Patents by Inventor Shaelah M. Reidy

Shaelah M. Reidy 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).

  • Rapid identification of brake fluid
    Patent number: 10393724
    Abstract: A method for characterizing a brake fluid, the method comprising contacting a solvent with the brake fluid to provide a sample; introducing the sample into a first capillary column coated with a first stationary phase and allowing the sample to flow through the first capillary column to produce an effluent stream; and passing the effluent stream through a detector to identify one or more hydrocarbon components and optionally a detectable borate component, wherein the first capillary column is at a temperature effective for a borate ester in the sample, if any, to react with a portion of the solvent to form the detectable borate component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Justin Pletzke, Shaelah M. Reidy
  • RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF BRAKE FLUID
    Publication number: 20180340923
    Abstract: A method for characterizing a brake fluid, the method comprising contacting a solvent with the brake fluid to provide a sample; introducing the sample into a first capillary column coated with a first stationary phase and allowing the sample to flow through the first capillary column to produce an effluent stream; and passing the effluent stream through a detector to identify one or more hydrocarbon components and optionally a detectable borate component, wherein the first capillary column is at a temperature effective for a borate ester in the sample, if any, to react with a portion of the solvent to form the detectable borate component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Justin Pletzke, Shaelah M. Reidy