Patrick L Padgett, 5218655 Muirland St, Detroit, MI 48221

2006001, Jan 26, 2006

Jul 23, 2004

10/897695

Douglas Zhu - Canton MI, US
Jacob Mathews - Canton MI, US
Pax Maguire - Ann Arbor MI, US
Patrick Padgett - Detroit MI, US

B60L 1/02

219205000

A heater system for an electrical storage device, such as a high voltage traction battery, is connectable to an external AC power source maintain a proper temperature of the battery as long as the system remains connected to the external power source. The battery temperature can be maintained at a level that ensures that the vehicle will start even in extremely cold climates. The heater system includes a heater disposed within the battery itself. Other system components, such as an AC/DC converter and a control module, may be connected to the battery heater system outside of the battery, allowing the battery heater system to act as a modular component that can be easily included in or excluded from a vehicle as an option, either alone or in a package with an engine block heater. The battery heater system is designed so that it can be connected along with the engine block heater to the AC power source using a single common connector.

2011000, Jan 6, 2011

Jul 23, 2008

12/680161

Oliver Harr - Reichenbach, DE
Andreas Knoop - Esslingen, DE
Cosimo S. Mazzotta - Ulm, DE
Patrick L. Padgett - Wilmington NC, US
Hans-Joerg Schabel - Reutlingen, DE
Klaus Scherrbacher - Deggingen, DE

Daimler AG - Stuttgart
Ford Global Technologies LLC - Dearborn MI

H01M 8/04
F04D 29/10

429512, 415230

A pump has a shaft, an impeller arranged on the shaft, and a labyrinth seal which is arranged between stationary and moving parts of the pump. A plurality of blades are arranged on the rotor and a labyrinth seal extends at least between the shaft and a rear portion of the blades. A gap in the labyrinth seal is designed such that liquid water can be actively carried away, with the labyrinth seal for this purpose being designed at least in places with a channel in the form of a spiral and/or a staircase. The invention also relates to a fuel cell system having such a pump.

2011018, Aug 4, 2011

Aug 27, 2009

13/060916

Thomas Baur - Weilheim, DE
Stefan Gerhardt - Westerstetten, DE
Oliver Harr - Reichenbach, DE
Matthias Jesse - Dettingen, DE
Andreas Maier - Uhingen, DE
Cosimo Mazzotta - Ulm, DE
Patrick A. Padgett - Wilmington NC, US
Hans-Joerg Schabel - Reutlingen, DE
Klaus Scherrbacher - Deggingen, DE
Thomas Winkeler - Seizisau, DE

Daimler AG - Stuttgart
Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

H01M 8/06

429414, 429415

An apparatus for supplying a fuel cell in a fuel cell system with fuel gas is provided. The fuel cell system includes a mixing region, where unused fuel gas mixes with fresh fuel gas, a water precipitator, a device for the at least indirect heating of the supplied fresh fuel gas and at least one receptor for a sensor for sensing state variables and/or chemical magnitudes of the fuel gas flowing to the anode. The mixing region, water precipitator, device for the at least indirect heating and at least one sensor are combined in an integrated component part.

2011027, Nov 10, 2011

May 25, 2011

13/115564

Douglas Zhu - Canton MI, US
Jacob Mathews - Canton MI, US
Pax Maguire - Ann Arbor MI, US
Patrick Padgett - Detroit MI, US

H05B 1/00

219205, 219202

A heater system for an electrical storage device, such as a high voltage traction battery, is connectable to an external AC power source maintain a proper temperature of the battery as long as the system remains connected to the external power source. The battery temperature can be maintained at a level that ensures that the vehicle will start even in extremely cold climates. The heater system includes a heater disposed within the battery itself. Other system components, such as an AC/DC converter and a control module, may be connected to the battery heater system outside of the battery, allowing the battery heater system to act as a modular component that can be easily included in or excluded from a vehicle as an option, either alone or in a package with an engine block heater. The battery heater system is designed so that it can be connected along with the engine block heater to the AC power source using a single common connector.

2014003, Feb 6, 2014

Sep 30, 2013

14/041243

Jacob MATHEWS - Canton MI, US
Patrick Daniel MAGUIRE - Ann Arbor MI, US
Patrick L. PADGETT - Detroit MI, US

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

H01M 10/50

429 50, 429 62, 361502

An electrical storage device heater system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an electrical storage device, a heater configured to regulate a temperature of the electrical storage device and a controller configured to actuate the heater using power sourced from a location separate from the electrical storage device.

2019002, Jan 24, 2019

Jul 24, 2017

15/658123

- Schenectady NY, US
Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen - Broendby, DK
Patrick L. Padgett - Detroit MI, US
Jonathan Alan Murray - Waukesha WI, US
Rui Chen - Clifton Park NY, US
James Richard Trigger - Rotterdam Junction NY, US
Arnaud Comment - Cambridge, GB
Albert Po-Fu Chen - Toronto, CA

G01R 33/31
F25B 19/00
F25D 19/00
G01R 33/28
F25D 29/00
F25D 21/00
G01N 1/42

A cooling system is provided. The cooling system is associated with a dynamic nuclear polarization system and configured to cool a sample to a temperature suitable for dynamic nuclear polarization to be carried out on the sample while the sample is in the cooling system. The cooling system includes a cryogenic chamber that includes a cryogenic fluid. The cooling system also includes a removable sample sleeve insertable within a portion of the cryogenic chamber. The removable sample sleeve is configured to define a sample path for the sample within the cryogenic chamber that is isolated from other parts of the cooling system.

2019000, Jan 3, 2019

Sep 1, 2017

15/694669

- Schenectady NY, US
Jonathan Alan Murray - Dousman WI, US
Patrick Lively Padgett - Detroit MI, US

F17C 13/06
F16J 15/06
F17C 3/08
A61J 1/16

Methods and systems are provided for a sealing system for a dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) system. In one embodiment, a system comprises: a reservoir including an inlet opening; an outer tube; and a tapered seal shaped to seal against the inlet opening and the outer tube, the tapered seal including: a first section removably coupleable to a second section; a through-hole formed by a first plurality of inner surfaces of both the first section and the second section, the through-hole shaped to encircle the outer tube; and a vacuum channel extending through, from an outer surface to an inner surface of the first plurality of inner surfaces, one of the first section and second section. In this way, the tapered seal may be coupled around the fluid passage without inserting a tip of the fluid passage through the through-hole of the tapered seal, thereby maintaining a sterility of the system.