Patents Assigned to For Global Technologies, LLC
  • Patent number: 12037462
    Abstract: A polyolefin-polydiorganosiloxane block copolymer may be prepared by Piers-Rubinsztajn reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Dow Silicones Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Swier, Phillip Hustad, David Devore, Zachary Kean, Liam Spencer, Jordan Reddel, Bethany Neilson, John Bernard Horstman, Ken Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 12036894
    Abstract: A profile for an occupant is stored. The profile includes a plurality of clusters of sitting positions for the occupant in a seat and classifications of respective clusters as preferred or nonpreferred. Respective clusters are classified as preferred or nonpreferred based on sitting scores for the respective sitting positions in that cluster. A higher sitting score increases a likelihood of the classification being preferred. A series of pressure maps indicating a respective series of sitting positions of the occupant in the seat are received. The pressure maps include a current pressure map. One of the sitting positions is assigned to one of the clusters that is classified as preferred in response to the sitting score of that sitting position being greater than a threshold score. A physical configuration of the seat is adjusted in response to the current sitting position being in one of the clusters that is classified as nonpreferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Fling Finn Tseng, Himanshu Verma, Swati Johar Rawat, Kalyani Purushottam Sonawane, Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Alex Perkins, Patrick Maloney
  • Patent number: 12036766
    Abstract: A multilayer foam panel member including: (a) at least one top sheet substrate; (b) at least one bottom sheet substrate; and (c) a middle substrate of foam material disposed inbetween, and integral with, the top and bottom sheet substrates; wherein the foam material is produced by dispensing a reactive foam-forming fluid mixture onto a moving or stationary bottom sheet substrate of a foam manufacturing line; and wherein the foam manufacturing line includes a flexible film fluid dispensing device for dispensing the reactive foam-forming fluid mixture onto the moving or stationary bottom sheet substrate to form a multilayer foam panel member; wherein the middle substrate of foam material of the panel member has improved thermal and mechanical properties; and a process for manufacturing the above multilayer foam panel member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Luca Guj, Colmar Wocke, Mirella Coroneo, Vanni Parenti
  • Patent number: 12036951
    Abstract: A storage box includes a door that is coupled to the base. A pivot pin is coupled to the door and is operable between an engaged position, wherein the pivot pin is rotatably engaged with the base, and a disengaged position. The pivot pin is configured to move door-inboard due to contact with the base as the pivot pin moves from the disengaged position to the engaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati, Juergen Koehler, Linh Ngoc Doan, Brent Clifford Dalton, Bhavani Thota
  • Patent number: 12036777
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to multilayer structures and articles formed therefrom. In one aspect, a multilayer structure comprises (a) a biaxially oriented polyethylene film comprising a linear low density polyethylene having a density of 0.910 to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Xiao Bing Yun, Jianping Pan, Gang Wang
  • Patent number: 12036903
    Abstract: An assembly includes a seat bottom, a scissor mechanism, and a pyrotechnic actuator. The seat bottom includes a rear seat cushion and a front seat cushion in a seat-forward direction from the rear seat cushion. The rear seat cushion is movable between a raised position and a lowered position relative to the front seat cushion. The scissor mechanism is coupled to the rear seat cushion and movable between an extended position and a compressed position. The scissor mechanism in the extended position holds the rear seat cushion at the raised position. The scissor mechanism in the compressed position holds the rear seat cushion at the lowered position. The pyrotechnic actuator is connected to the rear seat cushion and dischargeable to move the rear seat cushion from the raised position to the lowered position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Mangesh Kadam, Yuqin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240227715
    Abstract: A trim assembly comprising a tube and a trim cover. The trim cover has an inner surface and an outer surface. The trim assembly further comprising an upper portion coupled with the tube and a lower portion. The trim assembly further comprising an energy absorption bracket insert molded into the trim cover The energy absorption bracket has a convex surface and a concave surface. The trim assembly further comprising an air curtain disposed between the tube and the energy absorption bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Tilli, Jay Douglas Blackson, Timothy Barr
  • Publication number: 20240227724
    Abstract: A seatbelt retractor includes a frame and a spool having a first end and a second end each rotatably supported by the frame. The spool is elongated on an axis from the first end to the second end. The seatbelt retractor includes a plurality of torsion posts fixed to the frame. The seatbelt retractor includes a locking device operatively coupled between the spool and the plurality of torsion posts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
  • Publication number: 20240235345
    Abstract: A varnish injection system for an electric motor includes a pair of varnish injection assemblies and a biasing device. Each varnish injection assembly includes an injector arm and a varnish injector nozzle attached to the injector arm and operable to provide a varnish to a gap defined between the stator core and one or more wires among the plurality of wires. The biasing device connects the pair of varnish injection assemblies and is configured to exert a compressive force urging the pair of varnish injection assemblies toward each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Xiaogang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240228404
    Abstract: A process for preparing C2 to C4 hydrocarbons includes introducing a feed stream including hydrogen gas and a carbon-containing gas selected from the group consisting of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and mixtures thereof into a reaction zone of a reactor, and converting the feed stream into a product stream including C2 to C4 hydrocarbons in the reaction zone in the presence of a formed hybrid catalyst. The formed hybrid catalyst includes a metal oxide catalyst component including gallium oxide and zirconia, a microporous catalyst component that is a molecular sieve having 8-MR (Membered Ring) pore openings, and a binder including alumina, zirconia, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Glenn Pollefeyt, Fang Du, Ewa Tocha, Alexey Kirilin, Christopher Ho, David F. Yancey, Davy L. S. Nieskens, Andrzej Malek
