Patents by Inventor William DIERKER

William DIERKER 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).

  • Cloud-based connectivity energy budget manager
    Patent number: 10394251
    Abstract: A storage maintains energy estimates corresponding to function requests for vehicles. A processor of a server is programmed to receive a function request for a vehicle, and direct the vehicle to perform the function request responsive to determining, according to battery information received from the vehicle and an energy estimate corresponding to the function request, that the vehicle has sufficient energy to perform the function request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William Dierker, Douglas B. Thornburg
  • CLOUD-BASED CONNECTIVITY ENERGY BUDGET MANAGER
    Publication number: 20180307244
    Abstract: A storage maintains energy estimates corresponding to function requests for vehicles. A processor of a server is programmed to receive a function request for a vehicle, and direct the vehicle to perform the function request responsive to determining, according to battery information received from the vehicle and an energy estimate corresponding to the function request, that the vehicle has sufficient energy to perform the function request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: William DIERKER, Douglas B. THORNBURG