Patents by Inventor Louis Paspal
Louis Paspal 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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Publication number: 20240072368Abstract: A battery pack venting system includes a traction battery pack having at least one array of battery cells and a structural member having an interior. The array is configured to vent into the interior. a traction battery pack venting method includes opening a vent to an interior of a structural member. At a position between a first axial end of the structural member and an opposite, second axial end of the structural member, the method includes venting a gas from at least one array of a traction battery pack into the interior, and then venting gas from the interior.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: John Sturza, Josh Portelli, Louis Paspal, Christine Maria Cardenas-Graham, Ronald Grant Smith
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Patent number: 11843124Abstract: This disclosure details exemplary battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles. An exemplary battery pack may include a multi-piece enclosure assembly and an urethane based adhesive. The urethane based adhesive may function as both a fastener for securing the enclosure assembly components together and as a seal for blocking the ingress of moisture into the interior of the battery pack. Associated battery pack assembly methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: James M. McManaman, Louis Paspal
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Publication number: 20220255168Abstract: This disclosure details exemplary battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles. An exemplary battery pack may include a multi-piece enclosure assembly and an urethane based adhesive. The urethane based adhesive may function as both a fastener for securing the enclosure assembly components together and as a seal for blocking the ingress of moisture into the interior of the battery pack. Associated battery pack assembly methods are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: James M. McMANAMAN, Louis PASPAL
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Patent number: 11342617Abstract: This disclosure details exemplary battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles. An exemplary battery pack may include a multi-piece enclosure assembly and an urethane based adhesive. The urethane based adhesive may function as both a fastener for securing the enclosure assembly components together and as a seal for blocking the ingress of moisture into the interior of the battery pack. Associated battery pack assembly methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: James M. McManaman, Louis Paspal
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Patent number: 11211655Abstract: A vehicle assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an enclosure, a high voltage component housed inside the enclosure and a blocking member configured to restrict access to the high voltage component along a path that extends through the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Daniel Miller, Dave Moschet, Anil Reddy Pullalarevu, Saravanan Paramasivam, Louis Paspal
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Publication number: 20210218000Abstract: This disclosure details exemplary battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles. An exemplary battery pack may include a multi-piece enclosure assembly and an urethane based adhesive. The urethane based adhesive may function as both a fastener for securing the enclosure assembly components together and as a seal for blocking the ingress of moisture into the interior of the battery pack. Associated battery pack assembly methods are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: James M. McMANAMAN, Louis PASPAL
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Patent number: 9985267Abstract: An assembly connecting a battery bus bar to battery cell terminals, with the bus bar provided with spring clips. The clips fit over the battery terminals and hold the bus bar and terminals in contact, with welding attaching the clip to the terminals.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Tommy M. Gunther, Wei Long Qiu, Yunan Guo, Louis Paspal, Francisco Fernandez
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Patent number: 9770972Abstract: A heat management system is provided for a motor vehicle. That heat management system includes a first wheel rim having an air inlet, a thermal load downstream from the air inlet and a second wheel rim having an air outlet downstream from the thermal load. A method of managing heat in a motor vehicle is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Kevin James Rhodes, Louis Paspal
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Publication number: 20170263911Abstract: An assembly and method of connecting a bus bar to battery cell terminals to produce a bus bar clip assembly. A bus bar is provided with spring clips. The clips fit over the battery terminals and hold the bus bar and terminals in contact for welding the components together.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Tommy M. Gunther, Wei Long Qiu, Yunan Guo, Louis Paspal, Francisco Fernandez
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Patent number: 9698402Abstract: A method of welding a bus bar to battery cell terminals to produce a bus bar clip assembly. A bus bar is provided with spring clips. The clips fit over the battery terminals and hold the bus bar and terminals in contact for welding the components together.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Tommy M. Gunther, Wei Long Qiu, Yunan Guo, Louis Paspal, Francisco Fernandez
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Patent number: 9630514Abstract: A power management system for a vehicle having wheels and an electric machine operable to provide torque to drive at least one of the wheels includes a first energy storage system capable of supplying power to operate the electric machine. The system also includes a second energy storage system capable of supplying power directly to at least one vehicle load at a lower voltage than the first energy storage system. A voltage conversion device is operable to reduce a voltage of the power supplied by the first energy storage system to the lower voltage to charge the second energy storage system when the vehicle is in a key-off state.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mark J. Ferrel, Matthew Roger DeDona, Louis Paspal, William David Treharne
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Publication number: 20160293914Abstract: A vehicle assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an enclosure, a high voltage component housed inside the enclosure and a blocking member configured to restrict access to the high voltage component along a path that extends through the enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Daniel MILLER, Dave Moschet, Anil Reddy PULLALAREVU, Saravanan PARAMASIVAM, Louis PASPAL
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Patent number: 9365115Abstract: A power management system for a vehicle having wheels and an electric machine operable to provide torque to drive at least one of the wheels includes a first energy storage system capable of supplying power to operate the electric machine. The system also includes a second energy storage system capable of supplying power directly to at least one vehicle load at a lower voltage than the first energy storage system. A voltage conversion device is operable to reduce a voltage of the power supplied by the first energy storage system to the lower voltage to charge the second energy storage system when the vehicle is in a key-off state.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2012Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mark J. Ferrel, Matthew Roger DeDona, Louis Paspal, William David Treharne
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Publication number: 20150263326Abstract: A method of welding a bus bar to battery cell terminals to produce a bus bar clip assembly. A bus bar is provided with spring clips. The clips fit over the battery terminals and hold the bus bar and terminals in contact for welding the components together.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Tommy M. Gunther, Wei Long Qiu, Yunan Guo, Louis Paspal, Francisco Fernandez
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Publication number: 20130187590Abstract: A power management system for a vehicle having wheels and an electric machine operable to provide torque to drive at least one of the wheels includes a first energy storage system capable of supplying power to operate the electric machine. The system also includes a second energy storage system capable of supplying power directly to at least one vehicle load at a lower voltage than the first energy storage system. A voltage conversion device is operable to reduce a voltage of the power supplied by the first energy storage system to the lower voltage to charge the second energy storage system when the vehicle is in a key-off state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2012Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES , LLCInventors: Mark J. Ferrel, Matthew Roger DeDona, Louis Paspal, William David Treharne
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Patent number: 8272685Abstract: An automotive vehicle seat back adapted for movement between an upright position and a lowered position has an air duct with an intake located adjacent an upper portion of the seat back and an outlet located adjacent a lower portion of the seat back. The air duct takes in ambient cabin air at its upper end and that air is directed to an electronics compartment located behind the seat in order to cool the electronics regardless of whether the seat back is in the raised or the lowered position.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2010Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Marc Jonathon Lucas, Louis Paspal, Neil Robert Burrows
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Publication number: 20110163580Abstract: An automotive vehicle seat back adapted for movement between an upright position and a lowered position has an air duct with an intake located adjacent an upper portion of the seat back and an outlet located adjacent a lower portion of the seat back. The air duct takes in ambient cabin air at its upper end and that air is directed to an electronics compartment located behind the seat in order to cool the electronics regardless of whether the seat back is in the raised or the lowered position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2010Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Marc Jonathon Lucas, Louis Paspal, Neil Robert Burrows