Patents Assigned to For Global Technologies, LLC
  • Patent number: 12104002
    Abstract: Processes for polymerizing polyolefins include contacting ethylene and optionally one or more (C3-C12)?-olefin in the presence of a catalyst system, wherein the catalyst system comprises a metal-ligand complex having a structure according to formula (I):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Andrew M. Camelio, Brad C. Bailey, Tomas D. Paine, Sukrit Mukhopadhyay, Matthew D. Christianson
  • Patent number: 12104914
    Abstract: The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods related to charging an electric vehicle. A method for determining recommendations for a user of a user device includes determining that the user is consuming content on a first application on the user device, the content available on the electric vehicle, determining a charge state of the electric vehicle, determining, based on the charge state of the electric vehicle that a length of time to charge the electric vehicle satisfies a timing requirement associated with the content, locating a charge station where the electric vehicle can be charged while the vehicle plays the content, and presenting a recommendation to charge the vehicle at the charging station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Yizhou Hu, Michael Crimando, Robin Mathew Kurian
  • Patent number: 12104284
    Abstract: Disclosed is a curly fiber having a fiber centroid and comprising a first region having a first centroid and a second region wherein the first region comprises an ethylene/alpha olefin interpolymer composition in an amount of at least 75 weight percent based on total weight of the first region and wherein the ethylene/alpha olefin interpolymer composition is characterized by a low temperature peak and a high temperature peak on an elution profile via improved comonomer composition distribution (ICCD) procedure, and a full width at half maximum of the high temperature peak is less than 6.0° C. and the second region is a material comprising a polymer which is different from the ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer of the first region and wherein the regions are arranged such that at least one of the first centroid and the second centroid is not the same as the fiber centroid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Yinglong Chen, Akanksha Garg, Yijian Lin, Sanjib Biswas, Jeffrey D. Weinhold, Pavan Kumar Valavala, Fabricio Arteaga Larios, Jill Martin, Didem Oner-Deliormanli, Mehmet Demirors
  • Patent number: 12106260
    Abstract: A cargo space is monitored for objects connected to respective beacon-transmitting devices which transmit identification signals associated with the objects. Signal strengths of received signals and repetition periods associated therewith are determined using a monitoring device which checks whether each received beacon identification signal identifies a respective object in an object inventory of the cargo space based on comparisons of the signal strengths with current signal strength threshold values respectively associated with them and on comparisons of the respectively associated beacon repetition periods with respective current repetition period threshold values. The monitoring device detects whether the cargo space is currently in a first state (in which loading and unloading operations of objects in the cargo space is permissible) or a second state (in which loading and unloading is not permissible).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Detlef Kuck, Marcel Grein, Nicole Eikelenberg, Walter Pijls, Jörg Christian Kirchhof
  • Patent number: 12104102
    Abstract: Aqueous-based release coating compositions are disclosed. The disclosed aqueous-based release coating compositions are particularly suitable for use with pressure sensitive adhesives. In some embodiments, the aqueous-based release coating compositions include (A) a vinyl-based emulsion copolymer comprising a copolymerizable acid monomer, (B) a silicone-based emulsion comprising a mixture of amine-, polyol-functional siloxane and epoxy-, glycol-functional siloxane, and (C) a polymeric dispersant comprising an acid functional group. In some embodiments, the weight ratio of silicone-based emulsion (B) to polymeric dispersant (C) in the aqueous-based release coating compositions is from 2:1 to 3:1. The disclosed release coating compositions are suitable for use in, inter alia, tape applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company, Dow Silicones Corporation
    Inventors: Fang Liu, Xinhong Wang, Li Ding, Zhihua Liu, Zhaohui Qu
  • Patent number: 12103494
    Abstract: A vehicle entry system which identifies authorized users via facial recognition has an image sensor configured to capture real-time images according to a predetermined field of view from a vehicle. A lockout device is configured to selectably provide access to the vehicle. The entry system has a controller configured to (A) analyze a first one of the captured images for matching to a stored facial pattern corresponding to an authorized user of the vehicle, (B) detect a request for a secondary authentication after the captured image being analyzed fails to match the stored facial pattern, (C) analyze a second one of the captured images for a nonbiometric secondary code entrusted to a secondary user; and (D) issue a command for the lockout device to grant the access to the vehicle when the secondary code is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: John R. Van Wiemeersch, Ryan E. Hanson
