Patents by Inventor James Merner

James Merner 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).

  • Sensing an operating parameter of a target concealed from a sensor by an interposed component
    Patent number: 7489126
    Abstract: An assembly that includes a target component mounted for rotation about an axis, a sensor mounted adjacent the inner member and directed toward the inner member to measure the rotational speed of the target component and an outer component interposed between the sensor and the target component. Low magnetic permeability of the outer component is assured by appropriate selection of the material, maintaining the concentration of martensite in the outer component below a reference concentration as indicated by certain reference indices such as the Instability Function, and/or by maintaining the temperature at which a stamping operation is performed on the inner member above a pre-determined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel McCarrick, James Merner, Steven Frait
  • Sensing an operating parameter of a target concealed from a sensor by an interposed component
    Publication number: 20070152656
    Abstract: An assembly that includes a target component mounted for rotation about an axis, a sensor mounted adjacent the inner member and directed toward the inner member to measure the rotational speed of the target component and an outer component interposed between the sensor and the target component. Low magnetic permeability of the outer component is assured by appropriate selection of the material, maintaining the concentration of martensite in the outer component below a reference concentration as indicated by certain reference indices such as the Instability Function, and/or by maintaining the temperature at which a stamping operation is performed on the inner member above a pre-determined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Daniel McCarrick, James Merner, Steven Frait
  • Sensing an operating parameter of a target concealed from a sensor by an interposed component
    Patent number: 7218098
    Abstract: An assembly that includes a target component mounted for rotation about an axis, a sensor mounted adjacent the inner member and directed toward the inner member to measure the rotational speed of the target component and an outer component interposed between the sensor and the target component. Low magnetic permeability of the outer component is assured by appropriate selection of the material, maintaining the concentration of martensite in the outer component below a reference concentration as indicated by certain reference indices such as the Instability Function, and/or by maintaining the temperature at which a stamping operation is performed on the inner member above a pre-determined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel McCarrick, James Merner, Steven Frait
  • Sensing an operating parameter of a target concealed from a sensor by an interposed component
    Publication number: 20050057244
    Abstract: An assembly that includes a target component mounted for rotation about an axis, a sensor mounted adjacent the inner member and directed toward the inner member to measure the rotational speed of the target component and an outer component interposed between the sensor and the target component. Low magnetic permeability of the outer component is assured by appropriate selection of the material, maintaining the concentration of martensite in the outer component below a reference concentration as indicated by certain reference indices such as the Instability Function, and/or by maintaining the temperature at which a stamping operation is performed on the inner member above a pre-determined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Daniel McCarrick, James Merner, Steven Frait