Patents by Inventor Victoria Leigh Schein
Victoria Leigh Schein 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: 11420567Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seatback having a cushioned component pivotally coupled to the seatback and operable between deployed and retracted positions. The cushioned component includes an interior cavity. A rack assembly is positioned within the interior cavity and includes a forward-most rack with a first receiving area. The rack assembly further includes a rearward-most rack having a second receiving area. A first cartridge assembly is removeably received in the first receiving area of the rack assembly. A second cartridge assembly is removeably received in the second receiving area of the rack assembly. The rack assembly may also include one or more intermediate rack assemblies positioned between the forward-most and rearward-most rack assemblies for supporting other intermediate cartridge assemblies. Each cartridge assembly includes a different density profile for providing variated comfort settings to the seatback of the seat assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Sangram Tamhankar, Christian J. Hosbach, Patrick Maloney, Alex Perkins, Victoria Leigh Schein, Kevin VanNieulande
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Patent number: 11364828Abstract: A seat assembly includes a cushioned component having a lattice matrix, wherein the lattice matrix includes a first portion defined by a first pattern of interconnected links which defines a first set of cells, and a second portion defined by a second pattern of interconnected links which defines a second set of cells. The first portion of the lattice matrix includes a density profile that is different than a density profile of the second portion of the lattice matrix. An air bladder is disposed within a core portion of the lattice matrix and includes a non-porous outer casing surrounding an interior cavity. The outer casing of the air bladder and the lattice matrix are integrated components comprised of a common material to define a monolithic structure created using an additive manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Patrick Maloney, Alex Perkins, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Sangram Tamhankar, Kevin VanNieulande, Victoria Leigh Schein, Christian J. Hosbach
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Publication number: 20220185210Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive a series of pressure maps indicating a respective series of sitting positions of an occupant in a seat, wherein the pressure maps include a current pressure map; update a profile of the occupant based on the pressure maps, wherein the profile includes a plurality of clusters of sitting positions and classifications of the clusters as preferred or nonpreferred, and updating the profile includes sorting one of the sitting positions into one of the clusters that is classified as preferred in response to the occupant remaining in that sitting position for greater than a threshold time; and adjust a physical configuration of the seat in response to the current sitting position being in one of the clusters that is classified as nonpreferred.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Fling Finn Tseng, Shiqi Qiu, Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Patrick Maloney, Alex Perkins, Himanshu Verma, Nikhil Kailas Jamdade, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Victoria Leigh Schein, Samuel Laidlaw, Bhagyashri Satyabodha Katti, Kalyani Purushottam Sonawane
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Patent number: 11235665Abstract: A vehicle includes an electric machine and a controller. The electric machine is configured to draw energy from a battery to propel the vehicle and to recharge the battery during regenerative braking. The controller is programmed to, in response to identifying a regenerative braking opportunity along an upcoming road segment based on a classification of driver behavior and a classification of the upcoming road segment, operate the electric machine to recharge the battery along the upcoming road segment.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Herbert David Mendez Pineda, David Ostrowski, Mohan John, Victoria Leigh Schein, William G. Herbert, Madeleine Itzel Santiago Estrada
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Patent number: 11221225Abstract: Methods, devices and apparatuses pertaining to routing with U-turn inhibition. A method may include receiving, by a computing device, geographic information of a destination and geographic information of a current location of a vehicle and evaluating feasibility of a U-turn along a path between the current location and the destination using the geographic information. The computing device may further calculate a U-turn cost parameter associated with the U-turn representative of the feasibility, and determine a feasible route between the current location and the destination based on the U-turn cost parameter using a routing algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2016Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Victoria Leigh Schein, Jonathan Thomas Mullen
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Publication number: 20210237634Abstract: A seat assembly includes a cushioned component having a lattice matrix, wherein the lattice matrix includes a first portion defined by a first pattern of interconnected links which defines a first set of cells, and a second portion defined by a second pattern of interconnected links which defines a second set of cells. The first portion of the lattice matrix includes a density profile that is different than a density profile of the second portion of the lattice matrix. An air bladder is disposed within a core portion of the lattice matrix and includes a non-porous outer casing surrounding an interior cavity. The outer casing of the air bladder and the lattice matrix are integrated components comprised of a common material to define a monolithic structure created using an additive manufacturing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Patrick Maloney, Alex Perkins, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Sangram Tamhankar, Kevin VanNieulande, Victoria Leigh Schein, Christian J. Hosbach
