Gary Steven O'Brien

US Patent:

7095198, Aug 22, 2006

Filed:

Jun 16, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/156171

Inventors:

Gary O'Brien - Riverview MI, US

Assignee:

Honeywell International Inc. - Morristown NJ

International Classification:

G01L 3/02
G01L 3/10
B25B 23/14

US Classification:

318432, 7386208, 73862336, 7386223, 32420725, 32420721, 32420713

Abstract:

A power sensor module suitable for automotive and other high volume applications combines speed sensing and torque sensing operations into a single unit. A magnetic speed sensor is utilized for speed sensing. A power measurement can be derived from torque and speed. Combining torque sensing and speed sensing within a single module instead of using separate modules for each allows for reducing redundancies and lowering cost.

US Patent:

7212935, May 1, 2007

Filed:

Dec 21, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/314677

Inventors:

Gary R. O'Brien - Riverview MI, US
George Edward Bown - Oxford, GB

Assignee:

Honeywell International, Inc. - Morriston NJ

International Classification:

G60K 28/16

US Classification:

702 87, 701 84, 701 87, 701 90, 180197, 477110

Abstract:

The invention relates to torque sensors or more particularly to automotive torque sensors which measure the torque transmitted at one or more positions within an automotive power train. The invention provides a method for zeroing an automotive power train torque sensor while a vehicle is moving during the zero torque condition.

US Patent:

20100145579, Jun 10, 2010

Filed:

Dec 10, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/332192

Inventors:

Gary O'Brien - Riverview MI, US

International Classification:

B62D 5/04
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

701 42, 180446

Abstract:

A method and system for onboard zero offset compensation for ATV electric power assist steering (EPAS) torque sensor. An electric assist torque can be applied to an EPAS motor in a clockwise and a counterclockwise direction until a movement is generated in a steering column. A threshold value of torque signal generated by the torque sensor in both directions can be stored when the applied torque exceeds a reaction torque to cause acceleration of a shaft. The reaction torque can be determined under conditions such as, for example, when no one is holding the handle bars and the wheels are free from obstruction. The magnitude of the torque signals are approximately equivalent and an absolute magnitude of the torque signals falls below a general torque limit that can be set under ideal conditions with the ATV. Thereafter, an auto zeroing operation can be performed a number of times throughout the life of the ATV and the error due to offset drift of the sensor can be reduced.

US Patent:

20140070763, Mar 13, 2014

Filed:

Sep 13, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/613282

Inventors:

Karen Lee Chiles - Farmington MI, US
Kevin Grady - Canton MI, US
Oola Greenwald - Mevaseret Zion, IL
Gary O'Brien - Riverview MI, US

Assignee:

VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC - Van Buren Township MI

International Classification:

H05K 9/00
H02J 7/00

US Classification:

320108, 320137, 174350

Abstract:

A shielding arrangement for preventing AM radio interference when a wireless charger is used in a vehicle has a plurality of parallel conductors arranged at a distance from one another responsive to a frequency desired to be attenuated. An interconnection arrangement includes a solid conductive junction and connects the conductors to one another without forming loops, and to ground. The conductors are traces disposed on a PCB. Additional parallel conducts are disposed on the other side of the PCB at an orthogonal orientation with respect to the first conductors. The spacing between the conductors is determined in response to the frequency desired to be attenuated, as well as frequencies thereabove that are desired to be propagated therethrough, such as mobile telephone signals. The solid conductive junction that is disposed on the printed circuit board is electrically and thermally conductive, such as copper.

US Patent:

20150380980, Dec 31, 2015

Filed:

Sep 3, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/845254

Inventors:

- Van Buren Township MI, US
- Neve Ilan, IL
Kevin Grady - Canton MI, US
Oola Greenwald - Mevaseret Zion, IL
Gary O'Brien - Riverview MI, US

International Classification:

H02J 7/02
H02J 7/04

Abstract:

A shielding arrangement for preventing AM radio interference when a wireless charger is used in a vehicle has a plurality of parallel conductors arranged at a distance from one another responsive to a frequency desired to be attenuated. An interconnection arrangement includes a solid conductive junction and connects the conductors to one another without forming loops, and to ground. The conductors are traces disposed on a PCB. Additional parallel conducts are disposed on the other side of the PCB at an orthogonal orientation with respect to the first conductors. The spacing between the conductors is determined in response to the frequency desired to be attenuated, as well as frequencies thereabove that are desired to be propagated therethrough, such as mobile telephone signals. The solid conductive junction that is disposed on the printed circuit board is electrically and thermally conductive, such as copper.