Patents Assigned to For Global Technologies, LLC
  • CATALYST HEATING WITH EXHAUST BACK-PRESSURE
    Publication number: 20140069380
    Abstract: Embodiments for controlling an exhaust back-pressure valve are provided. In one example, a method for operating an engine comprises closing an exhaust back-pressure valve in response to a component temperature, adjusting intake and/or exhaust valve operation in response to closing the exhaust back-pressure valve to reduce cylinder internal exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), and while the exhaust back-pressure valve is closing, indicating degradation of an exhaust back-pressure system if a designated engine operating parameter remains constant. In this way, degradation of the exhaust back-pressure system may be diagnosed while maintaining combustion stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas G. Leone, Peter C. Moilanen
  • Tank Recess
    Publication number: 20140070561
    Abstract: A tank recess for motor vehicles comprising a recess body having a device for fastening to a vehicle body opening from outside and having a tank feed line sealing portion, characterized in that the recess body has a fold-over sealing edge on the base portion, such that a flange on an inner metal plate of the vehicle body opening is encompassed by the fold-over sealing edge, such that in the installed position the sealing edge is able to be placed sealingly around the flange of the vehicle body opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Werner Jakobs, Rafal Pulczynski, Allen Brandt
  • HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT FOR VEHICLES WITH AIR SPRING AND VIBRATION DAMPER
    Publication number: 20140070467
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for a vehicle, for height adjustment of a vehicle superstructure, which at one end has a first means for pivoting on a sprung mass (2) of the vehicle and at the other end a second means for pivoting on an unsprung mass (3) of the vehicle, a vibration damper (4) damping a relative movement of the sprung mass and unsprung masses (2, 3), and a self-pumping air spring (5) which supports the sprung and unsprung masses (2, 3) against each other in a sprung fashion. The vibration damper (4) according to the invention has a damping characteristic which is adjustable during operation, preferably steplessly adjustable. The invention also concerns a method for height adjustment of a vehicle superstructure by means of such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Dehmel, Michael Johannes Frantzen, Michael Seemann, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING USERS AND MANAGING BIOMETRIC DATA THEREOF IN A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140070917
    Abstract: An apparatus for managing biometric information for a vehicle is provided. The apparatus comprising a first key, a second key, and a vehicle controller. The first and the second key each for transmitting an access signal to the vehicle. The vehicle controller for receiving the access signal from one of the first key and the second key to enable operation of the vehicle. The vehicle controller being operably coupled to a biometric database for storing first data indicative of an administrator and second data indicative of at least one of a member and biometric information for the member. The vehicle controller being configured to receive the access signal from each of the first key and the second key and to determine that a user is the administrator in response to receiving the access signal from each of the first key and the second key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Maria Eugenia Protopapas
  • FUEL SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS
    Publication number: 20140069394
    Abstract: Methods and system are provided for identifying unintended closing (or corking) of a mechanical valve coupled to a fuel tank. If tank vent valve corking is identified during a leak test, fuel tank pressure data collected during the leak test is disregarded and not used to determine a fuel system leak. Instead, a fuel system leak test is repeated to improve reliability of test results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Roy Jentz, Mark W. Peters, Michael Casedy, Aed M. Dudar
  • MANUFACTURE OF N-TYPE CHALCOGENIDE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USES IN PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140070354
    Abstract: A layer of an n-type chalcogenide compositions provided on a substrate in the presence of an oxidizing gas in an amount sufficient to provide a resistivity to the layer that is less than the resistivity a layer deposited under identical conditions but in the substantial absence of oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Todd R. Bryden, Buford I. Lemon, Joseph George, Rebekah Kristine Ligman Feist
  • MULTIPLE MEMBRANES FOR REMOVING VOC'S FROM LIQUIDS
    Publication number: 20140073718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from a liquid stream using multiple membranes that are permeable to the VOCs but impermeable to the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicants: ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY, DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: James Kent Carpenter, Timothy C. Frank
