Patents by Inventor Mark Alan Pfingsten

Mark Alan Pfingsten 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).

  • Wheel monitoring system and method
    Patent number: 9728016
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a vehicle determine a baseline wheel rotational speed and wheel rotational speeds of a wheel for different positions along an outer perimeter of the wheel. One or more deviations between the wheel rotational speeds and the baseline wheel rotational speed are determined, and the deviations between the wheel rotational speeds and the baseline wheel rotational speed are correlated with one or more identified positions of the positions along the outer perimeter of the wheel. One or more of damage to the wheel or damage to a drivetrain of the vehicle is identified based at least in part on the one or more deviations being correlated with the one or more identified positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Bret Dwayne Worden, Jeffrey David Willis, Jeffrey Paul Moffett, Mark Alan Pfingsten, Steven Joseph Ehret
  • BATTERY PACKAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170170438
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle includes a housing connected to the vehicle, the housing having a bottom floor, a plurality of exterior walls, at least one partition wall within the housing diving the housing into a plurality of sections, and a plurality of battery modules arranged in a vertical orientation within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: PATRICK LEE JANSEN, Neil William Burkell, Neil Patrick Bradley, Mark Alan Pfingsten
  • WHEEL MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150193992
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a vehicle determine a baseline wheel rotational speed and wheel rotational speeds of a wheel for different positions along an outer perimeter of the wheel. One or more deviations between the wheel rotational speeds and the baseline wheel rotational speed are determined, and the deviations between the wheel rotational speeds and the baseline wheel rotational speed are correlated with one or more identified positions of the positions along the outer perimeter of the wheel. One or more of damage to the wheel or damage to a drivetrain of the vehicle is identified based at least in part on the one or more deviations being correlated with the one or more identified positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Bret Dwayne Worden, Jeffrey David Willis, Jeffrey Paul Moffett, Mark Alan Pfingsten, Steven Joseph Ehret