Patents Assigned to For Global Technologies, LLC
  • Control system for vehicle powertrain during off-road jumping
    Patent number: 12233882
    Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one drive wheel, a powerplant, a clutch, and a controller. The powerplant is configured to generate and deliver power to the at least one drive wheel. The clutch is disposed between the at least one drive wheel and the powerplant. The controller is programmed to, in response to detecting the at least one drive wheel disengaging the ground during a vehicle jump, open the clutch to disconnect the at least one drive wheel from the powerplant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Keith Weston, Joshua Sharpe, Brendan F. Diamond, James Trent, David Michael Russell
  • Systems and methods for heating windshield camera viewing zones
    Patent number: 12238845
    Abstract: This disclosure details windshield heating systems for induction heating windshield camera viewing zones. An exemplary windshield heating system may include a first inductive heating element imbedded within a thermoplastic layer of the windshield and a second inductive heating element mounted between a glass layer of the windshield and a camera bracket. The first and second inductive heating elements establish a wireless connection for heating the camera viewing zone of the windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Genaro Garduno Ramirez, Nohemi Elizabeth Alvarez Mendez
  • Systems and methods for use of a vehicle to conduct a site survey operation
    Patent number: 12235107
    Abstract: The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for use of a vehicle to conduct a site survey. An example method can include receiving navigation guidance to move a vehicle along a pre-defined path on a property for executing a site survey operation of the property. The site survey operation can include a staking procedure performed by a robotic arm attached to the vehicle, an image capture procedure performed by use of a camera in the vehicle, and/or a subterranean scanning procedure for detecting a buried object. In an example implementation, the staking procedure can include inserting at a first location on the property, a stake having affixed thereon, a barcode label. A barcode scanner can be used to read the barcode label for obtaining information associated with an object present at the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Salter, Ryan Edwin Hanson, Hussein Berry, John Van Wiemeersch, Vivekanandh Elangovan
  • Photovoltaic encapsulant films comprising fumed alumina
    Patent number: 12234343
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a curable composition for an encapsulant film, the curable composition comprising: (A) a polyolefin; (B) a fumed alumina; (C) an organic peroxide; (D) a silane coupling agent; (E) a crosslinking co-agent; and, optionally, (F) an additive component comprising a UV stabilizer, wherein the polyolefin has a volume resistivity of less than 4.0E+15 ohm·cm. The present disclosure further relates to an encapsulant film made from such a curable composition and a PV module containing such an encapsulant film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yunfeng Yang, Brian M. Habersberger, Weiming Ma, Yuyan Li, Hong Yang, Chao He
  • Cargo partition locking apparatus for a vehicle
    Patent number: 12233761
    Abstract: A cargo locking system for a vehicle, the cargo locking system includes a gate and a pivot bracket coupled with the gate. The cargo locking system also includes a latch radially extending from the pivot bracket. The latch is movable between a first position and a second position. The cargo locking system also includes an actuator coupled with the latch. The cargo locking system further includes a striker coupled with the gate. The striker is movable between an unlocked position and a locked position. The striker holds the latch in the first position when the striker is in the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Fabio Reis, Luiz Hurtado, Luiz Kachel, Marcos Juliano Rosaneli, Paulo Neto
  • Systems and methods to selectively activate TPMS learning mode operations in a vehicle
    Patent number: 12233672
    Abstract: This disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods that guard against information piracy by selective activation of tire pressure sensor learning operations in a vehicle. An example method can include receiving, by a processor in a vehicle, a sensor signal from a wheel movement sensor provided in a wheel of the vehicle. The processor may evaluate the sensor signal and detect a tire-changing operation. The tire-changing operation may be detected, for example, based on a major surface of the wheel coming in contact with ground or determining that an angular displacement of a major surface of the wheel exceeds a threshold angle. The processor may then enable a learning mode of operation that can include a wireless pairing of a tire pressure sensor in the wheel to a tire pressure monitoring system of the vehicle. The processor disables the learning mode of operation after a period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jochen Schubert, Vishal Bhushan, Dilip B. Patel, Arick Evan Rushing
  • Adaptive PII obscuring based on PII notification visibility range
    Patent number: 12235993
    Abstract: Captured PII is identified in sensor data, the sensor data being captured over time by a sensor of a vehicle of an environment surrounding the vehicle. The sensor data includes captured PII and non-PII. A notice zone surrounding the vehicle is identified, the notice zone defining an area in which a notice device of the vehicle provides notice to pedestrians that the sensor data is being captured. Any instances of the captured PII in the sensor data are obscured that are captured from the pedestrians that, over the time of the capture, did not enter the notice zone and receive the notice. The sensor data, as processed, is sent to a cloud server for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Katharina Ines Mitschker, David Michael Herman
  • Autonomous management of wireless connectivity of priority response vehicles
    Patent number: 12235116
    Abstract: Autonomous management of wireless connectivity of priority response vehicles is provided. It is received, from a communications network including a plurality of access points, the access points configured to provide communications services to priority vehicles and non-priority vehicles, locations of the priority vehicles over the communications network. A SON server is utilized, in communication with the plurality of access points, to optimize wireless connectivity for the priority vehicles. It is received, by an enhanced vehicle management system (EVMS) server, in communication with the SON server, network quality information from the SON server. The priority vehicles are routed based on the network quality information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jean de Dieu Mutangana, Mohsen Bahrami, Hamed Asadi, James Wilhelm Heaton
  • System and method for controlling engine starting devices
    Patent number: 12233849
    Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting which of a plurality of engine starting devices starts an internal combustion engine of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, engine starting devices may be selected and operated while a vehicle is operating in a creep mode. The system and method may place a driveline disconnect clutch in a wait state or engage a flywheel starter to improve engine starting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Maruthi Ravichandran, Marin Assaliyski, Nicholas D. Moore, Calvin Trescott, Naginder Gogna, Rajit Johri
