Patents by Inventor Steven Erno

Steven Erno 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).

  • Timed independent vehicle secure compartment access
    Patent number: 9656629
    Abstract: An access system for a vehicle may include a controller. The controller may be configured to respond to receiving an unlock signal indicative of an unlock request by causing a compartment closure to unlock for a predetermined time. Or the controller may be configured to respond to receiving an unlock signal indicative of an unlock request and a vehicle operation signal indicative of a vehicle secure state by causing a compartment closure to unlock for a predetermined time. Upon expiration of the predetermined time, the controller may cause the compartment closure to lock. The controller may be configured to respond to receiving an unlatch signal indicative of an unlatch request during the predetermined time by causing the compartment closure to unlatch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Arie Groeneveld, Daniel M. King, Steven Skikun, Robert Kern, William Michael Gardner, Steven Erno, Patricia Seashore
  • TIMED INDEPENDENT VEHICLE SECURE COMPARTMENT ACCESS
    Publication number: 20160347279
    Abstract: An access system for a vehicle may include a controller. The controller may be configured to respond to receiving an unlock signal indicative of an unlock request by causing a compartment closure to unlock for a predetermined time. Or the controller may be configured to respond to receiving an unlock signal indicative of an unlock request and a vehicle operation signal indicative of a vehicle secure state by causing a compartment closure to unlock for a predetermined time. Upon expiration of the predetermined time, the controller may cause the compartment closure to lock. The controller may be configured to respond to receiving an unlatch signal indicative of an unlatch request during the predetermined time by causing the compartment closure to unlatch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Arie Groeneveld, Daniel M. King, Steven Skikun, Robert Kern, William Michael Gardner, Steven Erno, Patricia Seashore