Patents by Inventor Patrick Daniel

Patrick Daniel 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).

  • BATTERY PACK STRUCTURES MADE OF EXPANDABLE POLYMER FOAMS
    Publication number: 20210119193
    Abstract: This disclosure details exemplary battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles. An exemplary battery pack may include a battery system and an expandable polymer foam enclosure that substantially encapsulates the battery system. An expandable polymer foam may be introduced into a mold, expand, and then cure around to battery system to form the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Mohammadreza EFTEKHARI, Patrick Daniel MAGUIRE
  • HOMOPOLAR TURBINE
    Publication number: 20210104945
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a turbine includes a shaft and a turbine stage coupled to the shaft. The turbine stage includes a turbine blade. The turbine further includes a housing surrounding the turbine stage and a magnet located within the housing. The turbine is operable to receive an exhaust gas, generate a magnetic field using the magnet, and generate, by rotating the turbine blade, a current along the turbine blade in a radial direction toward the shaft. The turbine is further operable to ionize the exhaust gas between a tip of the turbine blade and the housing to form a plasma and electrically connect, using the plasma, the tip of the turbine blade to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventor: Patrick Daniel Noyes
  • POLYMER-BASED BATTERY PACK ENCLOSURE ASSEMBLIES WITH INTEGRATED THERMAL MANAGEMENT FEATURES
    Publication number: 20210083343
    Abstract: This disclosure details exemplary battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles. Exemplary battery packs may include a polymer-based enclosure assembly having features for thermally managing internal components of the battery pack. In some embodiments, the enclosure assembly may include molded-in fluid channels or molded-in tubing for establishing a cooling circuit of the battery pack. In other embodiments, the enclosure assembly may include molded-in channels that receive tubing for establishing a cooling circuit of the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Liam WEST, Patrick Daniel MAGUIRE, Kanchana PERUMALLA, Mohammadreza EFTEKHARI
  • Mirror with illuminated extruded frame
    Patent number: 10948176
    Abstract: Extruded frame members are connected together to create a frame around a mirror that be illuminated from in front of the mirror. The extruded frame members contain various components in channels or cavities. An extruded frame member can have a channel that contains a light source. A diffuser can be secured over the light source. Another channel is used to hold a mirror in place. The front lit mirror can be hung on a wall utilizing a channel in an extruded frame member. The extruded frame members contain electrical components and mechanical hardware. The hardware is used to attach a plurality of extruded frame members together and to attach an optional decorative frame to an extruded frame member. An extruded frame member is made from transparent or translucent material and can radiate light from a light source contained therein. An extruded frame member is opaque and cannot radiate light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRIC MIRROR, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Philip Johnston, Patrick Daniel Erickson
  • Battery cell retention assembly and method
    Patent number: 10910613
    Abstract: An exemplary retention assembly includes a plurality of battery cells, a heat exchange structure, and a strap that pulls together the heat exchange structure and the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Maguire, Brian Utley
  • Downhole motor bearing pack
    Patent number: 10900284
    Abstract: A rotatable bearing assembly transfers a weight of a drill string to a mud motor output shaft extending therethrough. The bearing assembly includes an outer bearing housing, an upper radial bearing assembly providing an upper radial bearing between the outer bearing housing and the output shaft, a balance piston that fluidly seals an upper end of the outer bearing housing and balances a pressure within the outer bearing housing, a lower radial bearing/seal assembly configured to both fluidly seal a lower end of the outer bearing housing and provide a lower radial bearing between the outer bearing housing and the output shaft, and a thrust bearing assembly received within the sealed interior of the outer bearing housing such that the bearing assembly initially operates in a sealed, lubricated mode and then a mud lube mode in the event of one or more seal failures. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: New Ventures Marketing, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Clarence Goff, Patrick Daniel Gallagher, Daniel Robert Gallagher
  • Terminal and busbar attachment method and assembly
    Patent number: 10903473
    Abstract: An exemplary attachment method includes, among other things, to electrically couple a first battery cell to a busbar, joining a terminal of the first battery cell to the busbar with a first weld. The method further includes, to electrically couple a second battery cell to the busbar, joining a terminal of the second battery cell to the terminal of the first battery cell with a second weld. An exemplary attachment assembly includes, among other things, a busbar, a first terminal of a first battery cell, and a second terminal of a second battery cell. The first terminal is electrically coupled to the busbar with a first weld that joins the first terminal to the busbar. The second terminal is electrically coupled to the busbar with a second weld that joins the second terminal to the first terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yunan Guo, Yongcai Wang, Patrick Daniel Maguire
