Patents by Inventor Travis A. Reynolds

Travis A. Reynolds 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).

  • Patent number: 9328650
    Abstract: An engine cooling system may include a housing forming an enclosed duct having an air intake opening, an air intake door, an exhaust opening, and an exhaust door; at least one heat exchanger positioned within the duct such that ambient air entering the air intake opening flows through the duct to contact the at least one heat exchanger and exits the duct through the exhaust opening; and a controller connected to vary a degree that one or both of the air intake door and exhaust door is open to modulate a mass flow rate of ambient air contacting the at least one heat exchanger to vary a heat transfer from the at least one heat exchanger to the ambient air in the duct to maintain a temperature of a fluid within the at least one heat exchanger within a preferred temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Travis A. Reynolds, David S. Krug, Michelle Louise Courtney
  • Publication number: 20150159539
    Abstract: An engine cooling system may include a housing forming an enclosed duct having an air intake opening, an air intake door, an exhaust opening, and an exhaust door; at least one heat exchanger positioned within the duct such that ambient air entering the air intake opening flows through the duct to contact the at least one heat exchanger and exits the duct through the exhaust opening; and a controller connected to vary a degree that one or both of the air intake door and exhaust door is open to modulate a mass flow rate of ambient air contacting the at least one heat exchanger to vary a heat transfer from the at least one heat exchanger to the ambient air in the duct to maintain a temperature of a fluid within the at least one heat exchanger within a preferred temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Travis A. Reynolds, David S. Krug, Michelle Louise Courtney
  • Patent number: 9010114
    Abstract: An air charge system for an internal combustion engine may include a charge path having a charge inlet configured to receive air, and a charge outlet configured to convey air to an intake of the internal combustion engine; a first compressor in the charge path, the first compressor being driven by a motor and configured to receive the air from the charge inlet and increase temperature, pressure and volumetric flow rate of the air in the charge path; a first valve in the charge path downstream of the first compressor configured to divert at least a portion of the air leaving the first compressor from exiting the charge path through the charge outlet; and a controller configured to modulate at least one of the first valve and a speed of the motor to adjust a volumetric flow rate of air leaving the charge outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: David S. Krug, Travis A. Reynolds, Ian Whiteside, Christopher J. Thompson, Phil McGovern, Steve Higginson, Vladimir Anton