Patents by Inventor Valerie Jean Allan

Valerie Jean Allan 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: 9419316
    Abstract: A battery pack includes at least one serpentine fluid circulation tube that extends around part of the periphery of a plurality of electric cells. First and second segments of the tube are disposed adjacent a first and a second edge of a first set of the plurality of electric cells. The sets of electric cells are disposed in an alternating arrangement. A first fin and a second fin are provided between each of the electric cells. The fins have a reverse turn wrapped around the segments of the tube. The fins have internal ends that are disposed between the electric cells and the tube segments. The battery pack may be assembled by folding the fins around the electric cells and the tube or by preforming folded sheets that define thermal fins and assembling the folded sheets over segments of the tube from opposite sides of the electric cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Hornblower Meyer, Robert Alex Mitchell, Neil Robert Burrows, Valerie Jean Allan, Jeffrey Paul Luther, Michael Thomas Kramer, Patrick Michael Brennan
  • Publication number: 20160190665
    Abstract: A battery pack includes at least one serpentine fluid circulation tube that extends around part of the periphery of a plurality of electric cells. First and second segments of the tube are disposed adjacent a first and a second edge of a first set of the plurality of electric cells. The sets of electric cells are disposed in an alternating arrangement. A first fin and a second fin are provided between each of the electric cells. The fins have a reverse turn wrapped around the segments of the tube. The fins have internal ends that are disposed between the electric cells and the tube segments. The battery pack may be assembled by folding the fins around the electric cells and the tube or by preforming folded sheets that define thermal fins and assembling the folded sheets over segments of the tube from opposite sides of the electric cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Hornblower Meyer, Robert Alex Mitchell, Neil Robert Burrows, Valerie Jean Allan, Jeffrey Paul Luther, Michael Thomas Kramer, Patrick Michael Brennan
  • Patent number: 9312582
    Abstract: A battery pack includes at least one serpentine fluid circulation tube that extends around part of the periphery of a plurality of electric cells. First and second segments of the tube are disposed adjacent a first and a second edge of a first set of the plurality of electric cells. The sets of electric cells are disposed in an alternating arrangement. A first fin and a second fin are provided between each of the electric cells. The fins have a reverse turn wrapped around the segments of the tube. The fins have internal ends that are disposed between the electric cells and the tube segments. The battery pack may be assembled by folding the fins around the electric cells and the tube or by preforming folded sheets that define thermal fins and assembling the folded sheets over segments of the tube from opposite sides of the electric cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Hornblower Meyer, Robert Alex Mitchell, Neil Robert Burrows, Valerie Jean Allan, Jeffrey Paul Luther, Michael Thomas Kramer, Patrick Michael Brennan
  • Publication number: 20130260194
    Abstract: A battery pack includes at least one serpentine fluid circulation tube that extends around part of the periphery of a plurality of electric cells. First and second segments of the tube are disposed adjacent a first and a second edge of a first set of the plurality of electric cells. The sets of electric cells are disposed in an alternating arrangement. A first fin and a second fin are provided between each of the electric cells. The fins have a reverse turn wrapped around the segments of the tube. The fins have internal ends that are disposed between the electric cells and the tube segments. The battery pack may be assembled by folding the fins around the electric cells and the tube or by preforming folded sheets that define thermal fins and assembling the folded sheets over segments of the tube from opposite sides of the electric cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Hornblower Meyer, Robert Alex Mitchell, Neil Robert Burrows, Valerie Jean Allan, Jeffrey Paul Luther, Michael Thomas Kramer, Patrick Michael Brennan