  • Optimizing and predicting availability of resources in a shared vehicle environment
    Patent number: 12236359
    Abstract: An intelligent bicycle sharing system, or other vehicle sharing system, is able to provide helpful bicycle availability predictions based on historical data, including various utilization statistics. Historical data can be collected over time as users use the bicycle sharing system. For example, the historical data may include the number of available bicycles at various locations and times, as well as contextual data associated with the locations and times. Contextual data may include data regarding the weather, local events, season, day of the week or year, news events, among other environmental factors that may or may not influence bicycle utilization. In some embodiments, a model, such as a machine learning model (e.g., neural network) may be trained using the historical data as training data such that the model can predict bicycle availability for a certain future time and location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jamel Seagraves, Chih-wei Tang, Sudipto Aich, Beaudry Kock
  • Electrified vehicle charging station configured to provide parking guidance to electrified vehicles
    Patent number: 12233733
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle charging station according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a charger assembly including a plug connected to a terminal via a charger cable, and a transceiver configured to communicate information to an electrified vehicle which is useable to guide the electrified vehicle to an acceptable parking position. The acceptable parking position is a position in which the plug will reach a charging port of the electrified vehicle. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Colin Turner Lieberman
  • Adaptive vehicle driving assistance system
    Patent number: 12233897
    Abstract: A vehicle driving assistance system is disclosed. The system may include a transceiver configured to receive a source location and a destination location for a user trip, a user driving information and road information associated with a plurality of geographical zones between the source location and the destination location. The system may further include a processor configured to calculate a user driving index based on the user driving information. Further, the processor may be configured to calculate a zone index for each geographical zone based on the road information. The processor may be further configured to correlate the user driving index and the zone index, and calculate a driver assistance index for each geographical zone based on the correlation. The processor may perform a control action when the calculated driver assistance index is greater than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Syed Amaar Ahmad, Azin Neishaboori
  • Vehicle exterior imaging systems
    Patent number: 12236687
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to vehicle exterior imaging systems that capture and display views of the exterior environment to vehicle operators. An exemplary vehicle exterior imaging system may include a glass panel including a combiner positioned between a first layer of glass and a second layer of glass, a first exterior side-view imager assembly configured to capture images of a vehicle exterior environment, and a projector assembly configured to project an output image onto the glass panel. The output image is based on the images captured by the first exterior side-view imager assembly. The glass panel may be part of either a windshield or a door window, and the projector assembly may be mounted either outside or inside of a housing of the first exterior side-view imager assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman, Keith Hoelscher
  • System and method for implementing automated vehicle assistance functions
    Patent number: 12233889
    Abstract: A system for implementing automated vehicle assistance functions may include at least one vehicle having functional units, with which the vehicle assistance functions are executable, and at least one cloud system, which is connectable to the vehicle via a communication link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Cem Mengi, Aditya Deodhar, Warren Knight, Roman Atilla Koch
  • Occupant feature recognition to ensure privacy consent
    Patent number: 12235989
    Abstract: Ensuring privacy consent for handling of occupant vehicle data is provided. A feature identification vector indicative of an identity of a vehicle occupant of a vehicle is identified. The feature identification vector is used to identify whether consent for use of vehicle data was provided by the vehicle occupant. The consent is requested responsive to the identity of the vehicle occupant not having consented to data collection. Responsive to the consent being given by the vehicle occupant, the consent and the feature identification vector of the vehicle occupant is stored in a storage of the vehicle. The vehicle data is uploaded in accordance with whether the consent was granted for the vehicle occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Michael Herman, Yashanshu Jain
  • Structural assembly and vehicle having structural assembly
    Patent number: 12233700
    Abstract: A structural assembly for an electric vehicle includes a battery structure, a pair of mounting structures, lower fasteners and upper fasteners. The battery structure is configured to house power storage units. Each mounting structure is secured to a respective side of the battery structure. Each lower fastener extends through a lower portion of a respective mounting structure and a bottom portion of a respective rocker of the vehicle body. Each upper fastener extends through an upper portion of the respective rocker and a top portion of the respective mounting structure. The upper fasteners secure the battery pack and the vehicle body at an upper attachment point and the lower fasteners secure the battery pack and the vehicle body at a lower attachment point. The lower attachment point is vertically offset from the upper attachment point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ari Garo Caliskan
  • Multi-layered coating formed by different processes
    Patent number: 12237491
    Abstract: A method for forming one or more layers of a lithium-ion battery includes a step of sequentially depositing a wet coating and a free-standing material layer onto a moving substrate to form a first bilayer on the substrate. The first bilayer including a wet coating-derived layer and the free-standing material layer. The first bilayer is heat roll pressed to form a second bilayer in which the wet coating-derived layer is at least partially dried and adhered to the free-standing material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gunho Kwak, Patrick Pietrasz, Chi Paik
  • Vehicle front grille panel with fog lamps
    Patent number: D1063732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joel Piaskowski, Gordon Platto, Ryan Olsson, Omead Dorandish
  • Vehicle front lower grille
    Patent number: D1063733
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Willing, Max Wolff, Max Tran, Leigh H. Cosentino, Thomas Marminc
  • Vehicle tail lamp
    Patent number: D1064347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Willing, Max Wolff, Max Tran, Leigh H. Cosentino, Thomas Marminc, Benjamin Eyers