Patents Assigned to For Global Technologies, LLC
  • Parameter and state limiting in model based battery control
    Patent number: 10473723
    Abstract: A method of determining battery power capability may include: determining a circuit model for a battery, including a first resistance (r1) in series with a second resistance (r2) and a capacitance (C) in parallel; setting upper and lower limits for r1, r2 and C based on a battery temperature a battery state of charge or both; applying an EKF to determine r1, r2 and C within the set upper and lower limits; and outputting the battery power capability based on r1, r2 and C. The upper and lower limits may be adjusted based on the age of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Yonghua Li, Xu Wang
  • Particulate filter regeneration system and method
    Patent number: 10473011
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for regenerating a particulate filter of a vehicle. In one example, a method may include, during a non-engine operating condition, regenerating a particulate filter coupled in an exhaust system downstream of an engine by activating an electric heater of the particulate filter and directing intake air through the particulate filter, the intake air bypassing the engine, and adjusting an electrical load of the electric heater responsive to one or more of exhaust temperature and intake airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Matthew Kurtz, Paul Joseph Tennison
  • Inverter capacitor system having internal cooling channel
    Patent number: 10477733
    Abstract: An inverter system control (ISC) module is provided. The ISC module includes a housing having an upper cavity, a lower cavity, a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a divider wall extending in a plane between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The inverter system further includes a power module secured within the upper cavity to define an upper fluid chamber with the divider wall, and a capacitor assembly secured within the lower cavity to define a lower fluid chamber with the divider wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Vincent T. Skalski
  • Vehicle fuel cooling
    Patent number: 10472877
    Abstract: An engine coolant temperature at an expected time of activation of a vehicle is predicted. Upon determining that the predicted engine coolant temperature is greater than an ambient air temperature by a temperature threshold, a vehicle component is actuated at a time determined based on the expected time of activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aed M. Dudar, Scott Alan Bohr
  • Ambient air temperature sensor correction method
    Patent number: 10471966
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for conducting an ambient air temperature (AAT) sensor test. In one example, a method may include adjusting a vehicle actuator to reduce a deviation of the AAT measured by an AAT sensor on board a vehicle from an expected AAT and remeasuring the AAT with the AAT sensor in response to the AAT measured by the AAT sensor deviating from the expected AAT by more than a threshold temperature difference. In this way, excessively inflated or depressed AAT measurements at the AAT sensor can be reduced, the accuracy and the reliability of the AAT sensor measurements can be increased, vehicle fuel consumption and emissions can be reduced, and vehicle drivability can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Aed M. Dudar
  • Roll cover assembly
    Patent number: 10471898
    Abstract: A roll cover assembly for covering a cargo space of a vehicle includes a cassette housing an extendable/retractable roll cover, a first receptacle adjacent a first side wall of the cargo space and having a channel configured to slidably guide a first end of the cassette during insertion or removal, a second receptacle adjacent a second side wall of the cargo space and having an opening configured to receive a second end of the cassette and permit pivoting of the cassette about the second end during removal of the first end from the first receptacle, a locking mechanism releasably locking the first end of the cassette into the first receptacle, and a release device actuatable to release the locking mechanism by pulling along a line-of-action parallel with a direction in which the first end of the cassette moves during removal from the first receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew John Murray, Richard Craven, Daniel Berry, James Neugebauer
  • Dual-bus battery precharge circuit
    Patent number: 10476262
    Abstract: A power control system for a vehicle includes a precharge circuit that is configured to selectively couple a resistor across either a main or return contactor that are configured to selectively couple terminals of a battery to a load bus. The power control system includes a controller programmed to, in response to a precharge request in a presence of the main contactor being closed when commanded to open and the return contactor being open, couple the resistor across the return contactor to precharge the load bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Wesley Edward Burkman, John Sturza
  • Methods and systems for improving hybrid vehicle cooling
    Patent number: 10473211
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving hybrid vehicle cooling are presented. In one example, an electric pump may supply transmission fluid to a transmission and a driveline integrated starter/generator to cool, operate, and lubricate driveline components. The electric pump may be selectively operated to conserve energy and to supply driveline cooling when driveline cooling may be desirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bernard D. Nefcy, Marvin Paul Kraska, Walter Joseph Ortmann
  • Boundary detection system utilizing wireless signals
    Patent number: 10471934
    Abstract: A boundary detection system for a vehicle includes a controller programmed to generate an alert in response to sensing a presence of a person in a first zone extending from the vehicle. The system also includes a wireless receiver configured to receive signals transmitted by a nomadic device in a second zone surrounding the vehicle. The controller is further programmed to, in response to the receiver receiving the signals, output the alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brad Alan Ignaczak, Adil Nizam Siddiqui, Brian Bennie, Jacob Lucero, Cynthia M. Neubecker
  • Fuel pump mounting
    Patent number: 10473078
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for mounting a fuel pump to a cylinder head of an engine. In one example, a mounting system may comprise: an engine fuel pump mounted directly to a cylinder head cap positioned underneath a cam cover, the cap including a raised portion having a first and a second cap mounting boss, and a main opening for directly receiving the fuel pump, wherein each of the first and second cap mounting bosses couple to a flange formed on a bottom portion of the fuel pump. In this way, the fuel pump may be directly mounted to the cylinder head cap to simplify assembly, minimize fuel leakage and reduce pump vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Kochanski, David Matthew Gasior, Claude Weston Bailey, III
