Patents by Inventor Patrick L. Padgett

Patrick L. Padgett 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).

  • Electrical storage device heater for vehicle
    Patent number: 10594005
    Abstract: An electrical storage device heater system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an electrical storage device, a heater configured to regulate a temperature of the electrical storage device and a controller configured to actuate the heater using power sourced from a location separate from the electrical storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas X. Zhu, Jacob Mathews, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Patrick L. Padgett
  • Fluid path insert for a cryogenic cooling system
    Patent number: 10481222
    Abstract: A cooling system is provided. The cooling system is associated with a dynamic nuclear polarization system and configured to cool a sample to a temperature suitable for dynamic nuclear polarization to be carried out on the sample while the sample is in the cooling system. The cooling system includes a cryogenic chamber that includes a cryogenic fluid. The cooling system also includes a removable sample sleeve insertable within a portion of the cryogenic chamber. The removable sample sleeve is configured to define a sample path for the sample within the cryogenic chamber that is isolated from other parts of the cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ernst Wolfgang Stautner, Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen, Patrick L. Padgett, Jonathan Alan Murray, Rui Chen, James Richard Trigger, Arnaud Comment, Albert Po-Fu Chen
  • FLUID PATH INSERT FOR A CRYOGENIC COOLING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190025387
    Abstract: A cooling system is provided. The cooling system is associated with a dynamic nuclear polarization system and configured to cool a sample to a temperature suitable for dynamic nuclear polarization to be carried out on the sample while the sample is in the cooling system. The cooling system includes a cryogenic chamber that includes a cryogenic fluid. The cooling system also includes a removable sample sleeve insertable within a portion of the cryogenic chamber. The removable sample sleeve is configured to define a sample path for the sample within the cryogenic chamber that is isolated from other parts of the cooling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Ernst Wolfang Stautner, Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen, Patrick L. Padgett, Jonathan Alan Murray, Rui Chen, James Richard Trigger, Arnaud Comment, Albert Po-Fu Chen
  • Pump and fuel cell system having a pump
    Patent number: 8927175
    Abstract: A pump has a shaft, an impeller arranged on the shaft, and a labyrinth seal which is arranged between stationary and moving parts of the pump. A plurality of blades are arranged on the rotor and a labyrinth seal extends at least between the shaft and a rear portion of the blades. A gap in the labyrinth seal is designed such that liquid water can be actively carried away, with the labyrinth seal for this purpose being designed at least in places with a channel in the form of a spiral and/or a staircase. The invention also relates to a fuel cell system having such a pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Oliver Harr, Andreas Knoop, Cosimo S. Mazzotta, Patrick L. Padgett, Hans-Joerg Schabel, Klaus Scherrbacher
  • ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE HEATER FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140037998
    Abstract: An electrical storage device heater system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an electrical storage device, a heater configured to regulate a temperature of the electrical storage device and a controller configured to actuate the heater using power sourced from a location separate from the electrical storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas X. ZHU, Jacob MATHEWS, Patrick Daniel MAGUIRE, Patrick L. PADGETT
  • Pump and Fuel Cell System Having a Pump
    Publication number: 20110003238
    Abstract: A pump has a shaft, an impeller arranged on the shaft, and a labyrinth seal which is arranged between stationary and moving parts of the pump. A plurality of blades are arranged on the rotor and a labyrinth seal extends at least between the shaft and a rear portion of the blades. A gap in the labyrinth seal is designed such that liquid water can be actively carried away, with the labyrinth seal for this purpose being designed at least in places with a channel in the form of a spiral and/or a staircase. The invention also relates to a fuel cell system having such a pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicants: Daimler AG, Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Oliver Harr, Andreas Knoop, Cosimo S. Mazzotta, Patrick L. Padgett, Hans-Joerg Schabel, Klaus Scherrbacher