  • ARRAY FRAME DESIGN FOR ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE BATTERY ARRAYS
    Publication number: 20210013561
    Abstract: A battery array frame according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a frame body, and a thermal fin including a body embedded in the frame body and a leg that extends outside of the frame body. The thermal fin is flexible between a first position in which the leg is spaced farther from a surface of the frame body and a second position in which the leg is spaced closer to the surface of the frame body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Rohit GUNNA, Patrick Daniel Maguire, George Albert Garfinkel
  • Battery cell spacer
    Patent number: 10886517
    Abstract: Electrified vehicles such as hybrid electric vehicles (HEV's), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV's), battery electric vehicles (BEV's), or fuel cell vehicles differ from conventional motor vehicles in that they are powered by one or more electric machines (i.e., electric motors and/or generators) instead of or in addition to an internal combustion engine. High voltage current for powering these types of electric machines is typically supplied by a high voltage traction battery system having one or more battery cells that store energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Giriraj Srinivasan, Patrick Daniel Maguire
  • INSULATING FLEXIBLE MEMBRANES FOR HIGH VOLTAGE MODULES
    Publication number: 20200413554
    Abstract: This disclosure details exemplary insulating flexible membranes for use with vehicle high voltage modules. The high voltage modules may include any module that is adapted for supporting electric propulsion within the vehicle. The insulating flexible membranes may be attached to an exterior of a housing, to an interior of the housing, or may be disposed about a high voltage component housed inside the module. The insulating flexible membranes of this disclosure are configured to distort to prevent access to damaged high voltage components of the high voltage modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: John Marshall PENNEY, Mark Andrew COLDREN, Doug G. HUGHES, Patrick Daniel MAGUIRE
  • Battery pack endplate
    Patent number: 10868287
    Abstract: An exemplary battery pack assembly includes an endplate with a first side region and a second side region opposite the first side region, a first connector in the first side region, and a second connector in the second side region. The first and second connectors each provide a connection point to secure the endplate to a support when a respective one of the first or second side regions is positioned proximate the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Eid Farha, James M. McManaman, Patrick Daniel Maguire
  • Array frame design for electrified vehicle battery arrays
    Patent number: 10826141
    Abstract: A battery array frame according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a frame body, and a thermal fin including a body embedded in the frame body and a leg that extends outside of the frame body. The thermal fin is flexible between a first position in which the leg is spaced farther from a surface of the frame body and a second position in which the leg is spaced closer to the surface of the frame body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Rohit Gunna, Patrick Daniel Maguire, George Albert Garfinkel
  • FAST CIRCULAR DATABASE
    Publication number: 20200320052
    Abstract: A data management system and associated data management method is disclosed herein. An exemplary method for managing data includes receiving data records timestamped with times spanned by a defined time interval; generating a data cube that includes data planes, wherein each data plane contains a set of data records timestamped with times spanned by the defined time interval; generating an index hypercube for the data cube, wherein dimensions of the index hypercube represent hash values of index keys defined for accessing the data cube; and generating an indexed data cube for storing in a database, wherein the indexed data cube includes the data cube and the index hypercube. The index hypercube includes index hypercube elements, where each index hypercube element represents a unique combination of hashed index key values that map to a data plane in the data cube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Khanh Vinh Nguyen, Patrick Daniel Wildi, Naveen Kumar Tyagi
  • Hybrid energy storage and delivery devices for hybrid electric vehicles
    Patent number: 10787203
    Abstract: A hybrid energy storage and delivery device includes a plastic enclosure that establishes a first sealed chamber and a second sealed chamber. The first sealed chamber is configured as a fuel tank for storing a liquid fuel and the second sealed chamber is configured as a battery pack for storing electrical energy. Thus, the fuel tank and battery pack may be integrated together within a single enclosure in order to improve vehicle packaging efficiencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin A. Montgomery, Hari Krishna Addanki, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Keith Kearney
  • Fast circular database
    Patent number: 10740309
