Patents by Inventor Patrick T. Hinke

Patrick T. Hinke 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: 7832223
    Abstract: A controller area network based climate control system for a work machine, and a method of operation of the same, which advantageously and economically integrates into and utilizes the resources and capabilities of a CAN of a work machine, including, but not limited to, shared data from other systems of the machine, particularly engine data including engine operating speed and temperature, for controlling climate control system operation, as well as for troubleshooting and diagnosing problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Javaid Arshad, Patrick T. Hinke, Alan G. Leupold, Mark D. Klassen, Leonid Chernyavsky, Paul E. Wibbels
  • Patent number: 5454150
    Abstract: A first end surface of a coiled compression spring at its relaxed length is machined to a plane transverse to the spring axis. The spring is then placed in a press structure having first and second opposed planar support surfaces, with the machined spring end surface bearing against the first support surface, the unmachined spring end surface bearing against a planar first surface of a lateral force compensation member, and an opposite, generally spherically curved surface of the compensation member bearing against the second press structure support surface. The spring is then compressed generally to its loaded length, and a circumferentially spaced series of marks, lying in a plane parallel to the second press structure support surface, are formed on the spring coil on which the second spring end surface lies. The spring is then removed from the press structure, and the second spring end surface is machined to the mark plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Patrick T. Hinke, Dwayne M. Benson, Donald J. Atkins