Patents by Inventor Stephen J. Kosteva

Stephen J. Kosteva 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).

  • Publication number: 20220181934
    Abstract: A rotor hub assembly includes a rotor hub, a rotor and a cooling sleeve surrounding the rotor hub and located between the rotor hub and the rotor. Coolant flows between the rotor hub and the rotor during spinning of the rotor hub assembly. The cooling sleeve may include channels formed in the inner surface. The rotor hub may include an annular channel in fluid communication with the cooling sleeve channels. The annular channel may include apertures such that the cavities in the rotor hub are in fluid communication with the cooling sleeve. Coolant circulating within the rotor hub enters the annular channel and the channels in the cooling sleeve from centrifugal force caused by spinning of the rotor hub assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: BAE Systems Controls Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Durkot, Stephen J. Kosteva, Arthur P. Lyons, Mark A. Walker
  • Patent number: 11108101
    Abstract: A vehicle battery thermal management system and method providing active internal air cooling includes a heat exchanger mounted within an exterior wall of the battery enclosure. The heat exchanger has a first set of heat exchanger elements extending externally to the battery enclosure and in fluid communication with external ambient air. The heat exchanger has a second set of heat exchanger elements extending internally to the battery enclosure and in fluid communication with internal air within the battery enclosure. The system includes at least one of an external damper door and an internal damper door. The external damper door is configured to control the flow of the external ambient air into the first set of heat exchanger elements. The internal damper door is configured to control the flow of the internal air into the first set of heat exchanger elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: BAE Systems Controls Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Kosteva, Arthur P. Lyons
  • Publication number: 20200052355
    Abstract: A vehicle battery thermal management system and method providing active internal air cooling includes a heat exchanger mounted within an exterior wall of the battery enclosure. The heat exchanger has a first set of heat exchanger elements extending externally to the battery enclosure and in fluid communication with external ambient air. The heat exchanger has a second set of heat exchanger elements extending internally to the battery enclosure and in fluid communication with internal air within the battery enclosure. The system includes at least one of an external damper door and an internal damper door. The external damper door is configured to control the flow of the external ambient air into the first set of heat exchanger elements. The internal damper door is configured to control the flow of the internal air into the first set of heat exchanger elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: BAE Systems Controls Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Kosteva, Arthur P. Lyons