Patents by Inventor Nicholas Dahlin

Nicholas Dahlin 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).

  • Front end accessory drive with multiple speed ratios
    Patent number: 11566561
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine having a crankshaft, an electric machine having a shaft, and a front end accessory drive (FEAD). The FEAD includes a multi-speed pulley assembly mounted to one of the crankshaft and the shaft, a pulley mounted to the other of the crankshaft and the shaft, and a tension member trained around the multi-speed pulley assembly and the pulley. The multi-speed pulley assembly is configured to establish a low speed ratio between the shaft and the crankshaft and a high speed ratio between the shaft and the crankshaft. A vehicle controller is programmed to, in switch between the high speed ratio and the low speed ratio to optimize operating conditions of the FEAD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: George Aristidis Papaioannou, Timothy Vaughn, Nicholas Dahlin, John Edward Brevick
  • FRONT END ACCESSORY DRIVE WITH MULTIPLE SPEED RATIOS
    Publication number: 20220049647
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine having a crankshaft, an electric machine having a shaft, and a front end accessory drive (FEAD). The FEAD includes a multi-speed pulley assembly mounted to one of the crankshaft and the shaft, a pulley mounted to the other of the crankshaft and the shaft, and a tension member trained around the multi-speed pulley assembly and the pulley. The multi-speed pulley assembly is configured to establish a low speed ratio between the shaft and the crankshaft and a high speed ratio between the shaft and the crankshaft. A vehicle controller is programmed to, in switch between the high speed ratio and the low speed ratio to optimize operating conditions of the FEAD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: George Aristidis Papaioannou, Timothy Vaughn, Nicholas Dahlin, John Edward Brevick