Kevin Hawes

US Patent:

8287185, Oct 16, 2012

Filed:

Oct 1, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/571926

Inventors:

Timothy N. Pulliam - Noblesville IN, US
Kevin J. Hawes - Greentown IN, US
Robert C. Beer - Noblesville IN, US

Assignee:

Delphi Technologies, Inc. - Troy MI

International Classification:

G01K 1/12
G01K 7/22
G01N 25/20

US Classification:

374141, 374 4, 374185, 374170, 374100, 374 57, 320150

Abstract:

A printed circuit board supported over the top surface of a multi-cell battery module for battery cell voltage and temperature monitoring has an array of openings in alignment with selected battery cells for receiving temperature-sensing units that electrically couple with contacts formed on the printed circuit board and resiliently engage the cases of the selected battery cells. Each such temperature-sensing unit includes a printed circuit board mountable lamp socket and a lamp socket insert including a thermistor and a compressible element that maintains the thermistor in thermal proximity to the battery cell case when the temperature-sensing unit is installed in a respective printed circuit board opening.

US Patent:

20100025974, Feb 4, 2010

Filed:

Jul 31, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/221205

Inventors:

Charles A. Gray - Noblesville IN, US
Lisa A. Hanson - Carmel IN, US
Morgan D. Murphy - Kokomo IN, US
Kevin J. Hawes - Greentown IN, US
Thomas Fischer - Wenden, DE

International Classification:

B60R 21/16

US Classification:

280735, 280806

Abstract:

A low-cost automatic suppression apparatus allows or suppresses deployment of a low risk deployment airbag based solely on occupant seat load and seat belt tension. The seat load and belt tension parameters are detected by low-cost sensors, and an airbag control unit suppresses airbag deployment when the occupant load is below a specified load threshold or the belt tension is above a specified tension threshold, and otherwise allows airbag deployment. The sensors are preferably switch-based so that the signals provided to the airbag control unit are in the form of a differential electrical current, and only two wires are needed to interface each sensor to the airbag control unit.

US Patent:

56105029, Mar 11, 1997

Filed:

Aug 24, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/518733

Inventors:

James C. Tallant - Carmel IN
Kevin J. Hawes - Greentown IN

Assignee:

Delco Electronics Corp. - Kokomo IN

International Classification:

G05F 146

US Classification:

323222

Abstract:

A boost supply has an inductor coupled to supply voltage and connected to ground through a charging switch and connected through a diode to charge a storage capacitor when the switch is open to attain a boost voltage higher than supply voltage. A clock for controlling the switch operation is an astable circuit having an operational amplifier with an RC timing feedback to one input and a hysteresis feedback to the other input. The hysteresis circuit includes a resistor coupled at one end to a reference voltage and through a diode to the amplifier output. This circuit has an increasing frequency with increasing supply voltage to reduce switch closed time and limit the increase of inductor current to safe levels.