Patents Assigned to For Global Technologies, LLC
  • Vehicle airbag system
    Patent number: 10501041
    Abstract: An airbag system includes a seat back having a first location and a second location spaced from the first location. The airbag system includes a housing pivotally supported by the seat back at the first location. The airbag system includes a linear actuator including a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first end is fixed to the seat back at the second location. The second end is fixed to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi, Mark A. Cuddihy
  • Wheel rim-mounted regeneration coil-magnet system
    Patent number: 10501143
    Abstract: A bicycle includes a frame, a charging circuit carried by the frame and configured to capture energy associated with movement of the bicycle, a power module carried by the frame, and a switch disposed electrically between the charging circuit and power module. The power module, in response to an indication that the bicycle is travelling downhill, closes the switch to enable energy transfer between the charging circuit and power module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jamel Seagraves, Chih-Wei Tang, Sudipto Aich, Justin Carrus, David Gomez
  • Rotation assembly for a vehicle
    Patent number: 10500988
    Abstract: A rotation assembly for a vehicle includes a ring gear coupled to a frame of the vehicle and having serrations integrally formed therein and an inner ring that rotatably engages with the ring gear. The inner ring may directly mounted to an underside of guide tracks on a seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Dean Jaradi
  • High pressure free radical polymerization process with flexible control of molecular weight distribution
    Patent number: 10501561
    Abstract: Ethylene-based polymer, LDPE, is made in a high pressure polymerization process to comprising at least the step of polymerizing a reaction mixture comprising ethylene, using a reactor configuration comprising (A) at least two reaction zones, a first reaction zone (reaction zone 1) and an i reaction zone (reaction zone i where i>2), (B) at least two ethylene feed streams, each feed stream comprising a percentage of the total make-up ethylene fed to the polymerization process, in which a first ethylene feed stream is sent to reaction zone 1 and a second ethylene feed stream is sent to reaction zone i, and (C) a control system to control the percentage of the total make-up ethylene in the ethylene feed stream sent to reaction zone 1 and the percentage of the total make-up ethylene in the ethylene feed stream sent to reaction zone i.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Otto J. Berbee, Cornelis J F Hosman, Sergio E. Goncalves, Stefan Hinrichs
  • Proximity switch having wrong touch adaptive learning and method
    Patent number: 10501027
    Abstract: A proximity switch assembly and method are provided having wrong touch feedback and adaptive learning. The method includes the steps of detecting multiple attempted activations of a proximity switch that is not allowed, and adjusting one or more settings based on the detected multiple attempted activations to provide adaptive learning. The method also includes the steps of detecting an allowed activation of the proximity switch based on the adjusted one or more settings, and performing an action in response to the detected allowed activation. The proximity switch assembly includes one or more user perceived feedback devices for generating user perceived feedback when an attempted activation that is not allowed is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Pietro Buttolo, Stuart C. Salter
  • Electric drive with input inductor based variable voltage converter
    Patent number: 10505449
    Abstract: A vehicle electric drive includes a battery, an inverter, and a power converter electrically between the battery and inverter. The power converter includes series switches activated at a predefined switching frequency, a series capacitor and non-gapped inductor, and an inductor electrically between the non-gapped inductor and series switches. The non-gapped inductor defines an inductance proportional to an inverse of a product of a capacitance of the capacitor and the switching frequency squared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Baoming Ge, Lihua Chen
  • Adaptive boost voltage for hybrid vehicle operation
    Patent number: 10500966
    Abstract: A powertrain includes a DC-DC converter, an electric machine, and a controller. The DC-DC converter may be configured to output a bus voltage. The controller may be configured to, in response to a torque request exceeding an available torque of the electric machine, command the converter to boost the bus voltage to a discrete step value selected from a predetermined number of available discrete step values, that changes in response to a selected operating mode of the powertrain changing, to increase the available torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lihua Chen, Yan Zhou, Shuitao Yang, Mohammed Khorshed Alam, Fan Xu
  • Seat belt latch plate assembly with two-shot noise dissipating bumpers
    Patent number: 10501047
    Abstract: A seat belt latch plate assembly includes a latch plate and a latch plate cover carried on the latch plate. That latch plate cover is made by means of a two-shot injection molding process and includes integral bumpers that are made from a soft, sound dissipating material and have an energy absorbing cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Edwin C. Chiu
  • Indicator system for vehicle wear components
    Patent number: 10502690
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The illumination apparatus comprises a wear component comprising a plurality of layers disposed in an engine compartment. The layers comprise a photoluminescent portion and a cover layer disposed over the photoluminescent portion. The apparatus further comprises a light source located in the engine compartment. The light source is configured to emit an excitation emission configured to illuminate the photoluminescent portion to emit an output emission having a color different than the excitation emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Terry R. Lobsinger, James J. Surman, Paul Kenneth Dellock
