Patents Assigned to For Global Technologies, LLC
  • Vehicle sensor cleaning
    Patent number: 10435077
    Abstract: A system includes a roof mount including a drainage tray, a sensor housing disposed on the roof mount, and a sensor supported by the sensor housing and a fluid spray directed toward the sensor. The sensor is disposed above the drainage tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: David J. Schmidt
  • Road camber compensation
    Patent number: 10435072
    Abstract: A steering compensation apparatus includes a road camber determiner to determine a first road camber at a road position in front of a vehicle using wheel trajectory data and height data of the road position, a road camber logic circuit to select, via a torque mapper mapping a plurality of road cambers to a plurality of first compensating torques, a first compensating torque corresponding to the first road camber and a steering controller to drive a motor to deliver the selected first compensating torque to a steering rack at the road position responsive to the first road camber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Walsh, Timothy Panagis, Daniel Slavin
  • Seatbelt anchor
    Patent number: 10434977
    Abstract: A seatbelt anchor includes an attachment portion. The seatbelt anchor includes a seatbelt support portion spaced from the attachment portion to define a slot therebetween. The seatbelt anchor includes a pair of connecting portions spaced from each other with the slot disposed therebetween and connecting the attachment portion to the seatbelt support portion and including a lattice structure that is plastically deformable relative to the attachment portion and the seatbelt support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ching-Hung Chuang, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Footrest assembly for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10434920
    Abstract: A footrest assembly is provided for a motor vehicle. That footrest assembly includes a footrest, a wiring shield and a foam body sandwiched between the footrest and the wiring shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Patrick Barren, Tom Peter Goffas, William Charles Bauer, Bryn Arthur Davies
  • Systems and methods for determining fuel release from a fuel injector
    Patent number: 10436142
    Abstract: Methods and systems for evaluating whether or not a fuel amount that is greater than a threshold has been release to an engine via fuel injectors when the fuel injectors are commanded off are presented. In one example, an oxygen sensor is activated and engine cranking is prevented until a pumping current of the oxygen sensor is proportionate to a concentration of oxygen sensed via the oxygen sensor so that released fuel may be observed during engine starting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Ulrey, Michael Uhrich, Ross Pursifull, Steven Schwochert
  • Vehicle window weatherstripping having an inner belt with interlocking end details
    Patent number: 10434857
    Abstract: A vehicle sealing assembly includes a vehicle frame defining a frame cavity. A vehicle door has a door trim panel and an inner frame panel that define a door cavity in communication with the frame cavity. An operable window is disposed proximate the door cavity and is operable between open and closed positions. A beltline seal is disposed between the door trim and inner frame panels and in engagement with the operable window in the closed position. A front beltline end piece is integrally formed between a front vertical support of the window and a front end of the beltline seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chester Stanislaus Walawender, Nizam Khan, Sheri Reck, Gabriel Blanco, Paul Kenneth Dellock
  • Methods and systems for a latch plate assembly in a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10434869
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a latch plate assembly for coupling pipes to a housing of an engine component. In one example, the latch plate assembly comprises: a first latch plate couplable to a first pipe; and a second latch plate couplable to a second pipe, the first and second latch plates being couplable to the housing, wherein the first and second latch plates are together configured to define a bore at an interface between the first and second latch plates. The bore receives a fastener to couple the first and second latch plates to the housing and wherein the bore has a perimeter, the first latch plate defines a first portion of the bore perimeter and the second latch plate defines a second portion of the bore perimeter, the first and second portion together defining the bore perimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin MacDonald, Christopher Leck, Thomas Pates
  • Liquid-cooled internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder block, and method for producing an associated cylinder block
    Patent number: 10436103
    Abstract: Methods and system are provided for a cooling arrangement of an engine. In one example, the cooling arrangement may include first and second cooling ducts, where the second cooling ducts are arranged in gaps formed between adjacent cylinders and the first ducts are arranged outside of the gaps of the adjacent cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hans Guenter Quix, Klaus-Peter Heinig, David van Bebber, Jan Mehring
  • Determining a fuel quantity to charge a vehicle battery
    Patent number: 10439427
