Kevin J Hawes

US Patent:

7322392, Jan 29, 2008

Filed:

Jun 17, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/155429

Inventors:

Kevin J. Hawes - Greentown IN, US

Assignee:

Delphi Technologies, Inc. - Troy MI

International Classification:

B60C 23/12

US Classification:

152419, 152418, 417233

Abstract:

A tire pump includes a passive air pump which is attachable to a component of a vehicle wheel assembly. The vehicle wheel assembly has a vehicle wheel, a tire valve stem attached to the vehicle wheel, and a tire mounted on the vehicle wheel and containing a gas. The passive air pump has an air inlet in direct fluid communication with the atmosphere and has an air outlet in direct fluid communication with the gas in the tire. The passive air pump is operable by transient pressure pulses of the gas in the tire to suck in an air volume from the atmosphere through the air inlet after a present one of the transient pressure pulses and to pump at least some of the sucked-in air volume through the air outlet into the tire during a future one of the transient pressure pulses.

US Patent:

7331212, Feb 19, 2008

Filed:

Jan 9, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/328032

Inventors:

Gregory J. Manlove - Kokomo IN, US
Stephen P. Long - Tipton IN, US
Hamid R. Borzabadi - Noblesville IN, US
Timothy A. Vas - Kokomo IN, US
Kevin J. Hawes - Greentown IN, US

Assignee:

Delphi Technologies, Inc. - Troy MI

International Classification:

G01N 3/30

US Classification:

73 1201, 7350403, 7350404, 73511, 73778, 73804, 73805

Abstract:

A sensor module is provided having a compact housing containing a sensor. A low temperature co-fired ceramic substrate is located on the housing. The sensor and signal processing circuitry are located on the low temperature co-fired ceramic substrate. The sensor module further includes a metal shield substantially encapsulating the sensor.

US Patent:

7331415, Feb 19, 2008

Filed:

Sep 28, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/237423

Inventors:

Kevin J. Hawes - Greentown IN, US
Morgan D. Murphy - Kokomo IN, US

Assignee:

Delphi Technologies, Inc. - Troy MI

International Classification:

B60K 28/10

US Classification:

180274, 340436

Abstract:

An impact sensing apparatus includes a laterally extending air channel within a block of foam or other crushable medium disposed between a bumper fascia and a rigid bumper frame element, and one or more airflow sensors for detecting airflow within the air channel. The air channel may be defined by a flexible hollow tube embedded within the crushable medium or by a molded-in air cavity in cases where the crushable medium is formed by molding. The measured airflow provides a measure of crush rate, and two or more airflow sensors may be distributed within the air channel to optimize impact detection response time and to identify the impact location.

US Patent:

7408123, Aug 5, 2008

Filed:

Nov 16, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/600396

Inventors:

Kevin J. Hawes - Greentown IN, US
Duane D. Fortune - Lebanon IN, US
Morgan D. Murphy - Kokomo IN, US

Assignee:

Delphi Technologies, Inc. - Troy MI

International Classification:

B60R 21/015
G01G 19/10

US Classification:

177136, 177144, 177208, 177254, 180273, 280735

Abstract:

A seat occupant sensing apparatus includes a notched foam bottom seat cushion and a pressure-responsive sensor disposed between the bottom cushion and a frame of the seat. The notch is a narrow channel on the underside of the foam cushion that extends upward into the foam to limit and direct dispersion of occupant loading through the cushion. A rectangular notch smaller in dimension than a child seat frame is formed in a central region of the foam cushion, and a fluid-filled bladder or other force-responsive sensor mat is disposed substantially within the perimeter of the notch. The sensor will detect a normally seated occupant due to the relatively uniform seat load, but will not detect a cinched-down child seat because the notch limits dispersion of child seat loading in the direction of the sensor.

US Patent:

7434481, Oct 14, 2008

Filed:

Feb 14, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/706016

Inventors:

Kevin J. Hawes - Greentown IN, US
Morgan D. Murphy - Kokomo IN, US
Lee R. Hinze - Kokomo IN, US

Assignee:

Delphi Technologies, Inc. - Troy MI

International Classification:

G01L 1/26
G01B 7/16

US Classification:

73862391, 73780

Abstract:

A capacitive sensor apparatus is disposed between the bottom cushion and frame of a seat. The sensor apparatus includes first and second mutually parallel rigid force translation plates biased apart by a set of springs, first and second conductor plates centrally affixed to inboard faces of the first and second force translation plates, and a control circuit responsive to the gap capacitance between the first and second conductor plates. The force translation plates are joined in a manner to maintain the conductor plates parallel to each other while permitting movement of either force translation plate relative to the other in a mutually perpendicular direction.

US Patent:

7438152, Oct 21, 2008

Filed:

Jun 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/174162

Inventors:

Kevin J. Hawes - Greentown IN, US
Scott A. Pagington - Greentown IN, US
Junqiang Shen - Kokomo IN, US

Assignee:

Delphi Technologies, Inc. - Troy MI

International Classification:

B60R 21/0136

US Classification:

180274, 280735, 73 116

Abstract:

Impacts with a vehicle body panel are detected by sensing airflow inboard of the vehicle body panel. The airflow can be measured by heated element sensor, a Pitot tube sensor, a venturi sensor or other airflow-responsive sensor. For side impact detection, the sensor is located in a door or pillar on the side of the vehicle; for frontal impact detection, the sensor may be located behind the front bumper. Multiple sensors mounted in distributed locations can be used to determine the location and extent of an impact.

US Patent:

7523679, Apr 28, 2009

Filed:

May 11, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/801980

Inventors:

Kevin J. Hawes - Greentown IN, US
Morgan D. Murphy - Kokomo IN, US
Walter K. Kosiak - Kokomo IN, US

Assignee:

Delphi Technologies, Inc. - Troy MI

International Classification:

G01L 1/00
B60R 21/33

US Classification:

73862381, 200 5 A, 280735

Abstract:

A switch-based sensor apparatus is disposed between the bottom cushion and frame of a seat. The sensor apparatus includes upper and lower rigid and generally parallel force translation plates biased apart by a set of springs, and a switch assembly. The force translation plates are joined so as to pre-load the springs while permitting closing movement between the upper and lower force translation plates in response to occupant seat force that exceeds the pre-load force of the springs. The switch assembly includes a circuit board and elastomeric switch pad defining one or more switch elements that are actuated by a prescribed closing movement between the upper and lower force translation plates for electrically detecting the presence of a seat occupant.

US Patent:

7552792, Jun 30, 2009

Filed:

Mar 7, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/073438

Inventors:

Kevin J. Hawes - Greentown IN, US
William W. Fultz - Carmel IN, US
Morgan D. Murphy - Kokomo IN, US

Assignee:

Delphi Technologies, Inc. - Troy MI

International Classification:

B60K 28/10

US Classification:

180274

Abstract:

A pedestrian impact sensor system includes a first plate and a second plate both connected to an outer surface of a vehicle such that a capacitance between the first plate and the second plate is dependent upon whether a body proximate the vehicle is animate. A crush sensor senses a force exerted by the body on the vehicle. A monitoring circuit monitors the capacitance between the first plate and the second plate and an output signal of the crush sensor. The monitoring circuit issues a safety countermeasure signal dependent upon the capacitance between the first plate and the second plate and the output signal of the crush sensor.