Patents by Inventor Kevin Ray

Kevin Ray 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).

  • METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING ENGINE TORQUE
    Publication number: 20180362017
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a driveline of a hybrid vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, and a transmission are described. In one example, values of an engine spark to engine torque relationship are adjusted to improve engine torque control. The engine is subsequently operated responsive to adjusted values of the engine spark to engine torque relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Jason Meyer, Walter Joseph Ortmann, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Kevin Ray Ruybal
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BATTERY CHARGING IN A HYBRID VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180354492
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for rapidly charging a battery in a hybrid vehicle. In one example, a method includes charging a battery at a first rate via an engine transferring torque to a plurality of motor/generators while a vehicle speed is controlled based on a driver demand, and charging the battery at a second rate greater than the first rate via the plurality of motor/generators while the vehicle is autonomously controlled via a cruise control system. In this way, by charging the battery at the second rate while the vehicle speed is being controlled by the cruise control system, drivability issues related to engine torque production and/or motor/generator torque production may be minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Jason Meyer, David Farrell, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Kevin Ray Ruybal
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE POWERTRAIN
    Publication number: 20180354496
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a powertrain or driveline of a hybrid vehicle that includes two electric machines and a transmission are described. In one example, vehicle propulsion is maintained while transmission operating parameters are determined for improving transmission operation. In particular, a rear drive unit maintains vehicle speed and monitors torque delivered via an output of the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin Ray Ruybal, Jason Meyer, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Walt Joseph Ortmann
  • Ablation-type lithographic printing members having improved exposure sensitivity and related methods
    Patent number: 10124571
    Abstract: Dry, ablation-type, nitrocellulose-containing lithographic printing members include dual adjacent imaging layers, both including an absorber and at least one containing a binder (which may include or consist essentially of a melamine resin). The absorber of the nitrocellulose-containing layer is a pigment and this layer contains no absorbing dye, while the absorber of the other imaging layer includes or consists essentially of a dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: PRESSTEK, LLC.
    Inventors: Kevin Ray, Travis Softic
  • Antenna mount
    Patent number: 10122064
    Abstract: A mount for an antenna includes: first and second generally C-shaped arms, each with upper and lower free ends; equipment face mounting brackets mounted on the first and second arms; and lower and upper plates mounted to a post. The upper free ends of the first and second arms are pivotally mounted to the upper plate, and the lower free ends of the first and second arms are pivotally mounted to the lower plate, such that the first and second arms are movable between retracted and extended positions. The first and second arms are fixed in the extended position relative to the upper and lower plate via fasteners inserted through holes in the upper and lower free ends of the arms and in the upper plate, the pivotal mounts and the holes defining a desired angle between the first and second arms in the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Alan J. Skrepcinski, Kevin L. Rovell, Kevin Ray Paswalk
  • All-in-one integrated sensing device for machine control
    Patent number: 10094654
    Abstract: An integrated sensing device with a suite of sensors assists construction machine operators in finding the correct level to dig a ditch/trench. The sensing device includes a gravity sensor to determine angles, a laser distance meter (LDM), and a laser receiver for detecting a known jobsite elevation. The sensing device is mounted to the dipper stick of an excavator; the gravity sensor detects the angle of the stick, and the laser receiver detects a laser plane of light that represents a known jobsite elevation. The LDM is aimed at another member of the machine that moves in a predetermined path as the bucket is rotated, and the distance between the LDM and the target member is used to calculate the vertical elevation of the working tool edge. A display graphically shows the operator the proper dig depth and the present position of the working tool edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited
    Inventors: Scott Tasman Crozier, Kevin Ray Nau
  • METHODS AND SYSTEM PROVIDING VEHICLE DRIFT
    Publication number: 20180257631
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a driveline of a hybrid vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, and a transmission are described. In one example, torque output from the engine and the electric machine is adjusted to provide controlled vehicle side slip during cornering by a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Glenn Fodor, Kenneth James Miller, Kevin Ray Ruybal, Xiaoyong Wang, Jeffrey Allen Doering
  • METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A DRIVELINE
    Publication number: 20180259058
    Abstract: Methods and systems for operating a driveline that includes a dual clutch transmission are described. In one example, clutches of the dual clutch transmission may be cooled via activating and adjusting a flow rate of an electric pump. Further, driveline operating modes may be entered or exited in response to clutch operating conditions so that driveline robustness may be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Jason Meyer, Kevin Ray Ruybal, Jeffrey Doering, Matthew John Shelton, Steven A. Frait, Walter J. Ortmann
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID VEHICLE LAUNCH
    Publication number: 20180244260
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a vehicle driveline where the vehicle driveline does not include a torque converter. In one example, a method comprises controlling a capacity of a clutch configured to transmit torque between an engine and a transmission, and an output of an electric motor positioned in a driveline of the hybrid vehicle during a vehicle launch to emulate a performance of a torque converter positioned in the driveline of the vehicle. In this way, vehicle launch maneuvers may be conducted for vehicles that are equipped with a clutch and an electric motor, such that said launch maneuvers mimic those of a vehicle with a torque converter, which may improve customer satisfaction and improve engine efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin Ray Ruybal, Michael Glenn Fodor
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AN ENGINE START IN A HYBRID VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180244261
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a driveline of a hybrid vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, and a transmission, where the transmission is downstream of the engine, and where the electric machine is downstream of the transmission. In one example, while the vehicle is being propelled solely via the electric machine, one or more gears of the transmission may be pre-engaged or selected, to prepare the driveline for an engine start event. In this way, driveline torque disturbance and delays in torque requests may be reduced or avoided upon a request for an engine start event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin Ray Ruybal, Jason Meyer, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Matthew John Shelton, Todd McCullough
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AN ENGINE START IN A HYBRID VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180244262
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a driveline of a hybrid vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, and a transmission, where the transmission is downstream of the engine, and where the electric machine is downstream of the transmission. In one example, responsive to a driver-demanded wheel torque that exceeds a capacity of the electric machine, a vehicle acceleration plateau is avoided by transiently connecting a crankshaft of the engine to a low speed input shaft of the transmission while the engine is accelerating to a target speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin Ray Ruybal, Jason Meyer, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Xiaoyong Wang
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEETING WHEEL TORQUE DEMAND IN A HYBRID VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180229712
    Abstract: Systems and methods are shown for meeting wheel torque demand in a hybrid vehicle with an engine, a dual clutch transmission coupled to a driveline of the vehicle downstream of the engine, and an electric machine coupled to the driveline downstream of the dual clutch transmission. In one example, a method comprises transferring transmission input torque through a clutch of the dual clutch transmission controlled to a first capacity, and in response to a desired transmission input torque exceeding the capacity, increasing torque output of the electric machine coupled downstream of the dual clutch transmission to assist in meeting a wheel torque demand. In this way, a driver-requested increase in acceleration may be met under conditions where transmission input torque is limited by clutch capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew John Shelton, Jeffrey Doering, Kevin Ray Ruybal
  • Dry lithographic imaging and printing with printing members having aluminum substrates
    Patent number: 10011137
    Abstract: Negative-working, IR-sensitive dry printing plates utilize an oleophobic topmost layer, a nitrocellulose-based imaging layer ablatable by laser discharge, and a grained metal substrate with no heat-insulating layer intervening between the imaging layer and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: PRESSTEK, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Ray
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180118184
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a driveline of a hybrid vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, and a transmission are described. In one example, the engine is started and coupled to the driveline via closing a clutch of a dual clutch transmission. Speed of the engine and clutch pressure are controlled to reduce driveline torque disturbances and provide a desired wheel torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin Ray Ruybal, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Jason Meyer, Michael Glenn Fodor, Xiaoyong Wang
