Patents Assigned to For Global Technologies, LLC
  • Plasticizer compositions and methods for making plasticizer compositions
    Patent number: 10428201
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a plasticizer composition, polymeric compositions containing the plasticizer composition, and coated conductors comprising the polymeric composition. The plasticizer composition comprises an epoxidized fatty acid alkyl ester having an APHA color value of less than 100, a triepoxide content of at least 6.5 weight percent, and an oxirane oxygen content of at least 5 grams oxirane per 100 grams of epoxidized fatty acid alkyl ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar, Manish Mundra
  • Flexible fitment for flexible container
    Patent number: 10427852
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a container. In an embodiment, a flexible container (8) is provided and includes a first multilayer film (16) and a second multilayer film (18). Each multilayer film includes a seal layer. The multilayer films are arranged such that seal layers oppose each other and the second multilayer film is superimposed on the first multilayer film. The films are sealed along a common peripheral edge (20). The flexible container includes a fitment (10) having a base (12). The base (12) includes an ethylene/a-olefin multi-block copolymer. The flexible container includes a fitment seal (22) comprising the base located between the multilayer films. The base is sealed to each multilayer film at a portion of the common peripheral edge (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Marcos Franca, Bruno Rufato Pereira, Raimund Gerstner
  • Illuminated bulb seal
    Patent number: 10427509
    Abstract: A system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a seal having a compressible bulb to provide sealing between a vehicle flange and a moveable panel, and a channel formed in an exterior surface of the bulb. A light source is positioned within the channel to extend along a length of the seal. A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, forming a seal to have a compressible bulb that has a channel formed in an exterior surface of the bulb, and installing a light cable within the channel to extend along a length of the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mukdam Kena, Michael Murphy McElroy
  • Charge motion control valve and intake runner system
    Patent number: 10428745
    Abstract: A plural port intake manifold with outlets aligned along a common cylinder head plane and each intake port containing, a valve unit including a valve plate that is rotatable by a shaft along an axis of rotation recessed within an inner wall as well as a welded connection encircling each intake port upstream of the axis. The system may allow the use of a plate CMCV that can fully retract into the intake runner when not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher William Newman, David Laurinec, Katherine Jane Randall
  • Exhaust-gas-turbocharged internal combustion engine with partial deactivation
    Patent number: 10428749
    Abstract: Embodiments for operating an engine having parallel turbochargers and two fluidically coupleable, separated intake manifolds is provided. In one example, a method includes responsive to a first condition, operating a first cylinder group of an engine, deactivating a second cylinder group of the engine, and blocking fluidic communication between a first intake manifold coupled to the first cylinder group and a second intake manifold coupled to the second cylinder group, and responsive to a second condition, activating the second cylinder group and establishing fluidic communication between the first and second intake manifolds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Kraemer, Vanco Smiljanovski, Franz J. Brinkmann, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Hanno Friederichs, Joerg Kemmerling, Andreas Kuske
  • Vehicle light assembly sensing moisture with light reflection
    Patent number: 10429025
    Abstract: A vehicle light assembly including a housing, a light source, a lens disposed in front of the light source, a light sensor disposed in the housing outside of light output from the light source directed at the lens for sensing light reflected off the lens caused by moisture, and a heater disposed on the lens for reducing the moisture when moisture is sensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Aaron Bradley Johnson, Stephen Kenneth Helwig, Pietro Buttolo
  • Surge suppression system for medium and high voltage
    Patent number: 10431981
    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 1, 2019
    Assignee: Asator Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Daryl Moore, Jon Yarusso
  • System for determining clearance of approaching overhead structure
    Patent number: 10427486
    Abstract: A vehicle system may include a controller configured to receive a height selection indicating a vehicle height from a plurality of vehicle height options, detect, via a first sensor, a low clearance structure and determine a clearance height, compare the vehicle height with the clearance height; and generate an alert in response to the vehicle height being greater than the clearance height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Bruce Kleve, Anthony Gerald King, Brian Wolski
  • Smoothing of a surface of an article formed from a plastic
    Patent number: 10427364
    Abstract: A device and method for smoothing a surface of an article formed at least partially from plastic, in particular a component of a motor vehicle, is provided. The method includes arranging the article in a vacuum-tight chamber, reducing the pressure in the chamber to a partial vacuum of not more than 50 kPa, in particular not more than 34 kPa, and admitting acetone into the chamber. Some of the acetone is vaporized and the vapor is precipitated on the surface of the article. In one form, the precipitated vapor acts on the article for at least 1 minute. The method further includes opening the chamber, so that at least the ambient pressure prevails in the chamber and removing the article from the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Bruno Alves
  • Surge suppression system for medium and high voltage
    Patent number: 10431982
    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 1, 2019
    Assignee: Asator Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Daryl Moore, Jon Yarusso
