Patents by Inventor Nicholas B. CHASE

Nicholas B. CHASE 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).

  • VEHICLE FAULT PREDICTION
    Publication number: 20240127642
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive time-series data from sensors of a vehicle, determine an efficiency of the vehicle, and determine a probability of a fault occurring in the vehicle based on the time-series data and on the efficiency. The efficiency is energy consumption by the vehicle per distance traveled by the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Wolf, Nicholas B. Chase, Michael W. Degner
  • Liquid cooled electrical connectors
    Patent number: 11951857
    Abstract: This disclosure describes liquid cooled electrical connectors for connecting components of electrified vehicles or components of any other type of power connection/power transfer system. Exemplary electrical connectors include integrated cooling circuits that employ heat exchanger channels for circulating a fluid for convectively cooling bus bars of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas B. Chase, Myung Ki Sung, Man Prakash Gupta, Alfredo R. Munoz
  • AUTOMOTIVE DC-DC POWER CONVERTER WITH FLYBACK CONVERTER FOR INPUT CAPACITOR CHARGING
    Publication number: 20230318445
    Abstract: A DC-DC power converter selectively electrically connected between a fuel cell stack and battery of a vehicle includes an input capacitor, an output capacitor, and an inductor electrically connected between the input and output capacitors. A flyback converter is isolated from the DC-DC power converter. One or more controllers operate the flyback converter to drive a voltage value of the input capacitor toward a voltage value of the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas B. Chase, William Frederick Sanderson, JR.
  • LIQUID COOLED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS
    Publication number: 20220134896
    Abstract: This disclosure describes liquid cooled electrical connectors for connecting components of electrified vehicles or components of any other type of power connection/power transfer system. Exemplary electrical connectors include integrated cooling circuits that employ heat exchanger channels for circulating a fluid for convectively cooling bus bars of the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Nicholas B. CHASE, Myung Ki SUNG, Man Prakash GUPTA, Alfredo R. MUNOZ