  • Patent number: 12103280
    Abstract: An integral modified polyolefin resin/silicone elastomer layered article is provided together with a method for its production. The integral polyolefin-based resin/silicone elastomeric material article comprises a shaped layer of a polyolefin-based copolymer or grafted polyolefin. It contains silyl trialkoxy groups, carboxylic acid groups and/or —OH groups. A silicone elastomeric material layer is subsequent to being cured from a hydrosilylation curable silicone elastomer composition comprising one or more adhesion promoters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, DOW SILICONES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adriana Moncada, Wenyi Huang, Michael H. Wang, Mark Fisher
  • Patent number: 12106087
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a reconfigurable software integrated module providing upfitter support capabilities via software residing on the vehicle and designated for individual upfitter modules, the software integrated module working with a vehicle service orchestrator to manage upfitter services in accordance with vehicle resources. The vehicle receives indication of an attached upfit module and determines whether the vehicle includes software for control of the upfit module. The vehicle verifies subscription to the software. Responsive to verification of subscription, the vehicle provides vehicle services to the upfit module as requested by at least one of the software or the upfit module and provides onboard wireless control of the upfit module via a vehicle interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Collins, Philip Angelo, Sivakumar Mambakkam
  • Patent number: 12103355
    Abstract: A vehicle panel includes channels, wherein a first channel includes a first wire capable and a second channel includes a second wire and each wire is capable of carrying at least one of power or a vehicle data signal. The panel also includes a connection point connectable to at least one of a battery or a vehicle computing system, wherein selection of connection between the vehicle computing system or battery to a given connection point provided to a given one of the first or second channels dictates whether the channel carries the vehicle data signal or power. Also, the panel includes holes connecting to the first wire and at least two of the holes connecting to the second wire allowing a connection probe to be inserted into a respective hole to connect to a wire included in a channel to which the hole connects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Jonathan Engels, Galen Keith Thomas, Haysam M. Kadry, James Martin Lawlis
  • Patent number: 12104643
    Abstract: A welded structural assembly and method, in one form, includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate adjacent the upper substrate, a fastener, and a sealing member. The fastener includes a shank portion, a first head portion, and a second head portion. The shank portion extends through the upper substrate and into the lower substrate. The shank is welded to the lower substrate. The first head portion has an outer periphery and an underside. The second head portion is frangibly coupled to the first head portion. The sealing member is disposed under the first head portion between the upper substrate and the first head portion. The sealing member contacts the underside and extends beyond the outer periphery such that the sealing member extends radially outward beyond all points of the first head portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David John Hill, Amanda Kay Freis, Nia R. Harrison
  • Patent number: 12104050
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a bicomponent fiber that includes a first region formed of a condensation polymer and a second region formed from a polyethylene blend. The polyethylene blend includes (i) an ethylene-based polymer having a density of 0.920 g/cm3 to 0.970 g/cm3 and a melt index, I2, as determined by ASTM D1238 at 190° C. and 2.16 kg of 0.5 to 150 g/10 minutes; (ii) a maleic anhydride-grafted polyethylene; and (iii) an inorganic Brønsted-Lowry acid having an acid strength pKa value at 25° C. of 1 to 6.5, wherein the polyethylene blend has a 0.03 to 0.5 weight percent of grafted maleic anhydride based on the total weight of the polyethylene blend. The first region is a core region of the bicomponent fiber and the second region is a sheath region of the bicomponent fiber, where the sheath region surrounds the core region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Fabricio Arteaga Larios, Brian W. Walther, Jill M. Martin, Ronald Wevers, Robert W. Bell
  • Patent number: 12104976
