David J Kaminski

US Patent:

6369549, Apr 9, 2002

Filed:

Oct 5, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/166253

Inventors:

Thomas Edward Brefeld - Dearborn MI
Eric Steven Schaeffer - Farmington Hills MI
David Paul Kaminski - Warren MI

Assignee:

Ford Global Tech., Inc. - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

H02P 300

US Classification:

322 11

Abstract:

A motor vehicle charging system comprises a first alternator including a first power output and a discrete alternator enabling input, a second alternator including a second power output and an electronic controller having a switchable output. The switchable output is coupled to the alternator enabling input. A method for controlling a motor vehicle charging system having a first alternator, a second alternator and a source of switched system voltage having an ON state and an OFF state comprises providing continual enabling power to the first alternator whenever the source of system voltage is in the ON state. The method also includes providing switchable enabling power to the second alternator whenever the source of system voltage is in the ON state. Alternatively, the method for controlling a motor vehicle charging system comprises providing continual enabling power to the first alternator whenever the vehicles engine is running and providing switchable enabling power to the second alternator, also whenever the vehicles engine is running.

US Patent:

6415659, Jul 9, 2002

Filed:

Sep 13, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/660619

Inventors:

David Mioduszewski - Ann Arbor MI
David A. Fischer - Ann Arbor MI
David B. Kaminski - Clayton CA

Assignee:

QED Environmental Systems, Inc. - Ann Arbor MI

International Classification:

E21B 4900

US Classification:

7315223, 7386301, 7386383

Abstract:

The present invention provides a method for monitoring select purge water parameters and determining when the parameters have stabilized. The method includes the steps of selecting which parameters are to be monitored and selecting the time interval between which evaluation readings are performed. The time interval may be selected in set time increments from within a predetermined time range. With the passing of each interval, the results of the evaluation readings are stored in a memory device for at least one, and more preferably a plurality, of consecutive readings. If the readings do not fall within the defined stabilization ranges for the selected parameters, the oldest scan is deleted from the memory device. The comparison of the reading results is again performed with the start of the next interval, with the new reading results being compared to the two old reading results. When the selected parameter values do fall within the defined ranges for three consecutive readings, the operator is alerted that stabilization has been obtained.

US Patent:

6456201, Sep 24, 2002

Filed:

Sep 13, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/660625

Inventors:

David Mioduszewski - Ann Arbor MI
David A. Fischer - Ann Arbor MI
David B. Kaminski - Clayton CA

Assignee:

QED Environmental Systems, Inc. - Ann Arbor MI

International Classification:

G08B 2100

US Classification:

340612, 340618, 340620, 73304 R, 73290 R, 16625003

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for monitoring the fluid level in a well bore to limit fluid drawdown in the well bore to a maximum set level. The user first determines the static water level in the well bore by lowering a sensor into the well bore. The sensor is configured to sense when it makes contact with water, so that the user can be made aware that the sensor has reached the static water level. The user then lowers the sensor to a maximum desired drawdown level. The sensor is then set to sense when it loses contact with the water. The sensor is then monitored to determine if the fluid had has dropped below the maximum desired drawdown level, and an audible and/or visual alarm alerts the user whenever the maximum desired drawdown level is exceeded.

US Patent:

6508310, Jan 21, 2003

Filed:

Sep 13, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/661176

Inventors:

David Mioduszewski - Ann Arbor MI
David A. Fischer - Ann Arbor MI
David B. Kaminski - Clayton CA

Assignee:

QED Environmental Systems, Inc. - Ann Arbor MI

International Classification:

F21B 3406

US Classification:

166373, 166 64, 166105, 16625015, 166264, 417120, 417138

Abstract:

A method for using a controller to control a fluid pump by controlling the rate at which the pump fills with fluid and subsequently discharges fluid. The pump includes a chamber for collecting fluid from within a well bore in which the pump is disposed. A user inputs a pump cycle time and a pump cycle volume to the controller. The pump cycle time input is used to determine a cycling period for the pump. The pump cycle volume is used to allot a portion of the cycling period to the refilling of the pump with fluid and the remaining portion of the cycling period to the discharging of fluid from the pump. The controller controls the pump such that the pump is vented to atmosphere during the refill portion, allowing the pump to fill with fluid, and such that pressurized fluid, such as compressed gas, is injected into the pump during the discharge cycle, causing fluid collected within the pump to be discharged. In another mode of operation, a sensor is coupled to the controller. The sensor sense when the water level in the well bore drops below a maximum desired drawdown level, and the controller adjusts the pumping rate to avoid exceeding the maximum drawdown level.

US Patent:

6771169, Aug 3, 2004

Filed:

Aug 7, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/064692

Inventors:

David Paul Kaminski - Warren MI
Ranjan Kumar Ahluwalia - Novi MI
Thomas Michael McQuade - Ann Arbor MI

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B60C 2300

US Classification:

340442, 340 1033, 34087007, 34087039, 73146

Abstract:

A tire pressure monitoring system ( ) for a vehicle ( ) has a plurality of tires ( ) in respective rolling locations having a respective plurality of tire transmitters ( ) that generate a respective plurality of transmitter identification signals. A respective plurality of initiators ( ) are fixedly attached to the vehicle at a respective plurality of locations. A controller ( ) activates the plurality of initiators ( ) by generating a respective plurality of initiator signals from the plurality of initiators. The plurality of initiator signals has a first power level. The controller ( ) increases the first power level incrementally to a final power level until the controller receives a sensor signal from each of the plurality of tire transmitters.

US Patent:

20050199775, Sep 15, 2005

Filed:

Mar 9, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/796678

Inventors:

David Kaminski - Lake Orion MI, US
Philip Zane - Macomb MI, US

International Classification:

F16M005/00
B60K001/00

US Classification:

248638000, 180291000

Abstract:

A vibration isolation support for mounting an engine in a vehicle frame, the engine having a theoretical roll axis, the vibration isolation support including an engine bracket fixed to the engine; a frame bracket fixed to the vehicle frame; and an isolator connected between the engine bracket and the frame bracket, where the isolator is radially symmetrical about a longitudinal axis, and the engine bracket is fixed to the engine and the frame bracket is fixed to the frame such that a vertical plane drawn through the isolator's longitudinal axis is perpendicular to a horizontal plane drawn through the theoretical roll axis, and the isolator's longitudinal axis intersects the horizontal plane through the theoretical roll axis at an acute angle that is less than or equal to 45.

US Patent:

56170114, Apr 1, 1997

Filed:

Jun 6, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/466172

Inventors:

Kathleen M. Hammer - West Bloomfield MI
David P. Kaminski - Warren MI

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

H02J 714

US Classification:

322 28

Abstract:

A method and system are disclosed for limiting the voltage provided by a generator in the event of a regulator or field coil short circuit failure in an automotive vehicle. The voltage provided by the generator is sensed and a corresponding voltage level is generated. The voltage level is then compared to a predetermined voltage threshold. If the voltage level exceeds the predetermined voltage threshold, the high-side field coil switch is cycled by the controller so as to control the voltage provided by the generator. The electronic components of the vehicle are protected from over-voltage damage, and the battery is prohibited from overcharging.

US Patent:

51956330, Mar 23, 1993

Filed:

Jan 27, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/826117

Inventors:

David Kaminski - Troy MI

International Classification:

B65D 8500

US Classification:

2063159

Abstract:

A display for holding a golf ball for viewing includes a pair of body members, including a front body member having an opening for viewing a portion of the golf ball surface, and an internal opening behind the viewing opening for accommodating the ball such that it is trapped between the two body members.