  • Sulfonylazide derivative for tie layer
    Patent number: 10471690
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multilayer film. In an embodiment, a multilayer film is provided and includes: a layer (A) comprising an olefin-based polymer; a layer (B) that is a tie layer comprising a sulfonamide derivative grafted olefin-based polymer (SD-g-PO); and a layer (C) comprising a polar component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jerzy Klosin, Ahmad Madkour, Adriana I. Moncada, Brian W. Walther
  • Vehicle seating cushion with snap-fit fasteners to interconnect with snap-fit receivers on a structural support
    Patent number: 10473136
    Abstract: A seating assembly for a vehicle comprises: a cushion comprising an outer edge and a plurality of snap-fit-fasteners; and a carrier comprising an outer edge surface and a plurality of snap-fit receivers near the outer edge surface of the carrier arranged to receive the plurality of snap-fit fasteners; wherein the plurality of snap-fit receivers have received and are retaining the plurality of snap-fit fasteners such that the cushion is interconnected with the carrier; and wherein the plurality of snap-fit fasteners and plurality of receivers are arranged to prevent the edge of the cushion from rolling up. The cushion further comprises a lip having an inward facing surface; wherein the cushion at least partially surrounds the carrier with at least a portion of the inward facing surface of the lip facing the outer edge surface of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Christian J. Hosbach, Corbin Shea Johnston, Spencer Robert Hoernke, Kevin Mozurkewich, Andrew Matusko, Brian M. Thiel
  • Films containing functional ethylene-based polymer compositions
    Patent number: 10471688
    Abstract: The invention provides a film comprising at least two layers, a first layer and a second layer; and wherein the first layer is formed from a first composition comprising a polyester and/or a polylactic acid; and wherein the second layer is formed from a second composition comprising at least the following: A) a functionalized ethylene-based polymer, and B) at least one ethylene/alkylacrylate copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Dow Brasil Indú´stria e Comércio de Produtos Químicios Ltda.
    Inventors: Eva-Maria Kupsch, Didem Oner-Deliormanli, Marlos Giuntini De Oliveira, Ashish Batra
  • Polymers having intrinsic microporosity including sub-units with troger's base and spirobisindane moieties
    Patent number: 10472467
    Abstract: A polymer comprising a sub-unit or repeating unit including a spirobisindane moiety and Troger's base moiety linked together by way of a linking group (L) wherein the linking group (L) is represented by Formula III: wherein Z and Z? are independently selected from an ether and ester functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Robert E. Hefner, Jr.
  • Load box rail trim with integrated structural features
    Patent number: 10471908
    Abstract: Load box rail trims used or placed on a top of box rail of a truck including an elongated body formed by walls and having an opening along a length of the body, at least one structural feature integrated on the body, where the body and structural feature are formed in an injection molding process. In some examples, the walls of the body include a top wall, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and an opening where the opening opposite to the top wall, and where a plurality ribs disposed in a space of the hollow body may include a central rib substantially perpendicular to the top wall along a length direction of the body and inside the body. The central rib is disposed between the first and second sidewalls substantially along the length of the hollow body or partially along the length of the hollow body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Simon Luciew
  • Vehicle sensor operation
    Patent number: 10473772
    Abstract: A system, comprising a processor; and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive image data from a vehicle sensor installed in a vehicle, transform the image data into global coordinate data, estimate fractal dimension values of the global coordinate data, and determine calibrated parameters based on the fractal dimension values to operate the vehicle sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Graham Mills
  • Capacitive sensor and switch assembly with decorative conductive component
    Patent number: 10476501
    Abstract: A capacitive sensor and switch assembly is provided. The assembly includes a first electrode forming a decorative conductive component on a vehicle, and a second electrode dielectrically isolated from the first electrode and electrically coupled therewith to generate an activation field. The assembly also includes a dielectric layer disposed between the first and second electrodes, and a controller for processing a signal generated from the activation field and sensing an object, wherein the controller determines activation of a switch based on the signal generated from the activation field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Pietro Buttolo, Wei Xu, Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati
  • Visible light communication system with pixel alignment for high data rate
    Patent number: 10476594
    Abstract: A visible light communication system has a two-dimensional array of sources and an image sensor with a pixel grid defining a pixel direction (which in some embodiments is a rolling shutter direction). Modulation of the light flashes the sources to define a series of one-dimensional patterns encoding the data to be transmitted. The patterns extend in a direction that projects onto the imager orthogonal to the pixel direction. In the case of a rolling shutter, the pattern is orthogonal to the rolling shutter direction, which allows the encoding of multiple bits per line of the image frame. In other cases, the orthogonal direction obtains the maximum resolving power available from the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: David M. Herman, Grant Inskeep
  • Cellular structures with sixteen-cornered cells
    Patent number: 10473177
    Abstract: A cellular structure may include a plurality of cells each cell of the plurality of cells having a sixteen-cornered cross section. The sixteen-cornered cross section may include sixteen sides and sixteen corners. Each cell may include a plurality of longitudinal walls extending between a top and a bottom of the cell, the longitudinal walls intersecting to create corners of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Tau Tyan
  • Vehicle ice strike prediction
    Patent number: 10475343
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor that is programmed to identify, in a first vehicle, a second vehicle based on first vehicle sensor data. The processor is programmed to determine, based on at least one of the sensor data and additional environmental data, a risk of ice from the second vehicle striking the first vehicle. The processor is further programmed to cause an action in the first vehicle based on the determined risk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Aed M. Dudar, Brian Bennie