Patents by Inventor Jim Shaw

Jim Shaw 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: 9577499
    Abstract: An apparatus including a rotating member, a resolver and a mounting structure. The resolver includes a resolver stator and a resolver rotor fixedly mounted on the rotating member via a mounting structure. The mounting structure has a low magnetic relative permeability and isolates the resolver rotor from the rotating member by preventing direct contact between the rotating member and the resolver rotor. The disclosed apparatus may be an electric machine having a rotor fixed to the rotating member and be suitable for use in a hybrid vehicle. The mounting structure advantageously has a relative permeability of no greater than about 2 and may be formed out of stainless steel material. The rotating member may be a rotor hub formed out of steel material having a relative permeability of at least about 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Remy Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Fulton, Arlen Phillip Suter, George Pelton, Jim Shaw
  • Publication number: 20140070649
    Abstract: An apparatus including a rotating member, a resolver and a mounting structure. The resolver includes a resolver stator and a resolver rotor fixedly mounted on the rotating member via a mounting structure. The mounting structure has a low magnetic relative permeability and isolates the resolver rotor from the rotating member by preventing direct contact between the rotating member and the resolver rotor. The disclosed apparatus may be an electric machine having a rotor fixed to the rotating member and be suitable for use in a hybrid vehicle. The mounting structure advantageously has a relative permeability of no greater than about 2 and may be formed out of stainless steel material. The rotating member may be a rotor hub formed out of steel material having a relative permeability of at least about 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: David Fulton, Arlen Phillip Suter, George Pelton, Jim Shaw
  • Patent number: 6484556
    Abstract: The accurate determination of the presence of a fluid in a container is determined by assessing the difference in various pressure readings relative to a threshold value. The method distinguishes between actual aspiration of a fluid and aspiration of a film that can otherwise lead one to believe that fluid has been aspirated when it has not. The method is particularly useful in clinical analyzers such as automated enzyme immunoassay devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Merrit Jabobs, Michael Avdenko, Christopher Michael Parobek, Jim Shaw
  • Patent number: 6199931
    Abstract: A seat arrangement (2) includes seat segments (4, 5) which constitute a seat base arranged to rotate at least about a pivot corner (7) and possibly about a secondary pivot corner (10) in order to improve access through a door aperture (6) adjacent to the seat arrangement (2) to the rear of the arrangement (2). Thus, the seat arrangement (2) could constitute a bench-type configuration incorporating a driver's seat (3) which extends across the width of a motor vehicle and thereby increasing the available seating capacity of that vehicle. Additionally, through the increased access to the rear of the seating arrangement (2) the motor vehicle will be more convenient in terms of allowing vehicle occupants to sit in rear seating (1) or gain access to vehicle luggage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Rover Group Limited
    Inventor: Jim Shaw