number: 6728602
    Abstract: A control system for an electric heater, e.g., an electric catalyst heater (ECH), includes a current sensor, a voltage sensor, a switching element, and a control circuit. The control circuit is coupled to the current sensor, the voltage sensor and a control terminal of the switching element and varies a control signal on the control terminal to maintain the temperature of the heating element within a predetermined temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry L. Husted, Gordon D. Cheever, Jr., Clinton W. Erickson
  • Publication number: 20040012369
    Abstract: A charging strategy for a rechargeable battery pack is disclosed. The battery pack is used in an application that includes a dynamoelectric machine that may operate as a motor, drawing power from the battery pack, or as a generator, delivering regenerative energy to the battery pack. The strategy monitors the nature, intensity, duration and frequency, among other things, associated with encountered episodes of regenerative energy from the dynamoelectric machine, and adjusts subsequent recharging processes to allow a calculated amount of headroom to accommodate regenerative energy inputs in the future, which may be assumed to be equal in nature, intensity, duration and frequency to what has already been observed. Overcharging is reduced or eliminated, while maximizing the amount of charge on the battery pack, and thus duration of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Stephen W. Moore, Harry L. Husted
  • Publication number: 20030176953
    Abstract: A control system for an electric heater, e.g., an electric catalyst heater (ECH), includes a current sensor, a voltage sensor, a switching element, and a control circuit. The control circuit is coupled to the current sensor, the voltage sensor and a control terminal of the switching element and varies a control signal on the control terminal to maintain the temperature of the heating element within a predetermined temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Harry L. Husted, Gordon D. Cheever, Clinton W. Erickson
  • Patent number: 6562496
    Abstract: A method of starting a solid oxide fuel cell system is disclosed. The method comprises pressurizing a main plenum to a first pressure. The main plenum comprises a first supply of fuel, blowers, and air control valves. The first supply of fuel and a first supply of air are directed to a preheated micro-reformer. A heated pre-reformate is created in the micro-reformer and discharged from the micro-reformer to a main reformer. The main reformer is preheated with the heated pre-reformate. A second supply of fuel and a second supply of air are introduced to the main reformer. A heated main reformate is created in the main reformer and directed to a waste energy recovery assembly. A cathode supply is heated in the waste energy recovery system and then directed to a solid oxide fuel cell stack in order to heat the solid oxide fuel cell stack. Methods of transitioning, operating, shutting down, and maintaining in standby mode are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignees: Delphi Technologies, Inc., Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael T. Faville, M. James Grieve, John G. Noetzel, Karl J. Haltiner, Jr., Christopher M. DeMinco, Kevin R. Keegan, John F. O'Brien, Subhasish Mukerjee, David R. Schumann, Steven R. Shaffer, Juergen T. Kammerer, Catherine C. Vavonese, James M. Haller, Donald J. Armstrong, Harry L. Husted, Haskell Simpkins
  • Publication number: 20020136939
    Abstract: A method for controlling a fuel cell system is disclosed. One embodiment of the method comprises supplying an amount of fuel and an amount of oxidant to a fuel cell stack. The amount of fuel supplied to the fuel cell stack is controlled to attain a desired voltage output, such that the desired voltage is at least partially based upon an input current and voltage for a battery in electrical communication with the fuel cell stack. A vehicle power system is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: M. James Grieve, Harry L. Husted, Charles R. DeJohn, John G. Noetzel, Subhasish Mukerjee
  • Publication number: 20020025458
    Abstract: A method of starting a solid oxide fuel cell system is disclosed. The method comprises pressurizing a main plenum to a first pressure. The main plenum comprises a first supply of fuel, blowers, and air control valves. The first supply of fuel and a first supply of air are directed to a preheated micro-reformer. A heated pre-reformate is created in the micro-reformer and discharged from the micro-reformer to a main reformer. The main reformer is preheated with the heated pre-reformate. A second supply of fuel and a second supply of air are introduced to the main reformer. A heated main reformate is created in the main reformer and directed to a waste energy recovery assembly. A cathode supply is heated in the waste energy recovery system and then directed to a solid oxide fuel cell stack in order to heat the solid oxide fuel cell stack. Methods of transitioning, operating, shutting down, and maintaining in standby mode are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Michael T. Faville, M. James Grieve, John G. Noetzel, Karl J. Haltiner, Christopher M. DeMinco, Kevin R. Keegan, John F. O'Brien, Subhasish Mukerjee, David R. Schumann, Steven R. Shaffer, Juergen T. Kammerer, Catherine C. Vavonese, James M. Haller, Donald J. Armstrong, Harry L. Husted, Haskell Simpkins