Patents Assigned to For Global Technologies, LLC
  • OBJECT TRACKING IN BLIND-SPOT
    Publication number: 20190378282
    Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to identify an object, including points on the object, to perform tracking of the object based on a motion model including a relationship of the points to one another, and to then output a location of one of the points in a blind spot based on the tracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Douglas Rogan
  • VEHICLE FRAME ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190375460
    Abstract: A frame assembly includes a rail including a straight portion, the straight portion including a first portion, a second portion, and a deformation trigger between the first and second portions, and a bracket attached to the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jamil M. Alwan, Chelliah Madasamy, Matthew B. Makowski
  • OBJECT TRACKING IN BLIND-SPOT
    Publication number: 20190377086
    Abstract: A point is detected from first and second sensor data. An uncertainty range is estimated for a location of the point relative to the vehicle based on a motion model. Upon determining the point exited a first sensor field of view, the uncertainty range is estimated based on data received from the second sensor and dead reckoning, and the location of the point is estimated within the uncertainty range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Douglas Rogan
  • Assembly and method using an inflatable device within a vehicle having a detachable door
    Patent number: 10501043
    Abstract: An exemplary vehicle assembly, includes, among other things, an inflatable device that transitions between a less expanded position and a more expanded position. The inflatable device in the more inflated position is disposed within a door opening of a vehicle. A side door of the vehicle is detached from the vehicle to provide the door opening. An exemplary occupant protection method includes, among other things, after a side door of a vehicle is detached from the vehicle to provide a door opening, transitioning an inflatable device from a less expanded position to a more expanded position. The inflatable device in the more inflated position is disposed within the door opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Saied Nusier
  • System for a self-aligning exhaust sensor joint
    Patent number: 10502658
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a self-aligning exhaust sensor joint. In one example, a system may include a tapered pipe having a flange at its wider end; a nut having a head, an externally threaded bottom, and a tapered inner cavity that is adapted to fit around the tapered pipe; and a boss having a threaded inner cavity that is adapted to engage with the threaded bottom of the nut and having an engagement cavity for receiving the flange. By inserting the flange into the engagement cavity, mating the externally threaded bottom of the nut with the threaded inner cavity of the boss, and torquing the nut until a bottom surface of the externally threaded bottom pushes against the flange, a seal may be formed between the tapered pipe and the boss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Swadad A. Carremm, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Rakeeb Kaid, James W. Anderson
  • Navigation assisted collision avoidance at intersections
    Patent number: 10504367
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a vehicle may include a turn signal status component, communication component, and a maneuver component. The turn signal status component detects an active turn signal indicator on a target vehicle. The communication component receives a wireless communication indicating an intended turning maneuver of the target vehicle. The maneuver component determines a maneuver for the parent vehicle or a timing for the maneuver based at least in-part on the intended turning maneuver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Sagar Kumar Regmi
  • Electronic locking differential
    Patent number: 10501082
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an anti-lock braking system (ABS), a stability control system (SCS), and an electronic locking differential. A controller of the vehicle is programmed to unlock the differential in response to activation of the ABS or the SCS. The controller is further programmed to, responsive to the deactivation of the activated one of the ABS and the SCS, inhibit locking of the differential for a predefined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gustavo Luis Garcia, Jacob Martin Povirk, Jihong Guo, Filip Tomik
  • Vehicle multi-function storage solution
    Patent number: 10501020
    Abstract: A storage solution for a vehicle includes a rotatable body that has a plurality of faces. The storage solution for a vehicle also includes a dowel that defines a rotation axis. The dowel is coupled to opposing faces of the rotatable body. One or more storage features are deployable from each face of the rotatable body that is free of engagement with the dowel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alfonso Hickman guevara, Luis Jesus Chavela guerra, Luis Olmos gonzalez, Cuauhtemoc Quiroz, David Mercado
  • Apparatus and method for loading and deploying cargo from a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10500933
