Patents by Inventor Kenneth YESH
Kenneth YESH has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11781939Abstract: An electrified vehicle powered by a traction battery includes a coolant loop arranged to convey coolant through at least a radiator, a chiller, and the traction battery to transfer heat from the battery. The vehicle also includes a refrigerant loop in fluid communication with the chiller to selectively circulate refrigerant through the chiller to provide supplemental heat transfer from coolant conveyed through the chiller. The vehicle further includes a vision system having at least one camera with a field of view including a vicinity of the radiator and a controller programmed to detect a radiator coolant leak based on image data output from the vision system. The controller is also programmed to cause a bypass of the radiator within the coolant loop to stop conveyance of coolant through the radiator in response to detecting a coolant leak.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Kenneth Yesh, Raymond C. Siciak, Theodore John Borromeo, Mathew Alan Boesch
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Publication number: 20230195139Abstract: A system for reconfiguring a factory having equipment at different workstations throughout the factory and a plurality of sensors disposed throughout the factory includes a factory configuration module configured to store a plurality of predetermined factory configurations and a plurality of mobile transporters configured to engage and transport the equipment to the different workstations throughout the factory based on the predetermined factory configurations and dynamic inputs, where the dynamic inputs include a status of the equipment, a status of the plurality of mobile transporters, sensor data output by the plurality of sensors, or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Kenneth Yesh, Anthony Mario D'Amato, Shankar Narayan Mohan, Mario Anthony Santillo, Gregory P. Linkowski, Meghna Menon
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Patent number: 11460862Abstract: A system and method for reconfiguring a factory having equipment at different workstations throughout the factory includes a plurality of mobile transporters configured to engage and transport the equipment to the different workstations throughout the factory. Each mobile transporter includes a transmitter, a receiver, at least one proximity sensor, and an engagement mechanism for engaging the equipment. A factory configuration module includes a 3D model of the factory and a plurality of predetermined factory configurations. A supervisory control module is in communication with the plurality of mobile transporters, the equipment, and the factory configuration module. The plurality of mobile transporters are configured to receive instructions from the supervisory control module to engage and reposition the equipment throughout the factory based on the predetermined factory configurations and dynamic inputs.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Kenneth Yesh, Anthony Mario D'Amato, Shankar Narayan Mohan, Mario Anthony Santillo, Gregory P. Linkowski, Meghna Menon
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Publication number: 20220113731Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to using a building security system to provide assistance to a delivery robot. In one example implementation, a communication system provided in the delivery robot communicates with the building security system to obtain information pertaining to a terrain between the autonomous vehicle and a package drop-off spot at the building. The information may be provided in the form of an image captured by a camera located on the premises of the building. In one case, the delivery robot may identify a landmark in the image and use the landmark to navigate to the package drop-off spot. In another case, the delivery robot may use the image to generate a route map for traveling to the drop-off spot. In yet another case, the delivery robot may match and/or compare the image to a reference image or a topographical map to navigate to the package drop-off spot.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2020Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Kenneth Yesh, Justin Miller, Shankar Mohan
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Publication number: 20210240202Abstract: A system and method for reconfiguring a factory having equipment at different workstations throughout the factory includes a plurality of mobile transporters configured to engage and transport the equipment to the different workstations throughout the factory. Each mobile transporter includes a transmitter, a receiver, at least one proximity sensor, and an engagement mechanism for engaging the equipment. A factory configuration module includes a 3D model of the factory and a plurality of predetermined factory configurations. A supervisory control module is in communication with the plurality of mobile transporters, the equipment, and the factory configuration module. The plurality of mobile transporters are configured to receive instructions from the supervisory control module to engage and reposition the equipment throughout the factory based on the predetermined factory configurations and dynamic inputs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Kenneth Yesh, Anthony Mario D'Amato, Shankar Narayan Mohan, Mario Anthony Santillo, Gregory P. Linkowski, Meghna Menon
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Patent number: 10940796Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward, a method that includes receiving a travel path for a robot in a facility, selecting one or more target projectors disposed along the travel path, and displaying, by the one or more target projectors, one or more visual markers along the travel path of the robot to communicate an intended movement of the robot. The one or more target projectors are selected from among a plurality of projectors disposed in the facility.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Kenneth Yesh, Anthony D'Amato, Shankar Narayan Mohan, Marty Smets
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Publication number: 20200317118Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward, a method that includes receiving a travel path for a robot in a facility, selecting one or more target projectors disposed along the travel path, and displaying, by the one or more target projectors, one or more visual markers along the travel path of the robot to communicate an intended movement of the robot. The one or more target projectors are selected from among a plurality of projectors disposed in the facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Kenneth Yesh, Anthony D'Amato, Shankar Mohan, Marty Smets
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Publication number: 20200240869Abstract: An electrified vehicle powered by a traction battery includes a coolant loop arranged to convey coolant through at least a radiator, a chiller, and the traction battery to transfer heat from the battery. The vehicle also includes a refrigerant loop in fluid communication with the chiller to selectively circulate refrigerant through the chiller to provide supplemental heat transfer from coolant conveyed through the chiller. The vehicle further includes a vision system having at least one camera with a field of view including a vicinity of the radiator and a controller programmed to detect a radiator coolant leak based on image data output from the vision system. The controller is also programmed to cause a bypass of the radiator within the coolant loop to stop conveyance of coolant through the radiator in response to detecting a coolant leak.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Kenneth YESH, Raymond C. SICIAK, Theodore John BORROMEO, Mathew Alan BOESCH