Patents Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC
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Publication number: 20200247341Abstract: An assembly includes a front console having a panel. The assembly includes a torsion bar fixed relative to the front console. The assembly includes a gear fixed to the torsion bar. The assembly includes a rack including teeth meshed with the gear, the rack extending toward the panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Publication number: 20200247359Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting property, wherein the method comprises receiving information indicating an attack on the property, determining, from the received information, a type of attack upon the property indicated by the received information, and transmitting a data packet to a receiver, the data packet comprising metadata describing the determined type of attack.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Andy John Murray, James Nicholas Murray, Sam Harris, Andy Charalambous, Edward Ogorman, Tarik Safir, Gabriel Mitchell, Aaron Abentheuer, Betsy Fields Smith
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Publication number: 20200247304Abstract: A vehicle includes a seating assembly attached to a vehicle interior. A seat is rotationally operable relative to a seatback. A retention device is selectively positionable in a stored position or a cargo storage position and extends between the seatback and a floor area disposed adjacent to the seating assembly. The seat is selectively positionable in a seating position or a stadium position. The retention device in the cargo storage position, the seat in the stadium position, and a floor at least partially define an enclosure configured to secure cargo to the floor and the seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: James Hugh Fowler, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Kevin Wayne Preuss
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Publication number: 20200247409Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to select a distance based on a determination of whether a lane adjacent a primary vehicle and a secondary vehicle in front of the primary vehicle is clear. The instructions include instructions to actuate a braking system of the primary vehicle when the primary vehicle is at the distance from the secondary vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Grant Patrick Mayer, Andrew Denis Lewandowski
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Publication number: 20200249329Abstract: A system includes a sensor including a window; at least three lamps positioned to illuminate the window and able to generate different ranges of wavelengths than one another; a cleaning component positioned to clean the window; and a computer communicatively coupled to the sensor, the lamps, and the cleaning component. The computer is programmed to activate the lamps and actuate the cleaning component based on data generated by the sensor during the activations of the lamps.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Michael Herman, Ashwin Arunmozhi, Venkatesh Krishnan
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Publication number: 20200247349Abstract: An instrument panel assembly includes an instrument panel. The instrument panel assembly includes an airbag having an inboard chamber and an outboard chamber. A panel separates the inboard chamber and the outboard chamber. A diffuser is in fluid communication with both the inboard chamber and the outboard chamber. A releasable vent is between the diffuser and one of the inboard chamber and the outboard chamber. An inflator is in fluid communication with the diffuser.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Mangesh Kadam, Yuqin Zhao
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Publication number: 20200250971Abstract: A system, comprising a computer that includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to detect, classify and locate an object by processing video camera data with a capsule network, wherein training the capsule network includes saving routing coefficients. The computer can be further programmed to receive the detected, classified, and located object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhen Zhao, KP Unnikrishnan, Ashley Naomi Kleinhans, Gursharan Sandhu, Ishan Patel, Bryan Roger Goodman
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Publication number: 20200247342Abstract: A vehicle door includes a trim panel coupled to a frame. A single-piece armrest substrate is coupled with the frame. The armrest substrate is a three-dimensionally printed member having interior walls that are printed within the armrest substrate according to a virtual force model generated during a virtual impact scenario. The interior walls define a plurality of voids defined within the armrest substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael James Whitens, Robert D. Bedard, Siddharthan Selvasekar, Amit Chakravarty, Robert Walter Bartus
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Publication number: 20200247282Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly includes a seatback rotationally coupled to a base at a first pivot. A securing pin is coupled with the seatback. An inertial latch is operable about a second pivot to define an idle position defined by the inertial latch biased distal from the securing pin. A deployed position is defined by an opposing directional force biasing the inertial latch into selective engagement with the securing pin wherein the seatback is maintained in a predetermined rotational position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Macit Aktas
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Publication number: 20200247329Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing defining a chamber and including a panel including at least one aperture, at least one sensor fixed inside the chamber and having a field of view through a lens and the aperture, at least one annular disc attached to the sensor concentrically around the lens and including a radially outer edge contactlessly exposed to the chamber, and at least three vanes extending from the disc to the panel and arranged radially asymmetrically around the disc.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael Robertson, JR., Segundo Baldovino, Venkatesh Krishnan, Sunil Patil, Raghuraman Surineedi
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Publication number: 20200247365Abstract: A method (500) for protection of a vehicle (100), the method comprising: receiving information from a sensor (502); comparing the information with known signatures indicative of a likely attack (504); determining whether a known signature indicative of a likely attack is present (506); and if a known signature indicative of a likely attack is present, placing at least one system of the vehicle into a heightened state of alert (508).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Tarik Safir, Gabriel Mitchell, Sam Harris, James Nicholas Murray, Aaron Abentheuer, Betsy Fields Smith