    Abstract: Systems and methods for diagnosing operation of a transmission warm-up valve are presented. In one example, the transmission warm-up valve is commanded to an open position and an estimated transmission fluid temperature is compared to an actual transmission fluid temperature to determine whether or not the transmission warm-up valve is operating as commanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Luis Juarez, Adam Krach, Vaibhav Khanna, Michael Joseph Giunta, Peter Turpel
  • Publication number: 20240316522
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a plate grid distributor for distributing a fluid in a vessel may include a plate and an internal support system. The internal support system may include a plurality of pillar supports extending vertically from at or near a bottom surface of the plate towards a floor of the vessel. One or more of the pillar supports may include a flexible upper member connecting a rigid top support bracket to a rigid intermediate beam and a flexible lower member connecting the rigid intermediate beam to the rigid base support. According to one or more other embodiments, a method of distributing a fluid through a plate grid distributor in a vessel may include passing the fluid into the vessel below the plate grid distributor and directing the fluid through the plate gird distributor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Matthew T. Pretz, Donald F. Shaw, Richard E. Walter, Albert Meza, Fermin Sandoval, Liwei Li
  • Publication number: 20240320505
    Abstract: A computer that includes a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to train an agent neural network to input a first state and output a first action, input the first action to an environment and determine a second state and a reward. Koopman model neural network can be trained based on the first state, the first action and the second state to determine a fake state. The agent neural network can be re-trained and the Koopman model neural network can be re-trained based on reinforcement learning including the first state, the first action, the second state, the fake state, and the reward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kaushik Balakrishnan, Neeloy Chakraborty, Devesh Upadhyay
  • Publication number: 20240321152
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for managing HUD power in vehicle head up displays are disclosed. State indications are stored. Based on the state indications a determination is made as to whether a HUD power control condition is met. If a HUD power control condition is met a corresponding HUD power control action is determined. A set of HUD power control commands corresponding to the HUD power control action is sent to the HUD to control the HUD to take the power control action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Brendan Francis Diamond, Stuart C. Salter, Ryan Joseph Gorski, Mahmoud Y. Ghannam
  • Publication number: 20240317247
    Abstract: A system and a method for calibrating a wake-up sequence for a user includes determining that the user is asleep based upon sensor data, activating one or more stimulus mechanisms for a set period of time in a test wake-up sequence upon occurrence of a wake-up condition, determining an elapsed time within the set period of time of the one or more stimulus mechanisms being activated in the test wake-up sequence at which the user wakes from sleep based on additional sensor data, comparing the elapsed time to a threshold time indicative of a sufficient wake-up time, and determining a calibrated wake-up sequence including the one or more stimulus mechanisms having elapsed times below the threshold time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler James-Ray Kaldobsky, Brendan Jenkins, Daniel Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20240317095
    Abstract: A vehicle including a plurality of vehicle charger pins that may be configured to connect with a charging connector is disclosed. The vehicle may further include a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver may be configured to receive real-time information associated with each vehicle charger pin when the vehicle may be charged using the charging connector. The processor may be configured to obtain the real-time information from the transceiver, and determine whether the charging connector may be improperly connected or a connection interface may be faulty based on the real-time information. Responsive to a determination that the connection interface may be faulty, the processor may be configured to perform a self-diagnostic test to determine whether a vehicle charger pin may be faulty or the charging connector may be faulty, and perform a predetermined action based on the self-diagnostic test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, Alexandra Taylor, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • Patent number: D1044614
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nedzad Mujcinovic, Jordan Demkiw
  • Patent number: D1044629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joel Piaskowski, Doyle Letson, Christopher Walter, Christopher Stevens
  • Patent number: D1044672
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Kaski, Robert Laster, Dean Carbis