Patents Assigned to For Global Technologies, LLC
  • Vehicle light assembly with heat sink
    Patent number: 10436416
    Abstract: A vehicle light assembly is provided herein and includes a light source, an optic configured to output light emitted by the light source, and a thermal conductive member enclosing the light source and the optic. The thermal conductive member is thermally coupled to a vehicle body via a thermal transfer adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman
  • Smart drop off lighting system
    Patent number: 10434938
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting system includes a plurality of lights. A controller is in communication with a sensing system for detecting the presence of an electronic device carried by a vehicle occupant. The controller is configured to assign a seating area to the electronic device based on a detected cabin location of the device and operate the lights based on the assigned seating area and information indicative of an impending vehicle departure of the vehicle occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Pietro Buttolo, Cornel Lewis Gardner, James J. Surman, James Stewart Rankin, II
  • Antenna assembly
    Patent number: 10439276
    Abstract: An antenna assembly includes: (a) a ground plane, having a plateau, (b) a roof panel overlying the ground plane around the plateau, (c) a metal foil overlying said plateau and (d) an antenna including a base juxtaposed to the plateau. The antenna assembly is characterized by a through roof panel connection so as to provide a more aesthetically pleasing appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Vendt, Gregory James Grudzinski, George Anthony Bernwanger, Jr., Leo James Lanctot, Dave Richard Tengler
  • Metal plating compositions
    Patent number: 10435380
    Abstract: Reaction products of primary and secondary diamines and bisanhydrides are included as additives in metal electroplating baths. The metal electroplating baths have good throwing power and deposit metal layers having substantially planar surfaces. The metal plating baths may be used to deposit metal on substrates with surface features such as through-holes and vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC, Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Lingli Duan, Chen Chen, Shaoguang Feng, Zukhra I. Niazimbetova, Maria Anna Rzeznik
  • Add-on capacitive touchscreen aid
    Patent number: 10433984
    Abstract: An apparatus that allows a glove wearer or the wearer of a prosthetic limb to operate a device having a capacitive touchscreen is disclosed. There are three solutions provided in the disclosed invention. The first embodiment of the disclosed invention is directed to a conductive finger sock that can be applied to a digit of a non-conductive artificial limb. The finger sock may cover the whole digit of the artificial limb or may cover only the tip. The second embodiment is an adhesive element having a conductive material such as a conductive thread or a conductive sponge material. The adhesive element can be attached to a glove or to a prosthetic limb or may be used as an actual bandage. The third embodiment of the disclosed invention is directed to a factory integrated conductive tip that is part of a digit of a non-conductive artificial limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • Enhanced curve negotiation
    Patent number: 10435036
    Abstract: Data on an impending curve, speed, and acceleration of a vehicle are collected. A curve attention output that is a measure of the vehicle speed, the vehicle acceleration, and the curvature of the impending curve is determined based at least in part on the data. An output mechanism in a wearable device is activated at a first intensity when the curve attention output exceeds or is equal to a first threshold and below a second threshold. The output mechanism is activated at a second intensity when the curve attention output exceeds or is equal to the second threshold and below a third threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Padma Aiswarya Kolisetty, Yifan Chen, Basavaraj Tonshal, Hsin-hsiang Yang
  • Direct-injection internal combustion engine with piston, and method for producing a piston of an internal combustion engine of said type
    Patent number: 10436147
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a surface structure for a piston. In one example, the surface structure is located on at least a portion of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joerg Kemmerling, Leonhard Bartsch, Frank Wunderlich, Heinz-Gerhard Wunderlich
  • Robust seat belt usage sensor
    Patent number: 10434975
    Abstract: A seatbelt assembly includes a seatbelt, a conductive sensing conductor and a conductive shield. The seatbelt has a lap band. The conductive sensing conductor is fixed to a first side of the lap band. The conductive shield is fixed to a second side of the lap band and is substantially aligned with and substantially overlaps the sensing conductor. An insulating layer is disposed between the sensing conductor and the conductive shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Cuddihy, Srinivasan Sundararajan
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING A VEHICLE SEAT
    Publication number: 20190299829
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a vehicle seat includes moving each of a set of first valves respectively associated with ones of a group of first bladders into an open position allowing the receipt of air into and fluidic communication among the group of first bladders, inflating the first group of bladders to a predetermined pressure, and closing each of the set of first valves to maintain an inflation level of each of the first bladders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gary Steven Strumolo, Jeroen Lem
  • TAILGATE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A TAILGATE
    Publication number: 20190300074
    Abstract: A tailgate for a motor vehicle includes a metallic main body and at least one fiber-reinforced tape disposed on and/or in the metallic main body. The at least one fiber-reinforced tape has reinforcement fibers embedded in a matrix material composed at least in part of a metallic material. The tailgate can include at least one additional component that is at least in part embedded in the main body. The at least one additional component can have at least one connection portion and a loop of the fiber-reinforced tape can be guided around the at least one connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Baranowski, Maik Broda, Markus Franzen, Pascal Rebmann
  • VEHICLE COMPUTER TO PASSENGER CABIN HEAT TRANSFER
    Publication number: 20190299746
    Abstract: A heat transfer system includes a vehicle electronic controller, a heat sink, a housing, a controller duct and a fan. The heat sink has fins and is fixed to the controller. The housing encloses the controller and the heat sink. The controller duct connects the housing with an exhaust opening in a passenger cabin in an installed condition. The fan is in fluid communication with one of the housing and the controller duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Yizhou Hu, Michael Adel Awad Alla, Kevin Fernandes, Barnabas J. Nemec