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Publication number: 20210221295Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a seatback. The seatback includes a rear portion and a substantially horizontal strap including first and second ends fixed to the rear portion. The substantially horizontal strap further includes an intermediate attachment area fixed to the rear portion between the first and second ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Patrick Vanderpool, Dustin Shedlarski, Victoria Leigh Schein, Timothy Owen Hamlin
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Publication number: 20210188051Abstract: A method for mitigating odor includes detecting a known smell using on one or more odor sensors in a vehicle. The method includes determining whether the known smell is agreeable to one or more passengers of the vehicle. The method includes mitigating the known smell using one or more odor control devices if the known smell is not agreeable to the one or more passengers of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2017Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Perry Robinson MACNEILLE, Victoria Leigh SCHEIN, Jeffrey Brian YEUNG, Clay Wesley MARANVILLE, Kerrie Kathleen GATH, Daniel BOCCUCCIA
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Publication number: 20210178976Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seatback having a cushioned component pivotally coupled to the seatback and operable between deployed and retracted positions. The cushioned component includes an interior cavity. A rack assembly is positioned within the interior cavity and includes a forward-most rack with a first receiving area. The rack assembly further includes a rearward-most rack having a second receiving area. A first cartridge assembly is removeably received in the first receiving area of the rack assembly. A second cartridge assembly is removeably received in the second receiving area of the rack assembly. The rack assembly may also include one or more intermediate rack assemblies positioned between the forward-most and rearward-most rack assemblies for supporting other intermediate cartridge assemblies. Each cartridge assembly includes a different density profile for providing variated comfort settings to the seatback of the seat assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2019Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Sangram Tamhankar, Christian J. Hosbach, Patrick Maloney, Alex Perkins, Victoria Leigh Schein, Kevin VanNieulande
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Patent number: 11007945Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a seatback. The seatback includes a rear portion and a substantially horizontal strap including first and second ends fixed to the rear portion. The substantially horizontal strap further includes an intermediate attachment area fixed to the rear portion between the first and second ends.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Patrick Vanderpool, Dustin Shedlarski, Victoria Leigh Schein, Timothy Owen Hamlin
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Patent number: 10953775Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seat portion and a seatback. A cushioned component is disposed in either the seat portion or the seatback. The cushioned component includes a porous lattice matrix and non-porous first and second walls that are disposed within and surrounded by the lattice matrix. The first and second walls are spaced-apart from one another and disposed at opposed angles to define a channel therebetween. The lattice matrix and the first and second walls are deformable structures for supporting a seat occupant while still being able to channel air through the cushioned component. The lattice matrix and the first and second walls are contemplated to be integrally formed components defining a monolithic structure. The lattice matrix may include multiple sets of spaced-apart walls for channeling air through different portions of the cushioned component.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Patrick Maloney, Victoria Leigh Schein, Alex Perkins, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Sangram Tamhankar, Christian J. Hosbach
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Publication number: 20210069962Abstract: A method of making a trim article includes the steps of 1) obtaining specified criteria of a target component part comprised of a plurality of materials; 2) processing the specified criteria into a design envelope that includes parameters of the target component part within which the trim article to be created is to be confined, 3) inputting the design envelope into an additive manufacturing device supplied with a single forming material; and 4) forming the trim article using the additive manufacturing device from the single material. The formed trim article includes an outer casing with an interior portion having one or more lattice matrices disposed therein and having varying density profiles to simulate the specified criteria of the target component part. The formed trim article is created as a fully integrated monolithic whole via the additive manufacturing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Siddharthan Selvasekar, Andres Almeida Senatore, Kevin VanNieulande, Michael Steven Medoro, Victoria Leigh Schein, Patrick Maloney
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Publication number: 20210069948Abstract: A trim article includes an outer casing having an inner surface defining an interior portion of the outer casing. The outer casing includes a front surface having a plurality of through apertures disposed thereon. A core portion is disposed within the interior portion of the outer casing and includes first and second portions having variated densities relative to one another. The first and second portions include lattice matrices having variated patterns of interconnected links and associated cells that provide variated force deflection parameters between the first and second portions of the core portion. The outer casing and the core portion are integrated to define a monolithic structure comprised of a common material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Siddharthan Selvasekar, Andres Almeida Senatore, Kevin VanNieulande, Michael Steven Medoro, Victoria Leigh Schein, Patrick Maloney