  • Polymeric compositions for optical fiber cable components
    Patent number: 10502913
    Abstract: Polymeric compositions comprising a polybutylene terephthalate, an ethylene-based polymer, and a maleated ethylene-based polymer. Optical cable components fabricated from the polymeric composition. Optionally, the polymeric composition can further comprise one or more additives, such as a filler. The optical fiber cable components can be selected from buffer tubes, core tubes, and slotted core tubes, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: William J. Harris, Mohamed Esseghir, Gangwei Sun
  • Systems and methods for fuel vapor canister purge routing
    Patent number: 10502165
    Abstract: A method for an engine is presented, wherein purge air is routed through a fuel vapor canister during a first condition such that desorbed fuel vapor traverses a canister purge port en route to an engine intake, and wherein purge air is routed through a fuel vapor canister during a second condition such that desorbed fuel vapor traverses a canister load port en route to the engine intake. Bypassing the canister purge port during a canister purge event allows for cleaning adsorbed fuel vapor from the canister even if flow through the canister purge port is restricted. In this way, vehicle emissions may be mitigated during conditions where a carbon dust filter at the canister load port is clogged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Aed M. Dudar
  • Devices and systems for preventing misalignment in vehicle brake assemblies
    Patent number: 10503200
    Abstract: An alignment device may include a saddle element configured to sit on a pedal arm of a brake assembly. The saddle element may include first and second U-shaped ends configured to receive the pedal arm. The first and second U-shaped ends may be spaced apart from one another by an opening defined by first and second lateral wing elements. The first and second lateral wing elements may form a catchment area configured to guide and position a push rod of a brake booster into alignment with the pedal arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Snehasis Ganguly, Curtis Hargitt', Brian Marvin Lemmer
  • Steering system for a steerable vehicle
    Patent number: 10501111
    Abstract: A steering system for a steerable vehicle includes at least two steerable wheels, to each of which an electrically operable steering actuator to enable the steering actuator to adjust the steering angle of the particular steerable wheel by application of a steering torque. The at least two steering actuators can be mechanically coupled to each other so that, in the event of a failure or a malfunction of the one steering actuator, the steering torque provided by the other steering actuator can be transferred to the one steering actuator, to enable the steering angle of the steerable wheel assigned to the failed steering actuator to still be changed via the other steering actuator. The at least two steering actuators can be mechanically coupled to each other via a bendable shaft or via a universal joint shaft which includes at least two rigid shafts hingedly connected via a universal joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, ThyssenKrupp Presta Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Peter Engels, Kristof Polmans
  • Fuel port illumination device
    Patent number: 10501007
    Abstract: An indicator disposed proximate a fuel port of the vehicle is disclosed. The indicator comprises a persistent luminescent layer, a first light source, and one or more circuits. The persistent luminescent layer is configured to emit a first color of light. The first light source is configured to emit a charging emission to charge the persistent luminescent layer. The one or more circuits are configured to selectively activate one or more portions of the first light source such that the persistent luminescent layer is charged and illuminates the indicator in the first color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, James J. Surman, Balbir S. Grewal
  • Method for operating an engine
    Patent number: 10502152
    Abstract: Methods and systems for operating an engine during and after regeneration of a particulate filter are described. In one example, exhaust flow is increased and exhaust temperature is decreased in response to ceasing regeneration of a particulate filter so that SCR efficiency may be improved in a short amount of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Matthew Kurtz, Eric James Kastanis
  • Dithering a pulse width modulated base frequency to reduce EV noise
    Patent number: 10500965
    Abstract: A vehicle powertrain includes an inverter coupled with an electric machine and a controller. The controller may be configured to dither a base frequency of a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal, by less than an amount that is based on a rotational speed of the machine and the base frequency, to operate the inverter such that energy at sidebands and harmonics of the base frequency are reduced by distributing the energy to reduce audible vibrations of the powertrain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jiyao Wang, Wei Xu
  • Single supply hybrid drive resonant gate driver
    Patent number: 10500959
    Abstract: A gate driver of a power device includes an inductor and a supply. The inductor is configured to, during a transitional period of the power device, convert a potential on a gate to a field, and the field to an opposite potential to toggle the gate and charge a floating capacitor to the opposite potential as an excess field collapses. The supply is configured to maintain the gate at the potential and generate the excess field during a non-transitional period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shuitao Yang, Yan Zhou, Lihua Chen, Fan Xu
  • Vehicle exterior
    Patent number: D869339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Melvin Betancourt, Eric Stoddard, Daniel J. Kangas, Darrell P. Behmer, Craig S. Metros, Christopher Svensson
  • Vehicle rear bumper cover
    Patent number: D869356
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 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
    Patent number: D869357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Dewitt, Todd Willing, Max Wolff, Pedro Guarinon