Patents by Inventor Kevin Lilly

Kevin Lilly 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: 8631662
    Abstract: A pressure and prevacuum testing system for an AC system in a vehicle includes an air pressure source for pressurizing a cooling circuit of the AC system to a predetermined high pressure threshold and a vacuum source for prevacuuming the cooling circuit either to a predetermined prevacuum low pressure level or for a predetermined time period. The system also includes a pressure gauge for operatively measuring a pressure level in the cooling circuit. A controller is operatively connected to the air pressure source, the vacuum source and the pressure gauge. The controller compares the pressure level as measured by the pressure gauge to the predetermined high pressure threshold during a pressurized test of the cooling circuit and to the predetermined prevacuum low pressure level during a prevacuum test of the cooling circuit to determine if leaks are present in the cooling circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Terry Castle, Tiffany Kasettratut, Richard McDonald, Charles Hudgins, Kevin Lilly
  • Publication number: 20110240132
    Abstract: A pressure and prevacuum testing system for an AC system in a vehicle includes an air pressure source for pressurizing a cooling circuit of the AC system to a predetermined high pressure threshold and a vacuum source for prevacuuming the cooling circuit either to a predetermined prevacuum low pressure level or for a predetermined time period. The system also includes a pressure gauge for operatively measuring a pressure level in the cooling circuit. A controller is operatively connected to the air pressure source, the vacuum source and the pressure gauge. The controller compares the pressure level as measured by the pressure gauge to the predetermined high pressure threshold during a pressurized test of the cooling circuit and to the predetermined prevacuum low pressure level during a prevacuum test of the cooling circuit to determine if leaks are present in the cooling circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Terry Castle, Tiffany Kasettratut, Richard McDonald, Charles Hudgins, Kevin Lilly
  • Patent number: 8023883
    Abstract: A method of operating a mobile device includes determining a location of the mobile device, determining a local market area for the mobile device in response to the location. The method further includes broadcasting a local market signal for a first network in a first market and a second local market signal for the first network in a first market. The mobile device selects one of the first local market signal and the second local market signal in response to the local market for the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean S. Lee, Kevin Lilly, Yonghong Zhao, Scott D. Casavant
  • Patent number: 5534780
    Abstract: A sample changer for a spectrometer of the type having a generally vertical sample loading air shaft in which an upflowing air stream is present. The sample changer includes a support for positioning at the spectrometer and a carriage movably supported by the support which carriage has an array of generally vertical passages extending entirely through the carriage, those passages being adapted to contain sample holders. The sample changer also includes an actuator for moving the carriage relative to the support to position each passage over the air shaft so that that passage becomes an extension of the air shaft whereby the sample holder in that shaft may be buoyed up and supported in its passage by the air stream from the airshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Bruker Instruments, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Lilly
  • Patent number: D488230
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Sterling Medivations, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Ignotz, Kevin Lilly