Patents by Inventor Tim Archer

Tim Archer 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: 20240149807
    Abstract: An electrified fire fighting vehicle includes a chassis, a first high voltage component, a second high voltage component, at least one of a torque box or a water tank supported by the chassis, and a high voltage cable. The chassis defines a longitudinal length of the electrified vehicle. The first high voltage component is positioned at a first location along the longitudinal length. The second high voltage component is positioned at a second location along the longitudinal length. The high voltage cable provides power between the first location and the second location. The high voltage cable is routed through one or more of the at least one of the torque box or the water tank, or the high voltage cable is routed along a notch defined by one or more of the at least one of the torque box or the water tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: David Archer, Eric Linsmeier, Chad Radtke, Tim Nelson, Seth Newlin, David Kay
  • Publication number: 20240149808
    Abstract: An electrified fire fighting vehicle includes a chassis defining a longitudinal length of the electrified fire fighting vehicle, a first high voltage component positioned at a first location along the longitudinal length, a second high voltage component positioned at a second location along the longitudinal length, and a raceway assembly. The raceway assembly includes a conduit and a high voltage cable. The high voltage cable provides power between the first location and the second location. To facilitate thermally regulating the high voltage cable, at least one of (a) the conduit defines a plurality of vents, (b) the raceway assembly includes a cooling element disposed within the conduit, or (c) the conduit comprises a thermally conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: David Archer, Eric Linsmeier, Chad Radtke, Tim Nelson, Seth Newlin, David Kay
  • Publication number: 20240149806
    Abstract: An electrified fire fighting vehicle includes a chassis, a first high voltage component, a second high voltage component, a cable support, and a high voltage cable. The chassis includes a frame rail and defines a longitudinal length of the electrified fire fighting vehicle. The first high voltage component is positioned at a first location along the longitudinal length. The second high voltage component is positioned at a second location along the longitudinal length. The cable support is coupled to the frame rail. The cable support extends (a) along at least a portion of the longitudinal length and (b) beneath the frame rail. The high voltage cable provides power between the first location and the second location. At least a portion of the high voltage cable is routed along the cable support such that the portion of the high voltage cable is suspended underneath and routed along the first frame rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: David Archer, Eric Linsmeier, Chad Radtke, Tim Nelson, Seth Newlin, David Kay
  • Publication number: 20240149087
    Abstract: An electrified fire fighting vehicle includes a chassis having a pair of frame rails, a cab coupled to the chassis, a body coupled to the chassis rearward of the cab, an electric motor coupled to the chassis between the pair of frame rails, an energy storage system positioned between the cab and the body, and a shield. The energy storage system includes a power cable coupled to the electric motor. The shield is positioned (a) between the pair of frame rails and (b) at least partially along and around a motor housing of the electric motor such that the power cable is disposed between the motor housing and the shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: David Archer, Eric Linsmeier, Chad Radtke, Tim Nelson, Seth Newlin, David Kay
  • Publication number: 20240149085
    Abstract: An electrified fire fighting vehicle includes a chassis, at least one of a water pump, a water tank, or an aerial ladder supported by the chassis, a first high voltage component, a second high voltage component, and a high voltage cable. The chassis includes a first frame rail and a second frame rail. The chassis defines a longitudinal length of the electrified fire fighting vehicle. The first high voltage component is positioned at a first location along the longitudinal length. The second high voltage component is positioned at a second location along the longitudinal length. The high voltage cable provides power between the first location and the second location. At least a portion of the high voltage cable is received within the first frame rail such that the portion of the high voltage cable is routed along and through an interior channel of the first frame rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: David Archer, Eric Linsmeier, Chad Radtke, Tim Nelson, Seth Newlin, David Kay
  • Publication number: 20240149715
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes a chassis, an energy storage system supported by the chassis, a high voltage component, a conduit, a high voltage cable, and a controller. The high voltage cable is routed through the conduit and provides high voltage power between the energy storage system and the high voltage component. The controller is configured to (a) initiate an alarm if a person is attempting to access the high voltage cable with the high voltage power active, (b) disengage a contactor of the energy storage system to stop providing the high voltage power through the high voltage cable in response to (i) the person attempting to access the high voltage cable with the high voltage power active and/or (ii) the person accessing the conduit, and/or (c) prevent access to the high voltage cable in response to the contactor being engaged and the high voltage power being active.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: David Archer, Eric Linsmeier, Chad Radtke, Tim Nelson, Seth Newlin, David Kay
  • Publication number: 20240153674
    Abstract: A high voltage system for an electrified vehicle includes a first high voltage component, a second high voltage component, and a high voltage cable. The high voltage cable provides power between a first location of the first high voltage component and a second location of the second high voltage component. The high voltage cable includes a core, a sheath disposed around and along the core, and one or more detection layers at least one of (a) disposed around and along the sheath or (b) disposed within the sheath. The one or more detection layers are configured to facilitate detecting at least one of (a) damage or wear to the sheath or (b) a location of the damage or wear along the sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: David Archer, Eric Linsmeier, Chad Radtke, Tim Nelson, Seth Newlin, David Kay
  • Patent number: 7035767
    Abstract: A method and system integrates the monitoring of system components and detecting errors or potential problems (or both) in components of bulk fuel distribution facilities. Generally, the method and system includes a diagnostic support module for identifying what stand alone software modules, what fuel hardware, and what software interfaces/drivers associated with the fuel hardware are present in a bulk fuel distribution facility. After the diagnostic support module identifies the unique system components of a particular bulk fuel facility that can include software and fuel hardware, the diagnostic support module can perform system checks of the system components to determine if any system components are missing or if errors or potential problems (or any combination thereof) may exist in a particular bulk fuel distribution facility. The system checks performed by the diagnostic support module can include comparing information collected from the system components against a predetermined set of validation rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Varec, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Archer, Warren Gray, Warren Sutcliffe, Xiaojing (Amanda) Sang, Steven Jackson
  • Publication number: 20050288897
    Abstract: A method and system integrates the monitoring of system components and detecting errors or potential problems (or both) in components of bulk fuel distribution facilities. Generally, the method and system includes a diagnostic support module for identifying what stand alone software modules, what fuel hardware, and what software interfaces/drivers associated with the fuel hardware are present in a bulk fuel distribution facility. After the diagnostic support module identifies the unique system components of a particular bulk fuel facility that can comprise software and fuel hardware, the diagnostic support module can perform system checks of the system components to determine if any system components are missing or if errors or potential problems (or any combination thereof) may exist in a particular bulk fuel distribution facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Applicant: Varec, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Archer, Warren Gray, Warren Sutcliffe, Xiaojing Sang, Steve Jackson