  • WIRELESSLY CONTROLLED HEADS-UP DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20140070932
    Abstract: A heads up display apparatus for a vehicle, comprising a wireless transceiver configured to connect and communicate with a device providing information for display, an energy storage device configured to provide energy to the display apparatus, a processor configured receive information from the transceiver and configure the information for display, and a display configured to output the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad, Christopher Peplin
  • Laterally Assembled Vehicle Duct Joint
    Publication number: 20140073232
    Abstract: A duct assembly including a first duct and a second duct that are connected by a receptacle and a fitting that are moved in a transverse direction to assemble the first duct to the second duct. The receptacle defines a slot that includes an inner wall and an outer wall. The inner and outer wall define a fitting insertion opening on one lateral side and a fitting seat on the opposite lateral side. A seal is provided on a face wall of the fitting. Triangular side walls extend between the inner and outer walls. A locking tab on a triangular side wall is received within a tab receiver on the outer wall of the fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence C. Karas, Mukesh Kumar, Robert Steven Sawyer, Eric R. Yerke
  • ENGINE WITH CYLINDER HEAD COOLING
    Publication number: 20140069357
    Abstract: A cylinder head for an engine is provided. The cylinder head may include an upper cooling jacket including at least a first inlet and a first outlet and a lower cooling jacket including at least a second inlet and a second outlet. The cylinder head may further include a first set of crossover coolant passages including one or more crossover coolant passages fluidly coupled to the upper cooling jacket and the lower cooling jacket and adjacent to one or more combustion chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Jay Brewer, John Christopher Riegger, Dennis G. Barbier, Jeff D. Fluharty, Jody Michael Slike
  • FUEL SYSTEM FOR A MULTI-FUEL ENGINE
    Publication number: 20140069385
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating an engine fuel system including fuels of different fuel types. A first fuel type is delivered for port injection upon circulation through a high pressure pump when direct injection of a fuel is not requested to cool and/or lubricate the high pressure pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gopichandra Surnilla, Joseph Basmaji, Ross Dykstra Pursifull
  • Interior Body Trim Assembly with Integrated Passage for Vehicle Traction Battery
    Publication number: 20140069732
    Abstract: An interior body trim assembly includes a trim panel and a closure member. The trim panel has an indented panel portion with an outline of part of an outer boundary of a passage. The closure member meets the trim panel with a portion of the closure member extending over the indented panel portion. The portion of the closure member and the indented panel portion complete the outer boundary of the passage and thereby form the passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jason C. Marcath, David Hayes, Beth Ann Dalrymple, Thomas A. Wagner, Jesus Cardoso, Hsiao-An Hsieh, Keith Kearney
  • Transmission and Method of Controlling Clutch During Ratio Change
    Publication number: 20140069759
    Abstract: A transmission and control method are disclosed which ensure proper stroke pressure and minimize torque transients during a shift event. The transmission includes a clutch having a torque capacity based on a fluid pressure, a torque sensor adapted to measure a torque value that varies in relationship to the torque capacity, and a controller. The method includes varying the fluid pressure around a predetermined value, measuring a resulting torque difference with the torque sensor, and adjusting a clutch control parameter if the resulting torque difference is less than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Michael Pietron, Yuji Fujii, Joseph F. Kucharski, Nicholas Joseph Witte, Stephen Michael Cicala, Bradley Dean Riedle, Diana Yanakiev, Nimrod Kapas, Davorin David Hrovat
  • PROXIMITY SWITCH BASED DOOR LATCH RELEASE
    Publication number: 20140069015
    Abstract: A vehicle door latch assembly includes a first proximity sensor on a first side of a door handle and a second proximity sensor on a second side of the door handle. The assembly also includes a latch operative to latch the door closed and to unlatch the door to allow the door to open. The assembly further includes control circuitry for activating the latch to unlatch the door based on an object such as an operator's hand sensed with both the first and second proximity sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Yun Shin Lee, Pietro Buttolo, Cornel Lewis Gardner
  • Method and Apparatus for Controlling Engine Shutdown in Hybrid Vehicles
    Publication number: 20140073478
