Arun K Jaura

US Patent:

6811197, Nov 2, 2004

Filed:

Nov 14, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/065743

Inventors:

Tony Gary Grabowski - Sterling Heights MI
Arun Kumar Jaura - Canton MI
Jaswant S. Dhillon - Canton MI

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B60R 700

US Classification:

296 378, 180 685, 180 8911, 224902

Abstract:

A housing assembly for an electrical energy storage device includes a support structure arranged within a passenger compartment of a vehicle, a combined housing/console structure for concealing, at least partially, the support structure and the electrical energy storage device, and a housing cover, having at least one console feature, for mounting on the housing/console structure.

US Patent:

7172831, Feb 6, 2007

Filed:

Jan 9, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/248326

Inventors:

Arun Kumar Jaura - Canton MI, US
Chan-Woo Park - Ann Arbor MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

H01M 2/00
H01M 10/50
H01M 2/36

US Classification:

429 72, 429 61, 429 62, 429 64, 429120

Abstract:

A battery system for an automotive vehicle includes a battery case having a number of battery cells housed within the case. Coolant passages extend about the battery cells, and a coolant pump or driver circulates coolant from the coolant supply through the passages so as to transfer heat from the battery cells to the coolant. A controller periodically reverses the direction of flow through the coolant passages so as to minimize the differential temperature arising between various cells of the battery stack.

US Patent:

7608011, Oct 27, 2009

Filed:

Dec 10, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/541055

Inventors:

Tony Grabowski - Sterling Heights MI, US
Arun Jaura - Canton MI, US
Walt Ortmann - Saline MI, US
Robert Natkin - Canton MI, US
Steve Szwabowski - Northville MI, US
Edward Jih - Troy MI, US
Bret Oltmans - Stacy MN, US
Adam Denlinger - Saline MI, US
Yin Chen - Dearborn MI, US
Brad Boyer - Canton MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B60W 10/08
B60K 1/00

US Classification:

477 5, 180 652

Abstract:

A hydrogen-powered hybrid powertrain system includes a hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engine operating at a lean air/fuel mixture, and a supercharger for boosting a primary drive torque produced by the engine primarily over a high operating speed range. An electric motor/generator generates a secondary drive torque for the vehicle, such that the secondary drive torque complements the boosted primary drive torque over at least a low operating speed range of the powertrain. A disconnect clutch disposed between the engine and the motor/generator engages and disengages the engine from the motor/generator, and serves to transfer the boosted primary driver torque through the motor/generator and to a power transmission system. The input at the power transmission is thus a combination of the boosted primary drive torque and the secondary drive torque having an enhanced torque characteristic over at least the low operating speed range.

US Patent:

20040045749, Mar 11, 2004

Filed:

Sep 6, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/064998

Inventors:

Arun Jaura - Canton MI, US
Chan-Woo Park - Ann Arbor MI, US
Matthew Hammond - Redford MI, US
Steven Thomas - Bloomfield Hills MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B60K006/00
B60K011/00

US Classification:

180/065200

Abstract:

A system and method to meet the cooling needs of a hybrid electric vehicle's motor, such as an integrated-starter-generator, using a transmission cooling loop that flows through a specialized stator housing of the motor. The system has a cooling loop with a heat exchanger and conduits to connect the stator housing of the motor, transmission, and heat exchanger. Coolant flows through the cooling loop through the action of either a mechanical transmission pump or an auxiliary pump or both. A controller can receive and process input from at least one vehicle sensor, and command the auxiliary pump to operate when the processed input of at least one vehicle sensor exceeds a pre-selected threshold. In an alternate embodiment of the present invention, the cooling loop also has bypass conduits and independently controllable bypass valves having actuators. The stator housing can overlap or be adjacent to a transmission housing.

US Patent:

6705254, Mar 16, 2004

Filed:

Jul 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/064603

Inventors:

Tony Gary Grabowski - Sterling Heights MI 48188
Arun Kumar Jaura - Canton MI 48188
Bruce Bruce Gailitis - Windsor, Ontario, CA
Gary D Barylski - Woodhaven MI 48183

International Classification:

F01P 300

US Classification:

123 4129, 123 4131, 123 4144

Abstract:

A method and an apparatus for cooling one or more torque generation assemblies, such as an internal combustion engine and/or an electric motor by the use of variable speed pump assembly which may be selectively operated without the use of any of the torque generation assemblies.