    Abstract: A data management system and associated data management method is disclosed herein. An exemplary method for managing data includes receiving data records timestamped with times spanned by a defined time interval; generating a data cube that includes data planes, wherein each data plane contains a set of data records timestamped with times spanned by the defined time interval; generating an index hypercube for the data cube, wherein dimensions of the index hypercube represent hash values of index keys defined for accessing the data cube; and generating an indexed data cube for storing in a database, wherein the indexed data cube includes the data cube and the index hypercube. The index hypercube includes index hypercube elements, where each index hypercube element represents a unique combination of hashed index key values that map to a data plane in the data cube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Khanh Vinh Nguyen, Patrick Daniel Wildi, Naveen Kumar Tyagi
  • HDAC6 AND PROTEIN AGGREGATION
    Publication number: 20200216563
    Abstract: The present application provides a HDAC6 inhibitor for use in treating a degenerative disease associated with the formation of intracellular granules, wherein said granules are formed by the aggregation of a protein selected from the group comprising APP, Tau, Ataxin-2, hnRNPA1, C9orf72, Lamin A/C, Myotilin, Matrin 3, alpha-synuclein, SOD1, FUS, hnRNPA2B1, VCP, TIA1, Desmin and Huntingtin, and wherein said inhibitor inhibits both the CD1 and CD2 of HDAC6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Matthias, Makoto Saito
  • Composition and method of forming the same
    Patent number: 10704007
    Abstract: A composition comprises the reaction product of a dithiophosphate derivative and an amine. The reaction product is present in the composition in an amount of at least about 25 wt. %. The composition may include additional components. A method of forming the composition comprises the step of combining the dithiophosphate derivative and the amine to form the composition. A method of increasing thermal stability of a dithiophosphate derivative comprises the step of combining the dithiophosphate derivative and an amine. The dithiophosphate derivative can decompose to form hydrogen sulfide (H2S). However, the amine substantially prevents thermal decomposition of the dithiophosphate derivative. An example of the dithiophosphate derivative is 3-(di-isobutoxy-thiophosphorylsulfanyl)-2-methyl-propanoic acid. An example of the amine is ditridecyl amine. The composition can be used for a variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Dennis Hoey, Eugene Scanlon, Frederick Mensah, Douglas S. Brown, Alfred Karl Jung, Shaun Robert Seibel, Patrick Daniel Hasenhuetl, Ralf Lorenz Schmitt
  • NETWORK STACK FOR A PLURALITY OF PHYSICAL COMMUNICATION INTERFACES
    Publication number: 20200204659
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for providing network access by a network stack in a communication device comprising a plurality of physical communication interfaces, each comprising a data link layer for the exchange of data frames with remote communication devices and a data link layer interface for exchanging data of data frames between the data link layer and higher layers in the network stack; and wherein the method comprises i) providing an abstraction data link layer comprising a single abstracted data link layer interface such that the plurality of physical communication interfaces appear as a single data link layer interface to the higher layers; and ii) obtaining network packets from the higher layers and distributing the network packets over the plurality of physical communication interfaces according to a neutral packet distribution scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel BOSCH, Tom Johan R DE SCHEPPER, Ensar ZELJKOVIC, Jeroen Maurice M FAMAEY, Steven Bert LATRE
  • INTEGRATED FUEL CELL AND COMBUSTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200194799
    Abstract: A topping cycle fuel cell unit includes a support plate having internal flow passages that extend to combustion outlets, a first electrode layer, an electrolyte layer, and a second electrode layer. The second electrode layer is configured to be coupled to another support plate of another fuel cell unit. The internal flow passages are configured to receive and direct air across the first electrolyte layer or the second electrolyte layer and to receive and direct fuel across another of the first electrolyte layer or the second electrolyte layer such that the first electrode layer, the electrolyte layer, and the second electrode layer create electric current. The internal flow passages are configured to direct at least some of the air and at least some of the fuel to the combustion outlets where the at least some air and the at least some fuel is combusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Richard Louis Hart, Jared Iverson, Andrew Wickersham, Patrick Daniel Willson, Daniel Jason Erno
  • DOWNHOLE MOTOR BEARING PACK
    Publication number: 20200165872
    Abstract: A rotatable bearing assembly transfers a weight of a drill string to a mud motor output shaft extending therethrough. The bearing assembly includes an outer bearing housing, an upper radial bearing assembly providing an upper radial bearing between the outer bearing housing and the output shaft, a balance piston that fluidly seals an upper end of the outer bearing housing and balances a pressure within the outer bearing housing, a lower radial bearing/seal assembly configured to both fluidly seal a lower end of the outer bearing housing and provide a lower radial bearing between the outer bearing housing and the output shaft, and a thrust bearing assembly received within the sealed interior of the outer bearing housing such that the bearing assembly initially operates in a sealed, lubricated mode and then a mud lube mode in the event of one or more seal failures. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Gregory Clarence Goff, Patrick Daniel Gallagher, Daniel Robert Gallagher