Patents by Inventor Patrick P. Williams

Patrick P. Williams 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).

  • Rear cabin thermal management systems and methods
    Patent number: 11491843
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mitigating a thermal impact on a vehicle cabin caused by a battery thermal-management system, include determining a status of vehicle climate control system; determining whether a battery thermal-management system of the vehicle is operating above a determined threshold; and if the vehicle climate control system is active and the battery thermal-management system of the vehicle is operating above the determined threshold, adjusting at least one of a plurality of cabin temperature control parameters to mitigate a thermal impact of the battery thermal-management system on a rear portion of the vehicle cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick P. Williams, David W. Cosgrove
  • REAR CABIN THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200361281
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mitigating a thermal impact on a vehicle cabin caused by a battery thermal-management system, include determining a status of vehicle climate control system; determining whether a battery thermal-management system of the vehicle is operating above a determined threshold; and if the vehicle climate control system is active and the battery thermal-management system of the vehicle is operating above the determined threshold, adjusting at least one of a plurality of cabin temperature control parameters to mitigate a thermal impact of the battery thermal-management system on a rear portion of the vehicle cabin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick P. Williams, David W. Cosgrove