  • VEHICLE CONTROL LOCKOUT
    Publication number: 20190299926
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a seat movable from an upright position to a folded position. The vehicle includes a steering wheel in front of the seat. The vehicle includes a lockout box supported by the seat and positioned to restrict access to the steering wheel when the seat is in the folded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David J. Schmidt, Martin Delonis, Uday Kiran Patil, John Amann
  • QUALITY CONTROL PROCESS TO ASSESS THE ALUMINIZED COATING CHARACTERISTICS OF HOT STAMPED PARTS
    Publication number: 20190301983
    Abstract: A method of inspecting and determining characteristics of an aluminized coating of a hot stamped part is provided. The method includes removing a sample from the hot stamped part for Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry (GDOES), analyzing the sample using GDOES, and plotting constituent element weight percentages versus depth on a graph. The method further includes determining points on the graph where constituent elements intersect and where the points of intersection indicate the characteristics of the aluminized coating. The characteristics of the method include, by way of example, a total thickness of the aluminized coating, a thickness of an inter-diffusion layer (IDL), constituents of the aluminized coating, constituents of the hot stamped part, phase composition of the aluminized coating, surface oxidation, and weldability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Constantin Chiriac, Raj Sohmshetty, Elizabeth Bullard, James Engle
  • VEHICLE AIRBAG
    Publication number: 20190299908
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a roof and a first member supported by the roof. The first member is inflatable to an inflated position. The vehicle includes a second member supported by and in fluid communication with the first member and inflatable to an inflated position elongated along a vehicle-lateral axis and spaced from the roof. The vehicle includes an uninflatable panel extending from the roof and fixed to the second member in the inflated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • PREVENTING THE FORMATION OF BLACK ICE AS A RESULT OF EXHAUST WATER FROM MOTOR VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20190305342
    Abstract: A hydrogen fuel cell vehicle system and method inhibit formation of black ice on road surfaces at low temperatures as a result of exhaust water by treating the exhaust water prior to discharge with a deicing or antifreeze substance to lower the freezing point of the water. A metering device may meter a deicing or antifreeze substance, such as sodium chloride, calcium chloride, urea, or the like to be dissolved in the exhaust water that is produced during the production of energy. The vehicle may include a bypass valve that selectively bypasses the water treatment system when ambient conditions are not conducive to ice formation. The bypass valve is operated to direct exhaust flow to a condenser and water treatment system when ambient conditions are favorable to ice formation, with the deicing or antifreeze substance metered based on current or predicted ambient or road surface conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Guenter Hans GROSCH, Thomas Werner STEINKOPF, Stephan STRAHL, Rainer LACH, Rolf Lorenz LOEFFLER
  • OPERATING MECHANISM FOR REAR HINGED FULLY SEALED INDEPENDENT SIDE OPERATING DOORS
    Publication number: 20190299758
    Abstract: A vehicle door includes a door panel slidably operable between a secured position within a door aperture and a staging position partially distal from the door aperture. A latch is engaged with a striker path during operation of the door panel between the secured and staging positions, and is selectively disengaged from the striker path to define open and closed positions of the door panel when the door panel is in the staging position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Howard Paul Tsvi Linden, Ronald Patrick Brombach, Kosta Papanikolaou, Christopher Matthew Radjewski, Henry W. Hausler, John Thomas Ricks, George Anthony Bernwanger, Jr., Donald P. Iacovoni, Paul L. Heirtzler, Jr.
  • Oil filter anti-rotation lock for an engine
    Patent number: 10428704
    Abstract: An anti-rotation oil filter system to prevent inadvertent release of the oil filter from a lubrication system is provided. The system includes a ratchet gear attached to one of either the oil filter or the engine's oil filter attachment base. In both embodiments, a spring-loaded ratchet release pawl is provided to engage the ratchet and to thereby hold the filter in place against the attachment base until such time as the filter needs to be changed. Where the ratchet gear is fitted to the filter, a ratchet release pawl is associated with the engine's oil filter attachment base. The teeth of the ratchet ring gear extend outwardly from the filter. Alternatively, where the ratchet gear is fitted to the engine's filter attachment base, a ratchet release pawl is associated with the filter. Regardless of the embodiment, the ratchet gear and pawl arrangement restricts filter rotation to maintain clamp load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Schlaff, Richard J. Anton, Gary Michael Fenn, Michael Selleck, James M. Basile
  • Slotted rotor-bridge for electrical machines
    Patent number: 10432043
    Abstract: An electric machine having a rotor is disclosed. The rotor defines a cavity containing a magnet, an outer periphery, and a top bridge therebetween that includes at least two slots each having a length in a radial direction. A maximum of the lengths is closest to a Q-axis and a minimum of the lengths is closest to a D-axis. As the electric machine is operating, a rate of change in airgap flux density through the top bridge differs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chun Tang, Wei Wu, Feng Liang, Michael W. Degner
  • Systems and methods for reducing engine overheating using liquid fuel
    Patent number: 10428725
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for cooling an overheated engine using a combination of variable displacement engine (VDE) technology and direct injection technology. In one example, a method may include deactivating a subset of engine cylinders based on an engine temperature and directly injecting liquid fuel into the deactivated cylinders. In this way, an increased thermal conductivity of the liquid fuel compared to air decreases the engine temperature at a faster rate than when air-based engine cooling methods are used, thereby preventing overheating-related engine degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Aed Dudar
  • Vehicle wheel
    Patent number: D862346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Woodhouse, Kemal Curic, Viet Nguyen