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle is provided that includes a control system that controls the time required for engine shut down. An electric machine or integrated starter-generator may be used to apply a load to the combustion engine after an engine shut down signal is received. By reducing the time required to shut down the engine in a controlled manner, the catalytic converter can be conditioned by providing a desired volume of air and fuel to the catalyst to reduce emissions and increase fuel economy. If an indication is received that it is no longer desirable to shut down the engine, the engine may be restarted conventionally or started in a quick start mode by refueling the engine is the engine operating at a sufficient speed for a quick restart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Siamak Hashemi, Yulei Chen
  • ELECTRIC MOTOR TORQUE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20140070738
    Abstract: A vehicle includes one or more inverter-fed electric machines such as permanent magnet synchronous motors. In response to a torque request, a controller issues commands to an inverter calculated to cause the motor to produce the requested torque. A method of operating the inverter may determine the commands based on the ratio of rotor speed to inverter input voltage, reducing the approximation error associated with multi-dimensional lookup tables. When the speed and voltage vary while maintaining a constant ratio and constant torque request, the issued commands produce a winding current in the electrical machine with constant direct and quadrature components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Luedtke, Michael W. Degner
  • EJECTOR SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140069534
    Abstract: A selectively operable vacuum source designed to reduce leakage is disclosed. In one example, the vacuum source is at least partially within an engine air intake system. The approach may reduce a number of sensors required to diagnose whether or not leaks are present within the vacuum source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph Wayne Cunningham, Ross Dykstra Pursifull
  • ELECTRIC MACHINE TORQUE CAPABILITY DETERMINATION
    Publication number: 20140070741
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises an electric machine configured with at least one controller issuing torque commands with the use of a voltage bus. The controller may be configured to respond to a torque requests based on multiple vehicle system inputs including vehicle speed, position of the accelerator pedal and brake pedal, and various other vehicle data. The controller may respond to a torque request that exceeds a threshold value by issuing torque commands for the electric machine based on a speed of the electric machine and a voltage on the bus. Based on the speed of the electric machine and voltage on the bus, the controller may issue a constant torque output by the electric machine as the speed and voltage vary. Calculating a ratio using speed of the electric machine to voltage on the bus to determine torque capability may result as a constant torque when the ratio is constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Luedtke
  • POLYOLEFIN BASED FILMS SUITABLE FOR THERMOFORMING
    Publication number: 20140072787
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a film structure comprising an outer layer, a core and an inner layer (or sealant layer). The outer layer comprises a polyolefinic material having a Vicat softening temperature of 85° C. or greater, and a total crystallinity in the range of 25 to 45%. The core comprises a linear low density polyethylene having a density of 0.925 g/cm3 or less, and a melt index of 4.0 g/10 min or less. The inner layer comprises linear low density polyethylene having a density of from 0.865 to 0.926 g/cm3 and a melt index of less than 4.0 g/10 minutes. The films of the present invention have less than 25% of polyethylenes having a density of 0.930 g/cm3 or greater. Further, the films of the present invention can be characterized by the substantial absence of polyamide, polyester, ethylene vinyl acetate, ionomers, polyvinyl chloride, and/or cyclic olefin polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicants: DOW BRASIL S.A., DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Joao Gargalaka, JR., Felipe Martinez Barreneche, Jorge C. Gomes, Nicolas C. Mazzola
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FUEL VAPOR CONTROL
    Publication number: 20140074385
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for performing a vehicle-off fuel system leak test. A vehicle controller may be woken up after a vehicle has been in a key-off condition for a sufficient amount of time to monitor a fuel tank for pressure and temperature stabilization. If the pressure and temperature of the fuel tank is stable, a fuel pump may be operated to raise a fuel tank vapor pressure, and fuel system leaks are identified based on a rate of pressure decay from the fuel tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Aed M. Dudar, Robert Roy Jentz, Scott A. Bohr, Niels Christopher Kragh