Patents by Inventor Ryan Keith Linker

Ryan Keith Linker 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).

  • Method and systems for adjusting flow resistance in a thermal management system during an engine start
    Patent number: 9945311
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a thermal management system of an engine. A method for an engine may comprise adjusting an engine speed during an engine start event that includes an engine cranking activity from a first engine speed to a second engine speed, where the adjusting is based on a sensed oil temperature; adjusting a first resistance of a radiator primary return line of a thermal management system to a first resistance level; and adjusting the engine speed a duration after a start of the engine cranking from the second engine speed to a third engine speed, the third engine speed based at least in part on an engine torque demand, and selectively adjusting the first resistance between each of the first resistance level and a second resistance level based on the third engine speed, the second resistance level being lower than the first resistance level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ryan Keith Linker, Alexandra Rose Hesse
  • METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING FLOW RESISTANCE IN A THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DURING AN ENGINE START
    Publication number: 20180058354
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a thermal management system of an engine. A method for an engine may comprise adjusting an engine speed during an engine start event that includes an engine cranking activity from a first engine speed to a second engine speed, where the adjusting is based on a sensed oil temperature; adjusting a first resistance of a radiator primary return line of a thermal management system to a first resistance level; and adjusting the engine speed a duration after a start of the engine cranking from the second engine speed to a third engine speed, the third engine speed based at least in part on an engine torque demand, and selectively adjusting the first resistance between each of the first resistance level and a second resistance level based on the third engine speed, the second resistance level being lower than the first resistance level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ryan Keith Linker, Alexandra Rose Hesse
  • Blower assembly
    Patent number: D849797
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: GE Global Sourcing LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Keith Linker, Henry Todd Young, Jr., Sean Cillessen, Sagar Mehta
  • Blower assembly
    Patent number: D940759
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Keith Linker, Henry Todd Young, Sean Cillessen, Sagar Mehta