Kevin J O'Connor

US Patent:

7872470, Jan 18, 2011

Filed:

May 9, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/746352

Inventors:

Thomas L. Booth - Birmingham MI, US
Kevin P. O'Connor - Lake Mills WI, US

Assignee:

STRATTEC Power Access LLC - Troy MI

International Classification:

G01B 7/30
G01P 3/44

US Classification:

3242072, 324165, 324173, 32420725

Abstract:

A drive assembly for a vehicle door is provided. The drive assembly includes a motor having a driving member. The drive assembly further includes a housing having a shaft rotatably received therein. The drive assembly further includes an input member being rotatably received upon the shaft. The input member is operatively associated with the driving member. The drive assembly further includes a rotor fixedly secured to the shaft. The drive assembly further includes first and second Hall effect sensor modules mounted to the housing in a facing spaced relationship with respect to the plurality of teeth of the rotor that generate first and second signals, respectively. The first and second signals have a quadrature relationship with respect to one another and indicate a rotational direction of the rotor when the plurality of teeth are rotating past the first and second Hall effect sensor modules.

US Patent:

8459332, Jun 11, 2013

Filed:

Jul 9, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/544978

Inventors:

Kevin M. O'Connor - South Bend IN, US
Timothy D. Frank - Elkhart IN, US
Andrew J. Miller - Plymouth MI, US

International Classification:

B22D 33/04
B22D 17/00

US Classification:

164113, 164137, 164312, 164342

Abstract:

An outer panel mold and method of constructing a piston and forming an undercut cooling gallery of a piston therewith is provided. The outer panel mold is operably attachable to a conventional piston mold machine. The outer panel mold has a pair of gudgeon core members and a pair of gudgeon guide blocks. The gudgeon core members are moveable toward and away from one another along an axis that is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal central axis of a piston. Each of the gudgeon guide blocks have an opening receiving a separate one of the gudgeon core members. A pair of outer panels are moveable into a closed position between the pair of gudgeon guide blocks to form an undercut cooling gallery of the piston and an open position to allow extraction of the piston vertically along the longitudinal central axis in response to movement of the gudgeon guide blocks.

US Patent:

20140042712, Feb 13, 2014

Filed:

Aug 8, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/569753

Inventors:

Kevin O'Connor - Duluth GA, US
Mike Brown - Woodstock GA, US

Assignee:

MANUFACTURING RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL, INC. - Alpharetta GA

International Classification:

H02G 3/02

US Classification:

277606

Abstract:

The embodiments herein provide a device for sealing an interface having an opening for a wire to pass through the interface. A pair of sealing blocks may be used where one block contains a protrusion and the opposing block contains a recess. The protrusion and recess preferably have an apex with a round having approximately the same dimension as the radius of the wire. A pair of posts may be positioned on opposing sides of the opening. One sealing block may contain an aperture for accepting one of the posts while the second sealing block may contain an aperture for accepting the opposing post. The posts may be threaded so that they can accept a threaded fastener. Exemplary embodiments may utilize mounting plates which may contain a flange such that squeezing the opposing flanges together can cause inward forces on the sealing blocks.

US Patent:

20230056061, Feb 23, 2023

Filed:

Aug 23, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/409273

Inventors:

- Alpharetta GA, US
Marcos Diaz - Alpharetta GA, US
Mike Brown - Cumming GA, US
Kevin O'Connor - Duluth GA, US
Alex Moreau - Alpharetta GA, US

International Classification:

G02F 1/1333
H05K 7/20

Abstract:

A display assembly for inducing turbulent flow includes electronic display subassemblies attached to a structural framework, each including an illumination device for providing illumination to an electronic display layer when powered, a cover forward of said electronic display layer, and a closed loop fan unit located at a first side of the respective one of said electronic display subassemblies. A rear passageway is positioned between the electronic display subassemblies. A closed loop airflow pathway for circulating gas extends through each of the electronic display subassemblies and includes the rear passageway.

US Patent:

20230058547, Feb 23, 2023

Filed:

Oct 22, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/508749

Inventors:

- Alpharetta GA, US
Marcos Diaz - Alpharetta GA, US
Mike Brown - Cumming GA, US
Kevin O'Connor - Duluth GA, US
Alex Moreau - Alpharetta GA, US

International Classification:

B60K 35/00
B60W 50/14
B60L 1/00

Abstract:

A display assembly for inducing turbulent flow and integrating an electric vehicle charger. A first and second subassembly are connected to a structural framework, each including a cover, an electronic display layer located behind the cover, a rear panel located behind the electronic display layer, and a fan assembly located at a rear surface of the rear panel. The electric vehicle charger is also connected to the structural framework.

US Patent:

20230059819, Feb 23, 2023

Filed:

Aug 23, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/409360

Inventors:

- Alpharetta GA, US
Marcos Diaz - Alpharetta GA, US
Mike Brown - Cumming GA, US
Kevin O'Connor - Duluth GA, US
Alex Moreau - Alpharetta GA, US

International Classification:

H05K 7/20
G02F 1/1333

Abstract:

A fan unit for improved airflow within a display assembly is provided. Fans are provided at a housing which includes a rear wall defining a curved shape with peaks to accommodate one of the fans and a valley between adjacent ones of the fans. The fan units induce relatively laminar flow within certain portions of an airflow pathways extending with the display assembly and relatively turbulent flows in other portions of the display assembly when activated.

US Patent:

20230029615, Feb 2, 2023

Filed:

Jul 25, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/872756

Inventors:

- Alpharetta GA, US
Mike Brown - Cumming GA, US
Douglas Bennett - Alpharetta GA, US
Kevin O'Connor - Duluth GA, US
Alex Moreau - Alpharetta GA, US

International Classification:

G01M 3/26
G02F 1/13
G02F 1/1333

Abstract:

Electronic display assemblies providing enhanced leak detection, and systems and methods related to the same, are provided. A differential pressure sensor detects a differential pressure between an ambient environment and a testing area of the electronic display assembly. A controller determines differential pressure readings based on data received from the differential pressure sensor and selectively generates electronic notifications based on said differential pressure readings.

US Patent:

20210168949, Jun 3, 2021

Filed:

Feb 9, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/171427

Inventors:

- Alpharetta GA, US
Kevin O'Connor - Duluth GA, US
Marcos Diaz - Alpharetta GA, US

International Classification:

H05K 5/00
H05K 7/20
H05K 5/02
H05K 7/14
H05K 5/03
G09F 9/35
G02F 1/1333
G09F 9/30
G09F 13/04
G09F 21/04

Abstract:

Interchangeable display assemblies are provided. A frame is configured to interchangeably accept any one of a number of digital side assemblies, each including an electronic display, a number of static side assemblies, each including a poster cavity which accepts signage, and a number of cover side assemblies at a first portion and any other one of the number of digital side assemblies, the number of static side assemblies, and the number of cover side assemblies at a second portion thereof.