Patents by Inventor Vadiraja Krishna Upadya

Vadiraja Krishna Upadya 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).

  • Active brake cooling using nitrogen enriched air
    Patent number: 10935093
    Abstract: In some examples, a brake cooling system including a brake assembly including at least one brake pad configured to deaccelerate the vehicle during an active braking procedure, a controller configured to monitor a temperature of the at least one brake pad, an onboard inert gas generation system (OBIGGS) configured to receive air and produce a nitrogen enriched air (NEA), a NEA supply conduit connected to the OBIGGS and configured to deliver the NEA from the OBIGGS to the brake assembly, and a NEA control valve coupled to the NEA supply conduit. The controller, in response to detecting the temperature of the at least one brake pad exceeds a threshold value during the active braking procedure, operates the NEA control valve to control the flow of the NEA passing through the NEA supply conduit and delivered to the at least one brake pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Somashekhar M Maheswarappa Hosamane, Sudheendra Karkada Nagesha, Deepak Kumar Jagadeesan, Vadiraja Krishna Upadya, Karthik Sanga
  • ACTIVE BRAKE COOLING USING NITROGEN ENRICHED AIR
    Publication number: 20190301554
    Abstract: In some examples, a brake cooling system including a brake assembly including at least one brake pad configured to deaccelerate the vehicle during an active braking procedure, a controller configured to monitor a temperature of the at least one brake pad, an onboard inert gas generation system (OBIGGS) configured to receive air and produce a nitrogen enriched air (NEA), a NEA supply conduit connected to the OBIGGS and configured to deliver the NEA from the OBIGGS to the brake assembly, and a NEA control valve coupled to the NEA supply conduit. The controller, in response to detecting the temperature of the at least one brake pad exceeds a threshold value during the active braking procedure, operates the NEA control valve to control the flow of the NEA passing through the NEA supply conduit and delivered to the at least one brake pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Somashekhar M Maheswarappa Hosamane, Sudheendra Karkada Nagesha, Deepak Kumar Jagadeesan, Vadiraja Krishna Upadya, Karthik Sanga