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Publication number: 20210041255Abstract: Methods, devices and apparatuses pertaining to routing with U-turn inhibition. A method may include receiving, by a computing device, geographic information of a destination and geographic information of a current location of a vehicle and evaluating feasibility of a U-turn along a path between the current location and the destination using the geographic information. The computing device may further calculate a U-turn cost parameter associated with the U-turn representative of the feasibility, and determine a feasible route between the current location and the destination based on the U-turn cost parameter using a routing algorithm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2016Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Victoria Leigh SCHEIN, Jonathan Thomas MULLEN
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Patent number: 10902728Abstract: An identified destination roadway lane from a plurality of roadway lanes that is separated from a current roadway lane of a vehicle by at least one roadway lane is received. Upon determining that a blind spot of the vehicle extending across the destination roadway lane and a roadway lane between the destination lane and a current roadway lane is free of objects, a means for providing an alert is actuated.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: John Michael Galan Ferrer, Jayanthi Rao, Victoria Leigh Schein
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Patent number: 10889294Abstract: Methods, devices and apparatuses pertaining to U-turn assistance. The method may include detecting an intention of an operator of a vehicle of rendering a U-turn at a location. A computing device may obtain geographic information associated with the U-turn, and assess feasibility of the U-turn at the location based on the geographic information. Further, the computing device may provide a notification to the operator based on the feasibility of the U-turn to assist the operator to operate the U-turn of the vehicle at the location.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2016Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Victoria Leigh Schein, Jonathan Thomas Mullen
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Publication number: 20200391576Abstract: A method of controlling a heating element in thermal communication with a rear window of a vehicle comprises: with a vehicle being in an external environment and comprising a rear window and a heating element in thermal communication with the rear window, a controller in communication with the heating element, the controller including a Pre-established Predictive Activation Model setting forth rules governing activation of the heating element as a function of data relating to Certain Identifiable Conditions, and a user interface configured to allow the heating element to be manually activated or deactivated; collecting data relating to the Certain Identifiable Conditions; determining, by comparing the collected data to the rules of the Pre-established Predictive Activation Model, whether the collected data satisfies the rules of the Pre-established Predictive Activation Model so as to initially automatically activate the heating element; and automatically activating the heating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Ostrowski, Elizabeth Anne Manwell, William G. Herbert, Victoria Leigh Schein, Mohan John, Lawrence C. Karas
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Patent number: 10809084Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for logging U-turn events and vehicle routing are disclosed. A method for logging a U-turn event includes detecting, at a navigation system, a button press on a human interface device separate from the navigation system based on a signal received from the human interface device. The method also includes, in response to the user input, determining a location of a vehicle corresponding to the navigation system and one or more vehicle characteristics. The method also includes logging U-turn event data for the vehicle, the U-turn event data comprising the location and the one or more vehicle characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Victoria Leigh Schein
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Patent number: 10807595Abstract: Methods, devices and apparatuses pertaining to U-turn assistance. The method may include obtaining, by a computing device, geographic obtaining of a location designated for an operation of a U-turn. The computing device may further obtain vehicle information of a vehicle performing the U-turn, and collect user information of an operator of the vehicle. Based on the geographic information, the vehicle information and the user information, the computing device may determine a level of difficulty of the U-turn and assist the operator with the operation of the U-turn based on the level of difficulty.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Victoria Leigh Schein, Jonathan Thomas Mullen
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Publication number: 20200307384Abstract: A vehicle includes an electric machine and a controller. The electric machine is configured to draw energy from a battery to propel the vehicle and to recharge the battery during regenerative braking. The controller is programmed to, in response to identifying a regenerative braking opportunity along an upcoming road segment based on a classification of driver behavior and a classification of the upcoming road segment, operate the electric machine to recharge the battery along the upcoming road segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Herbert David MENDEZ PINEDA, David OSTROWSKI, Mohan JOHN, Victoria Leigh SCHEIN, William G. HERBERT, Madeleine Itzel SANTIAGO ESTRADA