Patents by Inventor Patrick Kennelly

Patrick Kennelly 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).

  • Patent number: 12214755
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sensor cleaning system that cleans one or more sensors of an autonomous vehicle. Each sensor can have one or more corresponding sensor cleaning units that are configured to clean such sensor using a fluid (e.g., a gas or a liquid). Thus, the sensor cleaning system can include both a gas cleaning system and a liquid cleaning system. According to one aspect, the sensor cleaning system can provide individualized cleaning of the autonomous vehicle sensors. According to another aspect, a liquid cleaning system can be pressurized or otherwise powered by the gas cleaning system or other gas system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Wesly Mason Rice, Nikolaus Wittenstein, Zhizhuo Jin, Paul Kevin Smith, Sean Joseph Kennelly, Peter Brueckner, David Patrick Rice
  • Patent number: 9953771
    Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus, system and method for an air circuit breaker (ACB) switchgear has at least one pair of primary contact toes constructed and arranged to connect to a terminal of the circuit breaker. A bus bar joint is connected to the primary contact toes. The heat dissipation apparatus comprises an evaporator clamped to the primary contact toes. A condenser is located at a higher elevation than the evaporator and at least two electrically isolating pipes fluidly connect the evaporator with the condenser. A dielectric fluid in the evaporator can be heated to a vapor state, with one of the pipes transferring the vapor to the condenser and the second pipe returning the condensed dielectric fluid back to the evaporator for cooling the at least one pair of primary contact toes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Anord Control Systems Limited
    Inventor: Patrick Kennelly
  • Publication number: 20170117103
    Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus, system and method for an air circuit breaker (ACB) switchgear has at least one pair of primary contact toes constructed and arranged to connect to a terminal of the circuit breaker. A bus bar joint is connected to the primary contact toes. The heat dissipation apparatus comprises an evaporator clamped to the primary contact toes. A condenser is located at a higher elevation than the evaporator and at least two electrically isolating pipes fluidly connect the evaporator with the condenser. A dielectric fluid in the evaporator can be heated to a vapour state, with one of the pipes transferring the vapour to the condenser and the second pipe returning the condensed dielectric fluid back to the evaporator for cooling the at least one pair of primary contact toes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventor: Patrick Kennelly