  • Publication number: 20240227501
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a body, a cabin that is defined by the body, an air delivery system, and a controller. The air delivery system includes a blower, an air register, ductwork, and an intake module. The air register is positioned within the cabin. The ductwork extends between the blower and the air register. The intake module is positioned upstream of the blower. The controller adjusts a speed of the blower as a function of a speed of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Halim Wijaya, Alan Gutowski, Manfred Koberstein
  • Publication number: 20240230846
    Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a housing defining a chamber and a sensor positioned in the chamber. The housing includes a wall. The wall includes a recessed portion. The recessed portion includes a port. The sensor has a field of view extending through the port. The recessed portion includes an opening to the chamber, and the opening is spaced from the port in a first direction. The wall includes a vent to the chamber, and the vent is spaced from the recessed portion in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Robertson, JR., Shiyamkumaran Neelakandan, Venkatesh Krishnan, Rashaun Phinisee
  • Publication number: 20240227946
    Abstract: A component for a vehicle includes a skid plate configured to attach to an underbody of the vehicle, a plurality of cooling channels extending in a longitudinal direction between the skid plate and the underbody of the vehicle, and a structural reinforcement extending outward from the skid plate. The skid plate, the plurality of cooling channels, and the structural reinforcement are additively manufactured in a unitary construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Keith Weston, Jim Stevens, David D. Friske, Mark Meinhart, Matthew Arthur Titus
  • Publication number: 20240234899
    Abstract: A battery box for an electric vehicle includes a trough-shaped part made of sheet metal, comprising a bottom floor portion which extends horizontally, lateral wall portions are arranged on both sides in the transverse direction (Y) extending in the upward direction therefrom. An internal sheet metal part is arranged between the wall portions and connected to the trough-shaped part and has floor portions facing the bottom floor portion as well as at least one ridged portion protruding relative to the floor portions and connected in one piece to at least one of the floor portions and extending in the transverse direction (Y), wherein at least one of the floor portions is spaced apart horizontally at least in some regions from the bottom floor portion so that a first intermediate space is formed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Horst Heribert LANZERATH, Bjoern HOEREN, Niels PASLIGH, Aleksandar BACH, Ilya POPOV, Jens BUECHNER
  • Publication number: 20240233459
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for polygon sequence matching for label association in autonomous vehicle logs. A logged polygon is identified in each logged frame of a logged track. For each logged frame in the logged track, a labeled frame is retrieved from a labeled track that has a timestamp within a predetermined time window of the timestamp of the logged polygon. A similarity score is generated by comparing the logged polygon and the labeled polygon in the labeled frame. The logged frame and the labeled frame are identified as a match-frame when the similarity score meets a first threshold. A candidate pair is generated for each match-frame comprising the logged track and the labeled track that includes the labeled frame identified in the match-frame. The candidate pair with a match quality score meeting a second threshold is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Zachary KURTZ
  • Publication number: 20240231289
    Abstract: A method includes generating, by a given autoencoder, a given operational indicator based on sensor data obtained from one or more sensors disposed at a given manufacturing station; selectively aggregating, by the given linear propagator and based on a linear mapping model, the given operational indicator and one or more additional operational indicators associated with one or more additional manufacturing stations to selectively generate an aggregated operational indicator; generating, by the given neural network and in response to generating the aggregated operational indicator, a predicted operational characteristic of the given manufacturing station based on the given operational indicator and the aggregated operational indicator; and determining a state of the manufacturing system based on the predicted operational characteristic and one or more additional predicted operational characteristics generated by one or more additional neural networks from among the plurality of neural networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zhiyi Chen, Harshal Maske, Devesh Upadhyay, Huanyi Shui, Michael Brendan Hopka, Xun Huan
  • Publication number: 20240235344
    Abstract: A motor assembly tool includes a stator defining a plurality of slots and a varnish application fixture. The fixture includes a disc defining a plurality of slots, an outer shield disposed on the disc radially outward of the slots of the disc, and an inner shield disposed on the disc radially inward of the slots on the disc. The disc is disposed on the stator and the outer and inner shields are configured to direct varnish through the slots of the disc and into the slots of the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Xiaogang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240227576
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes a traction battery coupled to an electric machine that provides propulsive force, an auxiliary battery, a voltage converter coupled to the traction battery and configured to convert traction battery voltage to auxiliary battery voltage, and a controller programmed to control the voltage converter to provide either a non-oscillating voltage above a first voltage threshold, or an oscillating voltage having a peak below the first voltage threshold based on a vehicle start signal and a vehicle brake pedal position signal. The controller may control the voltage converter to provide the non-oscillating voltage in response to the vehicle start signal being received while the brake pedal position signal indicates a released brake pedal, and to provide the oscillating voltage in response to the vehicle start signal being received while the brake pedal position signal indicates a depressed brake pedal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hanyang CHEN, Michael J Irby
  • Patent number: D1035518
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joel Piaskowski, Doyle Letson, Christopher Walter
  • Patent number: D1035519
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joel Piaskowski, Doyle Letson, Christopher Walter