Patents by Inventor TYLER RANSOM GARRARD

TYLER RANSOM GARRARD 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: 11920605
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a shaft, a first impeller wheel, and a second impeller wheel. The rotating machine also includes a first seal assembly including a first carbon ring disposed about the shaft, with the first carbon ring having a first carbon surface. The first seal assembly also includes a first mating ring disposed about the shaft, with the first mating ring having a first mating surface facing and configured to contact the first carbon surface. The rotating machine additionally includes a second seal assembly including a second carbon ring disposed about the shaft, with the second carbon ring having a second carbon surface. The second seal assembly also includes a second mating ring disposed about the shaft, with the second mating ring having a second mating ring surface facing and configured to contact the second carbon surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Ransom Garrard, Erwin Perry Ellwood, III, Frederick Michael Huscher
  • Publication number: 20230412031
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a rotor extending along an axis and a stator lamination stack radially spaced from the rotor. The stator lamination stack has circumferentially spaced teeth defining gaps therebetween. The electric machine also includes a coil winding disposed in the gaps between the circumferentially spaced teeth and a guard plate disposed at one of the first and second stator ends. The guard plate extends radially away from the axis and includes a plurality of teeth guards extending radially, with each of the teeth guards aligned with one of the teeth of the stator lamination stack to electrically insulate the coil winding from the teeth of the stator lamination stack. The plurality of teeth of the stator lamination stack extend radially inward toward the axis and the teeth guards of the guard plate extend radially inward toward the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Joel Maurus, Jeffrey Carter, Tyler Ransom Garrard
  • Patent number: 11777360
    Abstract: An electrically-assisted turbocharger includes a shaft extending along an axis, a compressor wheel, a turbine wheel, a housing, and an electric machine. The electric machine includes a rotor rotatably coupled to the shaft and a stator lamination stack radially spaced from the rotor. The stator lamination stack has circumferentially spaced teeth defining gaps therebetween. The electric machine also includes a coil winding disposed in the gaps between the circumferentially spaced teeth and a guard plate disposed at one of the first and second stator ends. The guard plate extends radially away from the axis and includes a plurality of teeth guards extending radially, with each of the teeth guards aligned with one of the teeth of the stator lamination stack to electrically insulate the coil winding from the teeth of the stator lamination stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Joel Maurus, Jeffrey Carter, Tyler Ransom Garrard
  • Publication number: 20220299039
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a shaft, a first impeller wheel, and a second impeller wheel. The rotating machine also includes a first seal assembly including a first carbon ring disposed about the shaft, with the first carbon ring having a first carbon surface. The first seal assembly also includes a first mating ring disposed about the shaft, with the first mating ring having a first mating surface facing and configured to contact the first carbon surface. The rotating machine additionally includes a second seal assembly including a second carbon ring disposed about the shaft, with the second carbon ring having a second carbon surface. The second seal assembly also includes a second mating ring disposed about the shaft, with the second mating ring having a second mating ring surface facing and configured to contact the second carbon surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Tyler Ransom Garrard, Erwin Perry Ellwood, III, Frederick Michael Huscher
  • Patent number: 11384772
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a shaft, a first impeller wheel, and a second impeller wheel. The rotating machine also includes a first seal assembly including a first carbon ring disposed about the shaft, with the first carbon ring having a first carbon surface. The first seal assembly also includes a first mating ring disposed about the shaft, with the first mating ring having a first mating surface facing and configured to contact the first carbon surface. The rotating machine additionally includes a second seal assembly including a second carbon ring disposed about the shaft, with the second carbon ring having a second carbon surface. The second seal assembly also includes a second mating ring disposed about the shaft, with the second mating ring having a second mating ring surface facing and configured to contact the second carbon surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Ransom Garrard, Erwin Perry Ellwood, III, Frederick Michael Huscher
  • Publication number: 20220140688
    Abstract: An electrically-assisted turbocharger includes a shaft extending along an axis, a compressor wheel, a turbine wheel, a housing, and an electric machine. The electric machine includes a rotor rotatably coupled to the shaft and a stator lamination stack radially spaced from the rotor. The stator lamination stack has circumferentially spaced teeth defining gaps therebetween. The electric machine also includes a coil winding disposed in the gaps between the circumferentially spaced teeth and a guard plate disposed at one of the first and second stator ends. The guard plate extends radially away from the axis and includes a plurality of teeth guards extending radially, with each of the teeth guards aligned with one of the teeth of the stator lamination stack to electrically insulate the coil winding from the teeth of the stator lamination stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Joel MAURUS, Jeffrey CARTER, Tyler Ransom GARRARD
  • Publication number: 20210336513
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a machine housing defining a housing interior, a shaft disposed in the housing interior, with the shaft having a length and an axis extending along the length. The shaft is rotatable about the axis. The rotating machine also includes an impeller wheel disposed in the housing interior and coupled to and rotatable by the shaft, with the impeller wheel having an angular position with respect to the axis. The rotating machine further includes a backplate coupled to the machine housing and having a first side facing the impeller wheel, at least one target element coupled to and rotatable with the impeller wheel, a circuit board coupled to the first side of the backplate and facing the impeller wheel, and at least one sensor disposed on the circuit board for detecting the at least one target element to determine the angular position of the impeller wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventor: Tyler Ransom GARRARD
  • Publication number: 20200182254
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a shaft, a first impeller wheel, and a second impeller wheel. The rotating machine also includes a first seal assembly including a first carbon ring disposed about the shaft, with the first carbon ring having a first carbon surface. The first seal assembly also includes a first mating ring disposed about the shaft, with the first mating ring having a first mating surface facing and configured to contact the first carbon surface. The rotating machine additionally includes a second seal assembly including a second carbon ring disposed about the shaft, with the second carbon ring having a second carbon surface. The second seal assembly also includes a second mating ring disposed about the shaft, with the second mating ring having a second mating ring surface facing and configured to contact the second carbon surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Tyler Ransom Garrard, Erwin Perry Ellwood, III, Frederick Michael Huscher
  • Patent number: 9941771
    Abstract: A number of variations may include a product comprising: a rotor core comprising a body, wherein the body includes an inner surface and an outer surface, a first end cap which extends radially from a first end of the body and a second end cap which extends radially from a second end of the body, wherein the first end cap, the second end cap, and the outer surface define an annular cavity; at least one sleeve adjacent at least one of the first end cap or the second end cap; at least one magnet contained within the annular cavity; and at least one bearing operatively attached to the at least one sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Ransom Garrard, Frederick M. Huscher
  • Publication number: 20180069451
    Abstract: A number of variations may include a product comprising: a rotor core comprising a body, wherein the body includes an inner surface and an outer surface, a first end cap which extends radially from a first end of the body and a second end cap which extends radially from a second end of the body, wherein the first end cap, the second end cap, and the outer surface define an annular cavity; at least one sleeve adjacent at least one of the first end cap or the second end cap; at least one magnet contained within the annular cavity; and at least one bearing operatively attached to the at least one sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: TYLER RANSOM GARRARD, Frederick M. Huscher