Patents by Inventor Kevin Poole
Kevin Poole 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: 10400638Abstract: A camshaft phaser arrangement configured for a concentric camshaft assembly having an inner camshaft and an outer camshaft is provided. The camshaft phaser arrangement can facilitate independent phasing of intake and exhaust valves. The camshaft phaser arrangement includes a first driven wheel and a second driven wheel, both configured to be driven by a driving wheel. A first camshaft phaser is connected to the first driven wheel and configured to be connected to either the inner or outer camshaft. A second camshaft phaser is connected to the second driven wheel and configured to be connected to either the inner or outer camshaft which is not connected to the first driven wheel. A motion transfer assembly can connect the second camshaft phaser to the concentric camshaft assembly. One or both of the camshaft phasers can be an electric camshaft phaser or a hydraulic camshaft phaser.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Kevin Poole, Jeffrey Mossberg, Andrew Mlinaric, Steven Burke, Donald Haefner
-
Patent number: 10329967Abstract: An oil reservoir for a variable camshaft phaser, comprising a locking cover including a front surface including a pool, the pool having a plurality of through-bores, a rear surface including a locking pin channel, a radially inward facing surface, and a radially outward facing surface, and an oil reservoir cover secured to the front surface of the locking cover.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Alexandre Camilo, Kevin Poole, Renato de Oliveria Ghiraldi
-
Publication number: 20190170027Abstract: A camshaft phaser arrangement configured for a concentric camshaft assembly having an inner camshaft and an outer camshaft is provided. The camshaft phaser arrangement can facilitate independent phasing of intake and exhaust valves. The camshaft phaser arrangement includes a first driven wheel and a second driven wheel, both configured to be driven by a driving wheel. A first camshaft phaser is connected to the first driven wheel and configured to be connected to either the inner or outer camshaft. A second camshaft phaser is connected to the second driven wheel and configured to be connected to either the inner or outer camshaft which is not connected to the first driven wheel. A motion transfer assembly can connect the second camshaft phaser to the concentric camshaft assembly. One or both of the camshaft phasers can be an electric camshaft phaser or a hydraulic camshaft phaser.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Kevin Poole, Jeffrey Mossberg, Andrew Mlinaric, Steven Burke, Donald Haefner
-
Publication number: 20180266284Abstract: An oil reservoir for a variable camshaft phaser, comprising a locking cover including a front surface including a pool, the pool having a plurality of through-bores, a rear surface including a locking pin channel, a radially inward facing surface, and a radially outward facing surface, and an oil reservoir cover secured to the front surface of the locking cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2017Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Alexandre Camilo, Kevin Poole, Renato de Oliveria Ghiraldi
-
Patent number: 9797277Abstract: A camshaft phaser, including: an inner rotor with radially outwardly extending vanes which is connected to the inner camshaft; a stator having radially inwardly directed projections which contact the outer surface of the rotor and form working spaces into which the vanes extend, the vanes divide the working spaces into first and second sets of pressure chambers which can be pressurized with a hydraulic medium in order to rotate the rotor in an advancing or retarding direction; a front cover connected to a front side of the assembly defining a front side of the pressure chambers; and a rear cover connected to the rear side of the assembly defining a rear side of the pressure chambers, having first and second protrusions directed toward and meshed with complementary first and second indentations on an outer camshaft.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Inhwa Chung, Kevin Poole, Nicholas Periat, Jon Petersen
-
Patent number: 9587636Abstract: A method and a system for monitoring the operational state of a pump including acquiring a set characteristic diagram of the pump, the characteristic diagram of the pump being defined by a functional relationship between a first pump operating parameter characteristic of the operational state of the pump and a second pump operating parameter characteristic of the operational state of the pump. Subsequently, an actual characteristic diagram of the pump is acquired when the pump is installed in a higher-level system, in particular an aircraft system, and is running. Finally, the actual characteristic diagram of the pump is compared with the set characteristic diagram of the pump.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Kevin Poole, Frank Thielecke
-
Publication number: 20160245130Abstract: A camshaft phaser, including: an inner rotor with radially outwardly extending vanes which is connected to the inner camshaft; a stator having radially inwardly directed projections which contact the outer surface of the rotor and form working spaces into which the vanes extend, the vanes divide the working spaces into first and second sets of pressure chambers which can be pressurized with a hydraulic medium in order to rotate the rotor in an advancing or retarding direction; a front cover connected to a front side of the assembly defining a front side of the pressure chambers; and a rear cover connected to the rear side of the assembly defining a rear side of the pressure chambers, having first and second protrusions directed toward and meshed with complementary first and second indentations on an outer camshaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Inhwa Chung, Kevin Poole, Nicholas Periat, Jon Petersen
-
Patent number: 9057290Abstract: A switching roller finger follower, including: first and second rotatable outer arms; and a locking mechanism including a locking pin with a first outside diameter and first and second ends. The locking mechanism includes first and second locking sleeves: separate from the locking pin; fixedly secured to the first and second ends, respectively; and having second and third outside diameters, respectively, larger than the first outside diameter. The locking pin is displaceable such that: in a locked mode, the first and second locking sleeves contact the first and second outer arms, respectively, to block rotation of the first and second outer arms in a first rotational direction; and in an unlocked mode, the first and second locking sleeves are free of contact with the first and second outer arms, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2014Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Debora Manther, Kevin Poole
-
Publication number: 20140318235Abstract: A method and a system for monitoring the operational state of a pump including acquiring a set characteristic diagram of the pump, the characteristic diagram of the pump being defined by a functional relationship between a first pump operating parameter characteristic of the operational state of the pump and a second pump operating parameter characteristic of the operational state of the pump. Subsequently, an actual characteristic diagram of the pump is acquired when the pump is installed in a higher-level system, in particular an aircraft system, and is running. Finally, the actual characteristic diagram of the pump is compared with the set characteristic diagram of the pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Kevin Poole, Frank Thielecke
-
Publication number: 20140209048Abstract: A switching roller finger follower, including: first and second rotatable outer arms; and a locking mechanism including a locking pin with a first outside diameter and first and second ends. The locking mechanism includes first and second locking sleeves: separate from the locking pin; fixedly secured to the first and second ends, respectively; and having second and third outside diameters, respectively, larger than the first outside diameter. The locking pin is displaceable such that: in a locked mode, the first and second locking sleeves contact the first and second outer arms, respectively, to block rotation of the first and second outer arms in a first rotational direction; and in an unlocked mode, the first and second locking sleeves are free of contact with the first and second outer arms, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Debora Manther, Kevin Poole
-
Publication number: 20140041604Abstract: A device for securing an actuating lever of a valvetrain of an internal combustion engine to a support element. The actuating lever having a recess and protrusion, to accept a spherical end of the support element, the securing device seated on an upper portion of the protrusion and having side walls seated in an undercut of the support element, for securing the support element with the actuating lever. The securing device having a top bifurcated element, bottom perforated element and a connecting element connecting the top and bottom elements together.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Ljupco Trpcevski, Kevin Poole