Patents by Inventor Michael Hibbard

Michael Hibbard 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).

  • Publication number: 20240365505
    Abstract: An energy management unit (EMU) is disclosed. The EMU including: a cold plate sandwiched between a first printed circuit board (PCB) and a second PCB, the cold plate comprising one or more magnetics; wherein the cold plate is configured to cool both the first PCB and the second PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Michael HIBBARD, Areg PARLAKYAN, Gary RANDALL
  • Patent number: 12058838
    Abstract: An energy management unit (EMU) is disclosed. The EMU including: a cold plate sandwiched between a first printed circuit board (PCB) and a second PCB, the cold plate comprising one or more magnetics; wherein the cold plate is configured to cool both the first PCB and the second PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hibbard, Areg Parlakyan, Gary Randall
  • Publication number: 20230395876
    Abstract: A Battery Management System (BMS) integrating solid-state relay and current shunt sensor on a single printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), in lieu of traditional electro-mechanical contactors and fuses and external current sensor, is disclosed. The associated monitoring, driving, protection and energy clamping circuitries, and thermal management design to enable high-current and safety-critical applications are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Michael HIBBARD, Anil PARYANI, Andrew ALMENDARES, Mohit Chand, Jiaqi LIANG, Yoganand Parthasarathy
  • Publication number: 20230309261
    Abstract: An energy management unit (EMU) is disclosed. The EMU including: a cold plate sandwiched between a first printed circuit board (PCB) and a second PCB, the cold plate comprising one or more magnetics; wherein the cold plate is configured to cool both the first PCB and the second PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Michael HIBBARD, Areg PARLAKYAN, Gary RANDALL
  • Publication number: 20230208169
    Abstract: An Energy Management Unit (EMU) integrates the on-board charger (OBC) and battery management system (BMS) and optional DC-DC to behave like a lab based Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) device. New high-bandwidth charge control schemes, together with new high-voltage system architecture, are disclosed. During vehicle AC charging, the OBC outputs current that sweeps across various frequencies (typically 0.1 Hz to 10 kHz), while the BMS samples the voltage and current to create the Nyquist Plot (Real Vs Imaginary Impedance) of battery cell parameters, without high frequency cell voltage samples (which is not cost feasible for mobility and energy storage applications).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Jiaqi LIANG, Moritz BOECKER, William NORRIS, Anil PARYANI, Garrett HEINEN, Yousif KHAIREDDIN, Andrew ALMENDARES, Michael HIBBARD
  • Patent number: 11659684
    Abstract: An energy management unit (EMU) is disclosed. The EMU including: a cold plate sandwiched between a first printed circuit board (PCB) and a second PCB, the cold plate comprising one or more magnetics; wherein the cold plate is configured to cool both the first PCB and the second PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Auto Motive Power Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Hibbard, Areg Parlakyan, Gary Randall
  • Publication number: 20230019538
    Abstract: An energy management unit (EMU) is disclosed. The EMU including: a cold plate sandwiched between a first printed circuit board (PCB) and a second PCB, the cold plate comprising one or more magnetics; wherein the cold plate is configured to cool both the first PCB and the second PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Michael HIBBARD, Areg PARLAKYAN, Gary RANDALL
  • Patent number: 9641684
    Abstract: A system and method for asynchronous conversation routing and tracing that allows a client and agent to connect and reconnect to one another over a discontinuous engagement. The system and method facilitate this by allowing multiple methods of communication between the client and agent, including live communications and out-of-band communications. All communications between a client and agent are tied to a client case accessible by the agent, and the client case can include context and environmental data to further assist the agent or to route a customer service call to an appropriate agent. At any time, the client or agent can send out-of-band messages to one another to advance the customer service process, or the client or agent can seek to re-establish live communication with each other. This provides the client with a consistent point of contact not easily supportable with phone based call centers where support is single-threaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Verint Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Hibbard, James J. Dellostritto
  • Patent number: 9635067
