Patents by Inventor Paul J. Bruski

Paul J. Bruski 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).

  • Cooling fan control method for minimizing the power consumption of a vehicle air conditioning system
    Patent number: 6637229
    Abstract: An improved control method for a vehicle air conditioning system including a refrigerant compressor and a condenser cooling fan adjusts the power consumption of the condenser cooling fan in a manner to minimize the combined power consumption of compressor and the condenser cooling fan while maintaining adequate cooling of the condensed refrigerant. When the air conditioning system is operating at less than full capacity, the combined power consumption of the compressor and the condenser cooling fan is determined for each of a series of operating intervals. The change in the combined power consumption from one operating interval to the next is computed to determine the effect of a prior cooling fan power adjustment, and the power level of the cooling fan is incrementally adjusted in the same direction as the prior adjustment so long as the prior adjustment resulted in at least a specified reduction of the combined power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Oliver Forrest, Lawrence Scherer, Nicholas Joseph Alonge, Jr., Frank A. Krueger, Lindsey Lee Leitzel, Paul J. Bruski