Patents by Inventor Jose A. Nava

Jose A. Nava 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: 10766333
    Abstract: A vehicle air-handling system includes a heat exchanger, a blower in communication with the heat exchanger, and an operable duct having driver and passenger portions that are each in communication with the heat exchanger and the blower. When the blower is activated, the driver portion continuously delivers blower air and the passenger portion selectively delivers blower air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Fusco, Jennifer A. Herr-Rathke, Manfred Koberstein, Jose A. Nava, Steven M. Kahrs
  • Publication number: 20190308488
    Abstract: A climate control system includes an outlet shutoff mechanism and an HVAC plenum delivering conditioned air to the outlet shutoff mechanism. The outlet shutoff mechanism includes a housing, having a guideway and a first air discharge outlet, a flexible door, displaceable along the guideway between a first position and a second position, and an actuator feature to displace the flexible door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Jose A. Nava, Mukesh Kumar, Gary D. Marshall, Jennifer A. Herr-Rathke
  • Publication number: 20190184787
    Abstract: A panel and defrost plenum includes a manifold section, an air feed section and a branch section. The manifold section includes a first air distribution door, a second air distribution door and an optional third air distribution door. The manifold section also includes at least one actuator to displace the first air distribution door, the second air distribution door and the optional third air distribution door if present, between multiple operating positions. The air feed section is located upstream of the manifold section and functions to deliver an airstream past a package restriction to the manifold section. The branch section is downstream from the manifold section. A related method of routing an airstream past a package restriction is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: James Robert Hurd, III, Michael Murphy McElroy, Steve Michael Kahrs, Jennifer A. Herr-Rathke, Jose A. Nava
  • Publication number: 20190100072
    Abstract: A panel and defrost plenum includes a manifold section, an air feed section upstream from the manifold section and a branch section downstream from the manifold section. The air feed section delivers an airstream past a HUD package restriction to the manifold section. A related method of routing an airstream past a HUD package restriction is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Steve Michael Kahrs, Michael Murphy McElroy, Jennifer A. Herr-Rathke, James R. Hurd, III, Jose A. Nava
  • Publication number: 20190077226
    Abstract: A hush panel assembly includes an upper section, a lower section secured to the upper section and an airflow pathway. That airflow pathway is defined between the upper section and the lower section. In addition, the lower section is made from an air permeable material through which air is distributed to a footwell of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Manfred Koberstein, Jennifer A. Herr-Rathke, Jose A. Nava, Benjamin John Keur, Michael Murphy McElroy, Kyle David Ruffer
  • Publication number: 20180272832
    Abstract: A vehicle air-handling system includes a heat exchanger, a blower in communication with the heat exchanger, and an operable duct having driver and passenger portions that are each in communication with the heat exchanger and the blower. When the blower is activated, the driver portion continuously delivers blower air and the passenger portion selectively delivers blower air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Fusco, Jennifer A. Herr-Rathke, Manfred Koberstein, Jose A. Nava, Steven M. Kahrs
  • Patent number: 10076958
    Abstract: A vehicle dashboard includes an air duct proximate an access aperture. The air duct selectively defines sealed and collapsed positions. A display module is positioned proximate the air duct. The display module is selectively accessible via the access aperture when the air duct is in the collapsed position. The collapsed position characterized by a nested portion of the air duct being removed from a duct receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stacey H. Raines, Robert A. Chanko, Shannon Carloni, Suresh S. Lanka, Jose A. Nava
  • Patent number: 9477274
    Abstract: An information handling system cooling fan has a vibration filter that tunes out predetermined fan vibration frequencies to reduce fan vibration transfer from the cooling fan to an information handling system chassis in a targeted frequency range. For example, a leaf spring and damper are biased between the cooling fan and a fan bay support so that stiffness of the spring attenuates selected vibration frequency ranges of the cooling fan bay subsystem, such as frequency ranges where the vibrations have the greatest amplitude or frequency ranges where the vibrations tend to damage other components of the information handling system. In one embodiment, a vibration source generates out-of-phase vibrations that cancel cooling fan vibrations to further reduce overall system vibration output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Corey D. Hartman, Jose A. Nava
  • Patent number: 9189038
    Abstract: An information handling system cooling fan has a vibration filter that tunes out predetermined fan vibration frequencies to reduce fan vibration transfer from the cooling fan to an information handling system chassis in a targeted frequency range. For example, a leaf spring and damper are biased between the cooling fan and a fan bay support so that stiffness of the spring attenuates selected vibration frequency ranges of the cooling fan bay subsystem, such as frequency ranges where the vibrations have the greatest amplitude or frequency ranges where the vibrations tend to damage other components of the information handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Corey D. Hartman, Jose A. Nava
  • Patent number: 9036291
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to provide a mechanical indicator to correlate magnetic disk drive IOP performance with features of mechanical and/or acoustic vibrational frequencies that are generated and captured or sensed outside of the disk drive itself. In one example, disk drive PES data may be collected concurrently with the capture of mechanical and/or acoustic vibrational data at different and progressive locations of vibration source, vibration path and vibration receiver in a disk drive operating environment, e.g., such as for disk drives installed within a server and/or storage chassis enclosure. In such case, PES threshold may be utilized to correlate performance of Drive IOP or drive servo-mechanical performance as a function of measured characteristics of vibration source/s that impart vibration to a disk drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Jose A. Nava, Haesung Kwon
  • Publication number: 20140098481
    Abstract: An information handling system cooling fan has a vibration filter that tunes out predetermined fan vibration frequencies to reduce fan vibration transfer from the cooling fan to an information handling system chassis in a targeted frequency range. For example, a leaf spring and damper are biased between the cooling fan and a fan bay support so that stiffness of the spring attenuates selected vibration frequency ranges of the cooling fan bay subsystem, such as frequency ranges where the vibrations have the greatest amplitude or frequency ranges where the vibrations tend to damage other components of the information handling system. In one embodiment, a vibration source generates out-of-phase vibrations that cancel cooling fan vibrations to further reduce overall system vibration output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Corey D. Hartman, Jose A. Nava
  • Publication number: 20140098487
    Abstract: An information handling system cooling fan has a vibration filter that tunes out predetermined fan vibration frequencies to reduce fan vibration transfer from the cooling fan to an information handling system chassis in a targeted frequency range. For example, a leaf spring and damper are biased between the cooling fan and a fan bay support so that stiffness of the spring attenuates selected vibration frequency ranges of the cooling fan bay subsystem, such as frequency ranges where the vibrations have the greatest amplitude or frequency ranges where the vibrations tend to damage other components of the information handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Corey D. Hartman, Jose A. Nava