    Abstract: A system and method for asynchronous conversation routing and tracing that allows a client and agent to connect and reconnect to one another over a discontinuous engagement. The system and method facilitate this by allowing multiple methods of communication between the client and agent, including live communications and out-of-band communications. All communications between a client and agent are tied to a client case accessible by the agent, and the client case can include context and environmental data to further assist the agent or to route a customer service call to an appropriate agent. At any time, the client or agent can send out-of-band messages to one another to advance the customer service process, or the client or agent can seek to re-establish live communication with each other. This provides the client with a consistent point of contact not easily supportable with phone based call centers where support is single-threaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Verint Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Hibbard, James J. Dellostritto
  • Publication number: 20170104876
    Abstract: A system and method for asynchronous conversation routing and tracing that allows a client and agent to connect and reconnect to one another over a discontinuous engagement. The system and method facilitate this by allowing multiple methods of communication between the client and agent, including live communications and out-of-band communications. All communications between a client and agent are tied to a client case accessible by the agent, and the client case can include context and environmental data to further assist the agent or to route a customer service call to an appropriate agent. At any time, the client or agent can send out-of-band messages to one another to advance the customer service process, or the client or agent can seek to re-establish live communication with each other. This provides the client with a consistent point of contact not easily supportable with phone based call centers where support is single-threaded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Contact Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Michael HIBBARD, James J. DELLOSTRITTO
  • Patent number: 9166881
    Abstract: An apparatus, includes a user interface module configured to send a signal to display an interface of a self-service application used by a user to communicate with a host device via a network. The apparatus also includes a bandwidth analysis module operatively coupled to the user interface module. The bandwidth analysis module is configured to calculate a bandwidth associated with communication with the host device via the network. The bandwidth analysis module is also configured to receive, from the host device, a bandwidth criterion associated with at least one network communication mode used for communication with the host device. The user interface module is configured to reduce or eliminate an availability of the at least one network communication mode to the self-service application when the bandwidth fails to meet the bandwidth criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: CONTACT SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Gray, Michael Hibbard
  • Patent number: 8396728
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reservation booking website wherein customers who plan to travel via general aviation (GA) are provided with a GA reservation creation path that is responsive to their GA travel needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Crawford Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelli Boruff, Robert Michael Hibbard, Paul Tucker
  • Publication number: 20120209637
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reservation booking website for rental vehicle reservations wherein the functionality of managing customer profiles/accounts is expanded upon to provide customers with greater control over the profile data stored in their associated personalized accounts/profiles, particularly in connection with the “favorite” or “preferred” branch locations for rental vehicle reservations that are stored in the customer profiles/ accounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: THE CRAWFORD GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Hugues Belanger, Kelli Boruff, Vernon James Chrisco, Robert Michael Hibbard, Julia Phaenome Owens Rogers, Paul Tucker
  • Publication number: 20120209638
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reservation booking website wherein customers who plan to travel via general aviation (GA) are provided with a GA reservation creation path that is responsive to their GA travel needs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: The Crawford Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelli Boruff, Robert Michael Hibbard, Paul Tucker
  • Patent number: 8108231
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improvement to a reservation booking website for rental vehicle reservations wherein the functionality of managing customer profiles/accounts is expanded upon to provide customers with greater control over the profile data stored in their associated personalized accounts/profiles, particularly in connection with the “favorite” or “preferred” branch locations for rental vehicle reservations that are stored in the customer profiles/accounts. Also disclosed herein is an improvement to a reservation booking website wherein customers who plan to travel via general aviation (GA) are provided with a GA reservation creation path that is responsive to their GA travel needs. Also disclosed herein is an improvement to a reservation booking website for rental vehicle reservations wherein customers are provided with a streamlined ability to log into their customer profiles/accounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: The Crawford Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelli Boruff, Robert Michael Hibbard, Paul Tucker