Patents by Inventor Kevin Grady

Kevin Grady 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: 9520740
    Abstract: A shielding arrangement for preventing AM radio interference when a wireless charger is used in a vehicle has a plurality of parallel conductors arranged at a distance from one another responsive to a frequency desired to be attenuated. An interconnection arrangement includes a solid conductive junction and connects the conductors to one another without forming loops, and to ground. The conductors are traces disposed on a PCB. Additional parallel conducts are disposed on the other side of the PCB at an orthogonal orientation with respect to the first conductors. The spacing between the conductors is determined in response to the frequency desired to be attenuated, as well as frequencies thereabove that are desired to be propagated therethrough, such as mobile telephone signals. The solid conductive junction that is disposed on the printed circuit board is electrically and thermally conductive, such as copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignees: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., POWERMAT TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Karen Lee Chiles, John Robert Balint, III, Kevin Grady, Oola Greenwald, Gary O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20150380980
    Abstract: A shielding arrangement for preventing AM radio interference when a wireless charger is used in a vehicle has a plurality of parallel conductors arranged at a distance from one another responsive to a frequency desired to be attenuated. An interconnection arrangement includes a solid conductive junction and connects the conductors to one another without forming loops, and to ground. The conductors are traces disposed on a PCB. Additional parallel conducts are disposed on the other side of the PCB at an orthogonal orientation with respect to the first conductors. The spacing between the conductors is determined in response to the frequency desired to be attenuated, as well as frequencies thereabove that are desired to be propagated therethrough, such as mobile telephone signals. The solid conductive junction that is disposed on the printed circuit board is electrically and thermally conductive, such as copper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Karen Lee Chiles, John Robert Balint, III, Kevin Grady, Oola Greenwald, Gary O'Brien
  • Patent number: 9161481
    Abstract: A shielding arrangement for preventing AM radio interference when a wireless charger is used in a vehicle has a plurality of parallel conductors arranged at a distance from one another responsive to a frequency desired to be attenuated. An interconnection arrangement includes a solid conductive junction and connects the conductors to one another without forming loops, and to ground. The conductors are traces disposed on a PCB. Additional parallel conducts are disposed on the other side of the PCB at an orthogonal orientation with respect to the first conductors. The spacing between the conductors is determined in response to the frequency desired to be attenuated, as well as frequencies thereabove that are desired to be propagated therethrough, such as mobile telephone signals. The solid conductive junction that is disposed on the printed circuit board is electrically and thermally conductive, such as copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignees: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Powermat Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Karen Lee Chiles, John Robert Balint, III, Kevin Grady, Oola Greenwald, Gary O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20140070763
    Abstract: A shielding arrangement for preventing AM radio interference when a wireless charger is used in a vehicle has a plurality of parallel conductors arranged at a distance from one another responsive to a frequency desired to be attenuated. An interconnection arrangement includes a solid conductive junction and connects the conductors to one another without forming loops, and to ground. The conductors are traces disposed on a PCB. Additional parallel conducts are disposed on the other side of the PCB at an orthogonal orientation with respect to the first conductors. The spacing between the conductors is determined in response to the frequency desired to be attenuated, as well as frequencies thereabove that are desired to be propagated therethrough, such as mobile telephone signals. The solid conductive junction that is disposed on the printed circuit board is electrically and thermally conductive, such as copper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC
    Inventors: Karen Lee Chiles, John Robert Balint, III, Kevin Grady, Oola Greenwald, Gary O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20110169767
    Abstract: A touch screen is disclosed. The touch screen includes a display assembly to generate a visible feedback to a user, a conductive layer spaced from the display assembly for sensing a touch of the user, and a polarizer layer disposed adjacent the conductive layer, wherein the conductive layer is interposed between the display assembly and the polarizer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Paul Fredrick Luther Weindorf, Kevin Grady, Brett Charles Barnes
  • Publication number: 20100060035
    Abstract: The invention is a chassis skirt for a motor vehicle's chassis. The chassis skirt has a panel assembly that releasably engages a frame assembly. The frame assembly mounts to a chassis, such as to a chassis mounted bracket like a battery box. The frame assembly has spaced apart bracket assemblies that can have a pin extending from a bracket to engage receivers in the panel assembly. Isolators in the frame assembly also engage the panel assembly. A spring is used to assist in moving the panel assembly away from the chassis to access the chassis mounted bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventor: Kevin Grady
  • Patent number: 6545441
    Abstract: An actuator system having a controller, a motor, and a feedback device, wherein an output shaft of the motor is connected to the feedback device. The controller directs the application of power to the motor and the feedback device produces a signal indicative of the position of the output shaft. Advantageously, the signal may be read by the controller when the motor is not in motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Grady