Patents by Inventor Sean KIERAN

Sean KIERAN 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: 11879536
    Abstract: In one aspect, a rotary device is provided, and includes a shaft adapter, a chambered member, a seal member and at least one internal torque transfer member. The shaft adapter is connectible to a crankshaft or accessory shaft and defines an axis. The chambered member (e.g. a pulley) is rotatably connected to it, and at least partially encloses a chamber (e.g. for oil), and includes a circumferential portion, a first side wall, and a second side wall which is a separate member from the circumferential portion. One of the circumferential portion and the second side wall has projections thereon, and the other has valleys that mate with the projections with no clearance, so as to be able to transfer a torque of at least 10 Nm into one another without plastic deformation. A seal member is compressed between the second side wall and the circumferential portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: LITENS AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Ahmed Abdul Wadood Anwer, Frank Verriet, Sean Kieran, Andrew Malcolm Boyes
  • Patent number: 11732774
    Abstract: In an aspect a device for a driven shaft is provided that receives an input torque that varies cyclically between a peak input torque and a low input torque at a peak input torque frequency, which includes a shaft adapter, a rotary drive member, at least one isolation member, a torsional vibration damping structure including an inertia member and a elastomeric damping member, and a supplemental damping structure. The supplemental damping structure applies a supplemental damping torque to resist relative movement between the rotary drive member and the inertia member in addition to damping provided by the elastomeric damping member. A sum of torques including the supplemental damping torque limits a maximum twist between a first end of the driven shaft and a second end of the driven shaft, to below a yield point of the driven shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: LITENS AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Sean Kieran, Ahmed Abdul Wadood Anwer, Geoffrey William Ryeland, Ron Farewell, Kyle Pugsley, Frank Verriet, Andrew Malcolm Boyes
  • Patent number: 11639720
    Abstract: A system is provided for generating vacuum in a vehicle. The system includes a vacuum pump, an engagement clutch, an actuator, and a torque limiting clutch. The engagement clutch operatively connects a camshaft to the rotor. The actuator controls the clutch. The actuator is movable, based on air pressure in a vacuum conduit, between a low-pressure position in which the actuator causes the clutch to operatively disconnect the camshaft from the rotor, and a high-pressure position in which the actuator causes the clutch to operatively connect the camshaft to the rotor. The torque limiting clutch limits torque transfer to the rotor when the engagement clutch operatively connects the camshaft to the rotor. The system also provides control for hysteresis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: LITENS AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Gianmarc Coppola, Kody Orr, Sean Kieran, Julian Pires, Andrew M Boyes
  • Publication number: 20220299099
    Abstract: In one aspect, a rotary device is provided, and includes a shaft adapter, a chambered member, a seal member and at least one internal torque transfer member. The shaft adapter is connectible to a crankshaft or accessory shaft and defines an axis. The chambered member (e.g. a pulley) is rotatably connected to it, and at least partially encloses a chamber (e.g. for oil), and includes a circumferential portion, a first side wall, and a second side wall which is a separate member from the circumferential portion. One of the circumferential portion and the second side wall has projections thereon, and the other has valleys that mate with the projections with no clearance, so as to be able to transfer a torque of at least 10 Nm into one another without plastic deformation. A seal member is compressed between the second side wall and the circumferential portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Ahmed Abdul Wadood ANWER, Frank VERRIET, Sean KIERAN, Andrew Malcolm BOYES
  • Publication number: 20210324937
    Abstract: In an aspect a device for a driven shaft is provided that receives an input torque that varies cyclically between a peak input torque and a low input torque at a peak input torque frequency, which includes a shaft adapter, a rotary drive member, at least one isolation member, a torsional vibration damping structure including an inertia member and a elastomeric damping member, and a supplemental damping structure. The supplemental damping structure applies a supplemental damping torque to resist relative movement between the rotary drive member and the inertia member in addition to damping provided by the elastomeric damping member. A sum of torques including the supplemental damping torque limits a maximum twist between a first end of the driven shaft and a second end of the driven shaft, to below a yield point of the driven shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Sean KIERAN, Ahmed Abdul Wadood ANWER, Geoffrey William RYELAND, Ron FAREWELL, Kyle PUGSLEY, Frank VERRIET, Andrew Malcolm BOYES
  • Publication number: 20200018312
    Abstract: In an aspect a system is provided for generating vacuum in a vehicle. The system includes a vacuum pump, an engagement clutch, an actuator, and a torque limiting clutch. The e engagement clutch operatively connects a camshaft to the rotor. The actuator controls the clutch. The actuator is movable, based on air pressure in a vacuum conduit, between a low-pressure position in which the actuator causes the clutch to operatively disconnect the camshaft from the rotor, and a high-pressure position in which the actuator causes the clutch to operatively connect the camshaft to the rotor. The torque limiting clutch limits torque transfer to the rotor when the engagement clutch operatively connects the camshaft to the rotor. The system also provides control hysteresis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Gianmarc COPPOLA, Kody ORR, Sean KIERAN, Julian PIRES, Andrew M BOYES