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING A DRIVELINE OF A HYBRID VEHICLE POWERTRAIN
    Publication number: 20180118190
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a driveline of a hybrid vehicle powertrain, where the driveline includes an electric machine downstream of a dual clutch transmission, which is downstream of an engine. In one example, a method comprises communicating from a transmission, a torque to accelerate transmission components from a first speed to a second speed with first and second clutches of a dual transmission open, the communicating performed while an electric machine coupled to the dual clutch transmission at a location downstream of the dual clutch transmission is providing torque to propel a vehicle. In this way, wheel speed may remain substantially constant while the transmission is shifted and the engine is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin Ray Ruybal, Jason Meyer
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENGINE-OFF DISENGAGEMENT OF A VEHICLE PARK STATE
    Publication number: 20180118185
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for launching a vehicle in an electric-only mode of operation. In one example, a driveline operating method comprises engaging a parking pawl to an output shaft of a dual clutch transmission in response to a request to engine a vehicle into a parked state, and disengaging the parking pawl via rotating an engine via an integrated starter/generator in response to a request to propel the vehicle solely via power of an electric machine positioned downstream of the dual clutch transmission. In this way, the vehicle may be launched in the electric-only mode without activating the engine in a fueled mode of operation and then deactivating the engine, which may increase vehicle operator satisfaction and which may improve fuel economy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Steven Anatole Frait, Jason Meyer, Kevin Ray Ruybal
  • EDGE TREATMENT FOR DEVELOP-ON-PRESS LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING MEMBERS
    Publication number: 20180117900
    Abstract: Following cutting of a develop-on-press printing member, a treatment fluid having a pH greater than 6 is applied to one or both edges prior to its development and use in order to avoid ink lines during printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Alan DOYLE, Kevin RAY, Travis SOFTIC, A. Paul KITSON
  • Corrosion Protection System and Method for Use with Electrical Contacts
    Publication number: 20180097325
    Abstract: A method for inhibiting corrosion in metal components such as electrical contacts, comprising providing a component, wherein the component includes a first metal layer; a second metal layer deposited on the first metal layer; at least one additional metal layer deposited on the second metal layer; and an electrically active contact region on the uppermost layer of the at least one additional metal layer; and forming a defect in the component in at least one predetermined location around the electrically active contact region, wherein the defect passes through the at least one additional metal layer to expose the second metal layer, through the at least one additional metal layer and second metal layer to expose the first metal layer, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Rodney Ivan Martens, Martin William Bayes, Vincent Corona Pascucci, Daniel Briner Shreffler, Kevin Ray Leibold
  • INDUCTION-BASED HEAT RETENTIVE SERVER
    Publication number: 20180084950
    Abstract: A heat retentive server includes a chamber defined between an upper shell and a lower shell that are connected to one another. An induction-heatable member is positioned in the chamber, and the induction-heatable member may be heated by electromagnetic induction to a first temperature that is greater than the heat deflection temperature of the upper shell. Buffering material comprising an inhibitively conductive hydrophobic material is positioned in the chamber between the induction-heatable member and the upper shell, and the buffering material is adapted for providing predetermined conductive heat transfer from the induction-heatable member to the upper shell so that at least a portion of the upper shell is heated to a second temperature that is greater than the heat deflection temperature of the upper shell. The second temperature is less than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Rodger D. Crocker, David R. Gordon, R. Kevin Ray, Timothy D. Altizer, Matthew J. McCartney, Martin A. Rothschild, Phillip H. Scruggs
  • ANTENNA MOUNT
    Publication number: 20180053985
    Abstract: A mount for an antenna includes: first and second generally C-shaped arms, each with upper and lower free ends; equipment face mounting brackets mounted on the first and second arms; and lower and upper plates mounted to a post. The upper free ends of the first and second arms are pivotally mounted to the upper plate, and the lower free ends of the first and second arms are pivotally mounted to the lower plate, such that the first and second arms are movable between retracted and extended positions. The first and second arms are fixed in the extended position relative to the upper and lower plate via fasteners inserted through holes in the upper and lower free ends of the arms and in the upper plate, the pivotal mounts and the holes defining a desired angle between the first and second arms in the extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Alan J. Skrepcinski, Kevin L. Rovell, Kevin Ray Paswalk