Patents by Inventor Tod M. Bennett

Tod M. Bennett 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).

  • Apparatus and methods for vehicle idle management
    Patent number: 9216628
    Abstract: An idle management system for a vehicle is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the idle management system includes an auxiliary power storage unit for the storage of electrical power. The idle management system includes an environmental package adapted to interconnect with a vehicle environmental package to regulate the climate within a vehicle compartment of a vehicle. The environmental package may be in electrical communication with the power storage unit to receive electrical power therefrom. A controller may be in communication with the power storage unit to derive electrical power therefrom, and the controller may be in communication with the environmental package to regulate the operation thereof. The idle management system may draw electrical power from the power storage unit to be operable with an engine in an engine OFF condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: ZERO RPM, INC.
    Inventors: Lance D. Self, Tod M. Bennett
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE IDLE MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20140148975
    Abstract: An idle management system for a vehicle is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the idle management system includes an auxiliary power storage unit for the storage of electrical power. The idle management system includes an environmental package adapted to interconnect with a vehicle environmental package to regulate the climate within a vehicle compartment of a vehicle. The environmental package may be in electrical communication with the power storage unit to receive electrical power therefrom. A controller may be in communication with the power storage unit to derive electrical power therefrom, and the controller may be in communication with the environmental package to regulate the operation thereof. The idle management system may draw electrical power from the power storage unit to be operable with an engine in an engine OFF condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventors: Lance D. Self, Tod M. Bennett