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Publication number: 20200249046Abstract: Exemplary embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to systems and methods for predicting a travel destination of an automobile based at least in part on identifying a category of an attire worn by an individual who is an occupant of the automobile or is moving towards the automobile with the intention of entering the vehicle. The attire may be one of various categories such as a business attire category, a business-casual attire category, a casual attire category, or a social attire category. The travel destination may be additionally predicted based on other factors such as an attire worn by a co-occupant of the automobile and historical data associated with the occupant and/or the co-occupant. The historical data may include a record of times at which the occupant traveled to a particular destination and the attire worn by the occupant when traveling to the destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Scott Mayberry
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Publication number: 20200249043Abstract: A computer is programmed to determine a target area to project, along a planned travel path of a vehicle, a symbol based on detecting a target object. The computer is further programmed to actuate a light source to project the symbol moving within the target area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Venkatesh Krishnan, Paul Kenneth Dellock
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Publication number: 20200247354Abstract: A restraint system includes a seat defining a centerline and including a seat bottom and a seatback. A pair of upper retractors are disposed on the seatback, a pair of lower retractors are disposed on the seat bottom, and a pair of middle retractors are disposed on the seat between the pairs of upper and lower retractors. Each pair of retractors includes one retractor disposed on each side of the centerline.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
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Publication number: 20200249262Abstract: A system for testing a plurality of electrical circuits includes a first remote cooperative testing device including a testing component and a first transceiver and a second remote cooperative testing device including a conductive component and a second transceiver. In response to receiving instructions from a remote computing device, the first remote cooperative testing device locates a first electrical circuit and a second electrical circuit and selectively positions the testing component to electrically couple a first portion of the first electrical circuit to a first portion of the second electrical circuit at a first node, and the second remote cooperative testing device selectively positions the conductive component to electrically couple a second portion of the first electrical circuit to a second portion of the second electrical circuit at a second node, thereby forming a testing circuit between the first node and the second node.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Rajarshi Roychowdhury, David Jeffeory Berels, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Scott Mayberry
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Publication number: 20200247356Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a seatback with a frame assembly having first and second portions. A primary structure extends between the first and second portions and defines a seating surface. A secondary structure extends between the first and second portions. A retractor mechanism is disposed on one of the first and second portions and is selectively positionable in an unlocked, a locked, or a pre-tensioned position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Spencer Robert Hoernke, Johnathan Andrew Line, Scott Holmes Dunham, Jimmy Moua
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Publication number: 20200249693Abstract: A system, comprising a computer that includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive authentication an operator of a service controller from a server computer, identify a vehicle by scanning a physical code with the service controller and pair the service controller with the vehicle. The vehicle can be operated with the service controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Kathryn Hamilton, Michael Adel Awad Alla, Ray Siciak
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Publication number: 20200247470Abstract: A vehicle system is disclosed herein. The system includes a hitch ball mounted on a vehicle. A controller is configured to identify a coupler position of a trailer and control motion of the vehicle to an aligned position, wherein the hitch ball is aligned with the coupler position. The controller is further configured to initiate a vehicle agitation routine after the vehicle has reached the aligned position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: James Dottavio, Ross Dykstra Pursifull
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Publication number: 20200249698Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for using an autonomous vehicle to provide navigation assistance to a delivery robot. In one exemplary implementation, the delivery robot is transported by the autonomous vehicle to a delivery destination such as a residence or a workplace. The delivery robot disembarks at the delivery destination for delivering a package to a recipient at the residence or workplace. A computer system in the autonomous vehicle communicates with a navigation assistance system of the autonomous vehicle to obtain information pertaining to a terrain between the autonomous vehicle and a package drop-off spot at the residence or workplace, and uses the information to generate a route map of the terrain. The autonomous vehicle may transmit the route map and/or navigation instructions derived from the route map, to the delivery robot to assist the delivery robot navigate around obstacles and reach the package drop-off spot.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jianbo Lu, Justin Miller, Sanghyun Hong
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Publication number: 20200247345Abstract: An assembly includes a vehicle interior component. The assembly includes an airbag mounted to the vehicle interior component. The assembly includes a deployable panel supported by the vehicle interior component adjacent the airbag, the deployable panel being movable relative to the vehicle interior component between a retracted position and an extended position. The assembly includes a spring between the vehicle interior component and the deployable panel. The spring biases the deployable panel toward the extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: SRINIVAS REDDY MALAPATI, MANGESH KADAM