    Abstract: An apparatus for loading and deploying cargo from a motor vehicle includes a liftgate, a liftgate drive module to displace the liftgate between a closed position and an opened position, a cargo receiver carried on the liftgate and an actuator to raise and lower cargo with respect to the cargo receiver. Related methods of deploying cargo and loading cargo are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew Scott Newman
  • System and method for operating a heat pump
    Patent number: 10500923
    Abstract: Methods and system for operating a heat pump in different operating modes and providing a predictable heat pump response when the heat pump is transitioned between the different operating modes are presented. In one example, a controller that includes executable instructions for providing a bumpless compressor command for operating the heat pump is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yu Liu, Anthony David Tsakiris, Brett Allen Dunn
  • Foldable side mirror and method of using the same
    Patent number: 10501016
    Abstract: A motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a side mirror assembly having a mirror housing and a mirror. The mirror housing is moveable between a normal position and a partially-folded position, and the mirror is moveable relative to the mirror housing such that a line of sight remains the same in the normal and partially-folded positions. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Keith Hoelscher, Erick Michael Lavoie, Pietro Buttolo
  • Lidar signal compression
    Patent number: 10503175
    Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive sensor data including floating-point numbers. The memory stores instructions to convert the floating-point numbers to integer numbers based on a parameter set. The memory stores instructions to actuate a vehicle component based on the integer numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Siddharth Agarwal
  • Patterned offset pole rotor
    Patent number: 10505416
    Abstract: A rotor assembly has a rotor including a plurality of laminations each defining a plurality of poles arranged such that values of a pair of angles corresponding to each of the poles and defined between a magnetic axis of the pole and respective interpolar axes adjacent thereto are different. The values of the pairs define a repeating sequence around the lamination. The angles opposite an axis of rotation of the rotor are equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Franco Leonardi, Feng Liang, Michael W. Degner
  • Methods and systems for improving engine starting
    Patent number: 10502177
    Abstract: Systems and methods for restarting an engine are presented. In one example, spark timing during engine starting is adjusted in response to engine speed and a second control parameter. The second control parameter may be correlated with crankshaft or rod degradation. Spark may be advanced from minimum spark for best torque when engine speed is greater than desired and when the second control parameter does not provide an indication of engine degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alex O'Connor Gibson, David Bruce Reiche, Steven Wooldridge
  • Vehicle charging stations equipped with notification systems
    Patent number: 10500977
    Abstract: A vehicle charging includes a housing, a sensor system configured to detect if a vehicle is parked near the housing, and a notification system configured to communicate an alert if the vehicle is parked near the housing and charging has not been initiated within a threshold amount of time. The alert indicates improper usage of the vehicle charging station to an operator of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Anzicek, John Sturza, Dylan Erb, Abdul Lateef, Charles Honick, Philip Michael Gonzales
  • Motor vehicle and a door hinge mechanism therefor
    Patent number: 10501970
    Abstract: A motor vehicle is disclosed having a door that is attached to the motor vehicle by a hinge mechanism providing both full swing opening of the door and full scissor opening of the door. The motor vehicle includes an apparatus to assist with the selection of a preferred mode of door opening based upon an assessment of the surroundings in which the motor vehicle 1 rests. The assessment of the surroundings and selection of the preferred mode of door opening is carried out by an electronic controller based upon information received from a sensing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vince Leslie Shaw, Torsten Gerhardt, Robert Spahl, David Burrage
  • Folding vane and air register incorporating a folding vane
    Patent number: 10500927
    Abstract: A folding vane for an air register includes a vane body having a first section, a second section and a hinge joint connecting the first section and the second section. An air register includes a support and at least one folding vane. A method of distributing air from an air register is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jorge Araujo Nieto, Alfredo Pérez Montiel, Fernando Ovando
  • Vehicle exterior
    Patent number: D869337
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Woodhouse, Kemal Curic, Xitij Mistry, Gurminder Bhandal, John C. Caswell
  • Vehicle rear bumper cover
    Patent number: D869355
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Dewitt, Todd Willing, Max Wolff, Pedro Guarinon
  • Vehicle rear bumper cover molding
    Patent number: D869365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Woodhouse, Kemal Curic, Xitij Mistry, John C. Caswell