Patents by Inventor Michael Kis

Michael Kis 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: 20230304597
    Abstract: A valve including a housing, a motor within the housing, and a pinout configuration with an electrical contact. The electrical contact is configured to receive and transmit signals. The valve also includes a motor controller that receives power at the valve, receives a control message, and characterizes the control message as a first type. In response to characterizing the control message as the first type, the motor controller controls the motor to set the valve to a first position in response to determining that the electrical contact is electrically closed and controls the motor to set the valve to a second position in response to determining that the electrical contact is electrically open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Zachary Fleischmann, Michael Kis
  • Publication number: 20230272735
    Abstract: A fan shroud assembly mounts a radiator to a vehicle frame. The fan shroud assembly includes a fan shroud, a first frame bracket for mounting the fan shroud to the vehicle frame, and a second frame bracket for mounting the fan shroud to the vehicle frame. The first frame and second brackets include a bottom wall and a back wall. The fan shroud includes: an air chamber wall defining an air chamber and configured to support the radiator; an air outlet at a first side of the air chamber wall; an air inlet at a second side of the air chamber wall opposite from the first side; a first section of the air chamber wall extending between the air inlet and the air outlet; and a second section of the air chamber wall extending between the air inlet and the air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Kis
  • Patent number: 11679665
    Abstract: A heat exchanger module mountable to a vehicle frame by first and second lateral sides of the heat exchanger module. The heat exchanger module includes a fan shroud. The fan shroud is a structural fan shroud. The fan shroud includes first and second frame brackets extending from the fan shroud, one on the first lateral side and one on the second lateral side. The fan shroud is attached to at least one of a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger by at least one fastener that extends through the fan shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Kis, Casey McIntosh
  • Publication number: 20220176805
    Abstract: A heat exchanger module mountable to a vehicle frame by first and second lateral sides of the heat exchanger module. The heat exchanger module includes a fan shroud. The fan shroud is a structural fan shroud. The fan shroud includes first and second frame brackets extending from the fan shroud, one on the first lateral side and one on the second lateral side. The fan shroud is attached to at least one of a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger by at least one fastener that extends through the fan shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Kis, Casey McIntosh
  • Patent number: 10316730
    Abstract: A system and method of operating a cooling system for a vehicle engine, wherein one or more motors are operable to rotate one or more fans. Each of the one or more motors is controlled by a motor controller associated with the motor, in response to a control signal received from a system controller and an enable signal received from the vehicle. The motor controller operates the motor at a speed based upon the control signal if the control signal is received, and operates the motor at a predetermined speed if the control signal is not received but the enable signal is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Michael Kis, Derek Boom
  • Publication number: 20170114701
    Abstract: A system and method of operating a cooling system for a vehicle engine, wherein one or more motors are operable to rotate one or more fans. Each of the one or more motors is controlled by a motor controller associated with the motor, in response to a control signal received from a system controller and an enable signal received from the vehicle. The motor controller operates the motor at a speed based upon the control signal if the control signal is received, and operates the motor at a predetermined speed if the control signal is not received but the enable signal is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Kis, Derek Boom