Patents by Inventor Steven R. McMullen

Steven R. McMullen 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).

  • Electric vehicle battery enclosure
    Patent number: 5620057
    Abstract: Assembly for the thermal management and protection of an electric vehicle battery pack from road water. The assembly includes a corrugated tray for supporting the pack, a housing sealed to the tray, a fan for forcing air through the housing, exhaust vents in the tray for exhausting the air beneath the vehicle, and a shield to prevent road water from entering the housing through the vents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Klemen, Steven R. McMullen
  • Integrated AC machine
    Patent number: 5491370
    Abstract: An electric motive power unit including a multiple phase AC electric machine and heat dissipative electronic components therefor, the improvement wherein the machine is disposed in a thermally conductive housing having cooling fluid passages formed therein, and the heat dissipative electronic components are individually mounted on an exterior periphery of said housing and distributed in a fashion wherein circulation of the fluid through said fluid passages for the cooling of said machine also serves to cool said heat dissipative electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Eric D. Schneider, Steven R. McMullen, Kaushik Rajashekara, Wayne J. Loynes, William E. Boys, Ronald A. Martin