    Abstract: A computer is programmed to upon determining that a battery charge level of a battery of a vehicle is below a first threshold, determine a first fuel quantity for an engine to charge the battery to a second threshold; and actuate a vehicle component according to the first fuel quantity. The computer may transmit a message specifying a second fuel quantity that is a sum of a preset fuel quantity and the first fuel quantity. The computer may, upon determining that an ambient temperature is below a temperature threshold, provide an instruction to the engine to charge the battery to the second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Annette Lynn Huebner, Pietro Buttolo, Brent Young, Matthew Dionise
  • Windshield blackout with viewing window and blackout window feature
    Patent number: 10434936
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a windshield blackout between a bottom of the windshield and a top of the instrument panel, a viewing window provided in the windshield blackout and a blackout window feature provided behind the viewing window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Quintin White, Bradley Berner
  • Systems and methods for diagnosing a vehicle engine intake manifold and exhaust system
    Patent number: 10436138
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for indicating a presence or absence of a source of degradation stemming from one of an intake manifold, exhaust system, or engine of an engine system. In one example, a method comprises rotating the engine unfueled and indicating the source of degradation based on both an intake air flow and an exhaust flow, as compared to baseline intake air flow and baseline exhaust flow. In this way, a source of degradation may be pinpointed, which may increase a lifetime of a vehicle engine system, reduce undesired emissions, and which may increase customer satisfaction resulting from shorter time spent on diagnosing such a source of degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Aed M. Dudar
  • Polyether-acetal polyol compositions
    Patent number: 10435502
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to polyether-acetal polyol compositions, more particularly to polyol compositions including a polyether-acetal polyol that can be utilized to form polyurethanes. As an example, a polyurethane formulation can include a polyol composition including a polyether-acetal polyol functionalized with at least one acetal functional group, where the polyol composition has an average hydroxyl functionality from 2 to 8 and a hydroxyl equivalent weight from 150 to 4000, where the portion of the polyether-acetal polyol that is functionalized with the at least one acetal functional group is 1 percent to 40 percent of a total weight of the polyether-acetal polyol, where the polyether-acetal polyol has a primary hydroxyl group content of at least 55 percent, and a polyisocyanate, where the polyurethane formulation has an isocyanate index in a range from 70 to 500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Arjun Raghuraman, William L. Heaner, David A. Babb, Manjiri R. Paradkar
  • Vehicle repositioning for evaporative emission reduction
    Patent number: 10436152
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an evaporative emission control system. A position of the vehicle is determined. A position of the sun relative to the vehicle is determined. Areas of shade within a predetermined range of the vehicle are identified. One of the areas of shade is selected as a target area. The vehicle is directed to the target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Aed M. Dudar
  • Surge suppression system for medium and high voltage
    Patent number: 10439395
    Abstract: A system of surge suppressor units is connected at multiple locations on a power transmission and distribution grid to provide grid level protection against various disturbances before such disturbances can reach or affect facility level equipment. The surge suppressor units effectively prevent major voltage and current spikes from impacting the grid. In addition, the surge suppressor units include various integration features which provide diagnostic and remote reporting capabilities required by most utility operations. As such, the surge suppressor units protect grid level components from major events such as natural geomagnetic disturbances (solar flares), extreme electrical events (lightning) and human-generated events (EMPs) and cascading failures on the power grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Asator Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Daryl Moore, Jon Yarusso
  • Gap based airbag deployment
    Patent number: 10434966
    Abstract: A computer determines a gap distance behind a front seat. In response to detecting an impact of the vehicle, the computer selectively controls deployment of an airbag based at least in part on a gap distance behind the front seat. The computer may determine the gap distance based on seat position data, image data, weight data, triangulation data, and proximity data. The computer may be incorporated into an airbag deployment control system for deploying the airbag behind the front seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Darren Lee, Roy Joseph Scott, Lirjon Llusho
  • Vehicle mirror
    Patent number: D862331
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Woodhouse, Earl Lucas, Jaewoo Chang, Nonthawat Kongsari
  • Vehicle mirror
    Patent number: D862332
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Woodhouse, Earl Lucas, Jaewoo Chang, Nonthawat Kongsari
  • Vehicle wheel
    Patent number: D862349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Woodhouse, Kemal Curic, Benjamin Messmer
  • Vehicle wheel
    Patent number: D862350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Woodhouse, Kemal Curic, Benjamin Messmer
  • Vehicle headlight
    Patent number: D862751
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Earl C. Lucas, Keith Rogman, David Woodhouse, Solomon Song, Viet Nguyen