  • Air quenched heat treatment for aluminum alloys
    Patent number: 10428411
    Abstract: Methods of processing an air-quenchable aluminum alloy component are provided. The method may include solution heat treating the component, air-quenching the component, and artificially aging the component to a yield strength of at least 200 MPa. The air-quenching may include cooling at a rate of 6° C./s to 25° C./s. The solution heat treatment may include heat treating the component at a temperature of 520° C. to 540° C. and the artificial aging step may include heat treating the component at 235° C. to 255° C. for 0.5 to 2 hours. The disclosed methods may produce a high strength (e.g., over 200 MPa) and high bendability (e.g., r/t ratio up to 0.3) component that does not significantly distort during the quenching process. The disclosed methods may be used to produce structural components having complex shapes, such as multiple, non-coplanar mating surface, while staying within predetermined tolerances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S. George Luckey, Jr., Stephen Thomas Kozak, Mark Keller, Suranjeeta Dhar
  • Traction battery pack shield and shielding method
    Patent number: 10431791
    Abstract: An exemplary battery assembly includes a shield having a floor and walls extending transversely away from the floor. The shield provides a cavity configured to receive a battery pack of an electrified vehicle. The cavity is larger than the traction battery pack so that there is a gap between at least some of the walls and the traction battery pack within the cavity. An exemplary shielding method includes securing a shield to a vehicle frame to enclose a traction battery pack held within a cavity of the shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Olivia Lomax, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Stephen Liptak
  • Method and system for determining the effectiveness of a brake system
    Patent number: 10427664
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for monitoring the brake performance of a vehicle. A modeled deceleration of the vehicle may be calculated based on a master cylinder pressure of the vehicle brake system. The modeled deceleration may be compared to a measured deceleration of the vehicle. A notification may be initiated when a difference between the modeled deceleration and the measured deceleration exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Hsin-hsiang Yang, Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante
  • Electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) fault indicator systems
    Patent number: 10427545
    Abstract: An electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) assembly includes a control box including a first fault indicator light assembly, a coupler including a second fault indicator light assembly, and a plug including a third fault indicator light assembly. The fault indicator light assemblies can be illuminated to indicate charging faults.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Matthew Turek, Sriram Jala
  • Removable head restraint bun feature
    Patent number: 10427575
    Abstract: A headrest assembly for a high performance vehicle seat includes front and rear panels that are coupled to front and rear sides of a support member and further coupled to one another. The front panel includes a mounting surface with an outwardly extending frame substantially disposed around the mounting surface to define a receiving cradle. A headrest bun is releasably coupled to the mounting surface of the front panel. The headrest bun is configured to be easily mounted and removed from the mounting surface of the front panel. When the headrest bun is removed, the cradle is accessible and configured to receive the rear portion of a helmet of a vehicle occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Marcos Silva Kondrad, Johnathan Andrew Line, Daniel Ferretti, David Frederick Lyons, Kevin Wayne Preuss
  • Engine oil dilution control in a hybrid vehicle
    Patent number: 10427668
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine and a controller programmed to, responsive to an estimated oil dilution level of the engine exceeding a first threshold, issue commands such that regenerative braking is inhibited to increase a temperature of the engine, and responsive to the estimated oil dilution level falling below the first threshold, discontinue issuing the commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Raymond Martin, Kenneth James Miller, Ted Haladyna, Aed M. Dudar, Robert David Hancasky
  • Article rack adapted for use with pickup truck
    Patent number: 10427614
    Abstract: An article rack includes a base mountable to a top rail of a truck box, a carrier, and a linkage pivotally connected to the base and the carrier. A drive mechanism of the rack has a first wheel fixed to the base, a second wheel fixed to the carrier, and an endless loop trained around the wheels such that pivoting of the linkage about the base pivots the carrier about the linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jack Marchlewski, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Dragan Stojkovic, Robert Reiners, Jeffrey Gray
  • High voltage connector assembly
    Patent number: 10431933
    Abstract: A high voltage connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector has two tiers of pins and a first portion of an identification mark. The second connector includes a second portion of the mark and has two tiers of wells sized to engage the pins without other mechanical fasteners. The first and second portions are arranged on the connectors such that the portions are aligned to define the mark when the connectors are completely engaged. The mark may include one or more electronically readable indicators identifying each of the first and second connectors. The connectors may electrically connect a first vehicle component in communication with the pins and a second vehicle component in communication with the wells when the connectors are completely engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: John Paul Gibeau
  • Vehicle front lower valance
    Patent number: D861553
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Woodhouse, Earl C. Lucas, Shawn Wehrly, Keith Rogman, Johnathan S. Ouyang
  • Vehicle wheel
    Patent number: D861568
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Soohyoung Kim, Damon G. Depeyster, Gordon M. Platto