Nathan W Thompson

US Patent:

20220316131, Oct 6, 2022

Filed:

Apr 6, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/223380

Inventors:

- Detroit MI, US
Anne M. Dailly - West Bloomfield MI, US
Nathan Thompson - Sterling Heights MI, US

Assignee:

GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC - Detroit MI

International Classification:

D06M 13/50

Abstract:

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described that combine a sorbent containing a flame retardant with a substrate, which is capable of responding to temperature increases to prevent, suppress, delay the spread of, or otherwise mitigate a proximal thermal event. A flame retardant system has a flame retardant material that is incorporated into a matrical sorbent material, which is incorporated into a substrate. The matrical sorbent material is configured to release the flame retardant material upon exposure to an elevated temperature, e.g., a temperature that is greater than 300 C. in one embodiment.

US Patent:

20220232735, Jul 21, 2022

Filed:

Jan 19, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/152178

Inventors:

- Detroit MI, US
Chih-hung Yen - Bloomfield Hills MI, US
Nathan Thompson - Sterling Heights MI, US
Anne M. Dailly - West Bloomfield MI, US

International Classification:

H05K 7/20
F28D 15/04
G08B 21/18

Abstract:

A heat pipe is provided for cooling an electronic component of a printed circuit board. The heat pipe includes a tube having an inner diameter surface defining a bore, with the tube having first and second ends along the bore. The heat pipe further includes a sorbent material coated onto the inner diameter surface of the tube, a first liquid contained within the bore, and a second liquid adsorbed by the sorbent material. The second liquid has a second boiling temperature that is higher than a first boiling temperature of the first liquid. The first liquid vaporizes into a first vapor, in response to the tube receiving heat from the electronic component and the first liquid reaching the first boiling temperature. The second liquid is desorbed from the sorbent material and vaporizes into a second vapor in response to the second liquid reaching the second boiling temperature.

US Patent:

20220232737, Jul 21, 2022

Filed:

Jan 19, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/152184

Inventors:

- Detroit MI, US
Nicholas W. Pinto - Shelby Township MI, US
Anne M. Dailly - West Bloomfield MI, US
Nathan Thompson - Sterling Heights MI, US

International Classification:

H05K 7/20
G06F 1/20
G08B 21/18
H01L 23/427

Abstract:

A heat dissipation device for an electronics cooling system having an electronic component includes a housing that defines a chamber. The device further includes a first liquid, which is contained within the chamber and has a first boiling temperature. The device further includes a sorbent material immersed within the first liquid. The device further includes a second liquid, which is adsorbed by the sorbent material and has a second boiling temperature that is above the first boiling temperature. The first liquid vaporizes into a first vapor, in response to the first liquid reaching the first boiling temperature. The second liquid is desorbed from the sorbent material, in response to the second liquid and the sorbent material reaching a desorption temperature that is below the second boiling temperature. The second liquid vaporizes into a second vapor, in response to the second liquid reaching the second boiling temperature.

US Patent:

20220219510, Jul 14, 2022

Filed:

Jan 13, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/148025

Inventors:

- Detroit MI, US
Anne M. Dailly - West Bloomfield MI, US
Nathan Thompson - Sterling Heights MI, US

International Classification:

B60H 3/02

Abstract:

A climate control device includes a radiant heater for radiating heat and a porous material attached to the radiant heater. The porous material desorbs a plurality of water molecules, in response to the porous material receiving heat from the radiant heater and raising a temperature of the water molecules in the porous material to a boiling temperature threshold. The porous material adsorbs the water molecules in response to the temperature of the water molecules falling below the boiling temperature threshold.

US Patent:

20230014054, Jan 19, 2023

Filed:

Jul 13, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/374173

Inventors:

- Detroit MI, US
Nathan Thompson - Sterling Heights MI, US

International Classification:

G01N 29/14
G01N 29/12
G01N 29/06

Abstract:

A system for determining a trigger amplitude indicating a precursor to a material fracture in a specimen under test includes a microphone converting acoustic emission emitted by the specimen under test into electrical signals. A load is exerted upon the specimen under test and the acoustic emission are emitted when the load causes the specimen under test to undergo deformation prior to the material fracture. A control module is in electrical communication with the microphone and executes instructions to monitor the electrical signals generated by the microphone and filter the electrical signals generated by the microphone. The control module converts the electrical signals generated by the microphone into individual frequency components based on a fast Fourier Transform (FFT). The individual frequency components each include a peak intensity. The control module determines the trigger amplitude based on the peak intensity of the individual frequency components of the FFT.

US Patent:

20190311558, Oct 10, 2019

Filed:

Apr 10, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/949255

Inventors:

- Detroit MI, US
Azeem Sarwar - Rochester Hills MI, US
Nathan Thompson - Sterling Heights MI, US
Jason Prince - Fraser MI, US
Steven J. Samolinski - Rocheser Hills MI, US

Assignee:

GM Global Technology Operations LLC - Detroit MI

International Classification:

G07C 5/08

Abstract:

A non-integrated monitoring device and method for monitoring a subject vehicle includes monitoring, via a non-integrated sensor, a physical parameter being emitted from the subject vehicle. The physical parameter being emitted from the subject vehicle is analyzed to determine a dynamic signature for the subject vehicle. A baseline signature for the subject vehicle is obtained, and compared to the dynamic signature for the subject vehicle. Occurrence of a fault in a subsystem of the subject vehicle is detected based upon the comparing of the baseline signature for the subject vehicle and the dynamic signature for the subject vehicle, and the occurrence of the fault is communicated to an operator of the subject vehicle.

US Patent:

20170263123, Sep 14, 2017

Filed:

Mar 10, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/455310

Inventors:

- Detroit MI, US
Nathan F. Thompson - Sterling Heights MI, US
Anil Singh Bika - Rochester Hills MI, US
Aravind Gangumalla - Novi MI, US

International Classification:

G08G 1/127

Abstract:

A system implemented at a user structure, to monitor a tracked object using a three-body arrangement including the user, a tracked object, and a controlling apparatus. The system has a data storage device including user-presence module code causing a processor to determine, based on wireless sensing, whether the user has entered a first space having a boundary external to the user structure, or has left the space. Object-presence module code causes the processor to determine, based on tracked-object-presence data, whether the tracked object is within a second space. And the storage device includes alert-module code to, in response to determining that, depending on the embodiment, (i) the user entered or exited the first space and (ii) the tracked object is or is not present within the second space, initiate provision of a system-user alert communication to indicate that the tracked object is not present within the second sensed space.

US Patent:

20170176195, Jun 22, 2017

Filed:

Dec 22, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/977696

Inventors:

- Detroit MI, US
Anthony L. Smith - Troy MI, US
Nathan F. Thompson - Sterling Heights MI, US
Xiaoyu Huang - Warren MI, US

International Classification:

G01C 21/34
B60L 11/18

Abstract:

An electric-vehicle power management system including a processing hardware unit and multiple modules executable by the processing hardware unit. The modules include a calendar module configured to, by way of the processing hardware unit, obtain a user itinerary indicating multiple appointment locations to be visited by a user of an electric vehicle and associated times to visit the appointment locations. The modules also include a routing module configured to, by way of the processing hardware unit, determine optional routes connecting the appointment locations indicated by the itinerary, and a vehicle-energy module configured to, by way of the processing hardware unit, predict states of charge, or changes in state of charge, for the vehicle in connection with the optional routes, yielding state-of-charge predictions. The routing module determines selected routing based on the state-of-charge predictions from the vehicle-energy module. Analogous methods and computer-readable storage devices are also provided.