Patents by Inventor Steven Hruska

Steven Hruska 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: 20220055444
    Abstract: A Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning unit for a vehicle is provided. The HVAC unit comprises a housing, a first inlet, a second inlet first flap, and a third door. The first flap having a first door and a second door, attached to the first inlet. The first door is angularly movable with respect to the second door and adapted to move between a first position and a second position to open and close the first inlet. Further, the second door is angularly movable with respect to the first door and adapted to move between the first position and a third position to open and close air passage between the first inlet and the second inlet. The third door rotatably connected in the second inlet, and is movable between a closed position where the second inlet is closed and at least partially open position where the second inlet is partially open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Earl Buckman, Darshan Parikh, Sally Dagher, Steven Hruska, Nestor Ismael Varela Santoyo, Philippe Pierres
  • Patent number: 11241931
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) assembly for supplying different mixed air flows simultaneously is disclosed. The assembly includes first blend kinematics configured for allowing passage of a first air flow, second blend kinematics configured for allowing passage of a second air flow, obtaining means configured to obtain a temperature command indicating a target temperature for two different locations outside the HVAC assembly, identifying means configured to identify a pattern for the first blend kinematics and the second blend kinematics for modifying the first air flow and the second air flow based on the temperature command, and coordinating means configured to coordinate each of the first blend kinematics and the second blend kinematics simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Marshall, Darshan Parikh, Steven Hruska, Sally Dagher, Richard Sikorski
  • Publication number: 20210188035
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) assembly for supplying different mixed air flows simultaneously is disclosed. The assembly includes first blend kinematics configured for allowing passage of a first air flow, second blend kinematics configured for allowing passage of a second air flow, obtaining means configured to obtain a temperature command indicating a target temperature for two different locations outside the HVAC assembly, identifying means configured to identify a pattern for the first blend kinematics and the second blend kinematics for modifying the first air flow and the second air flow based on the temperature command, and coordinating means configured to coordinate each of the first blend kinematics and the second blend kinematics simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Marshall, Darshan Parikh, Steven Hruska, Sally Dagher, Richard Sikorski