Patents Assigned to Global Technologies, Inc.
  • Low pressure fuel injector nozzle
    Patent number: 7051957
    Abstract: A nozzle for a low pressure fuel injector that improves the control and size of the spray angle, as well as enhances the atomization of the fuel delivered to a cylinder of an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lakhi N. Goenka, Jeffrey Paul Mara, David Lee Porter, David Ling-Shun Hung, John Stefanski
  • Process for improved protein expression by strain engineering
    Publication number: 20060110747
    Abstract: This invention is a process for improving the production levels of recombinant proteins or peptides or improving the level of active recombinant proteins or peptides expressed in host cells. The invention is a process of comparing two genetic profiles of a cell that expresses a recombinant protein and modifying the cell to change the expression of a gene product that is upregulated in response to the recombinant protein expression. The process can improve protein production or can improve protein quality, for example, by increasing solubility of a recombinant protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Ramseier, Hongfan Jin, Charles Squires
  • Integrated light and accessory assembly
    Patent number: 7048423
    Abstract: An integrated light and accessory assembly for a vehicle is disclosed. The assembly includes at least one lamp for illumination of a vehicle, and also includes reflective, conductive and insulative portions inside a housing, and a module for controlling or accessorizing the assembly. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the assembly. The method includes providing materials for molding or shaping the components of the assembly, selectively etching conductive materials, molding the materials into a desired configuration, connecting a lamp and an accessory module to the conductive portions, and enclosing the components in a housing. A portion of the module may be removed for emergency lighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Kuzma Stepanenko, Jay DeAvis Baker, Lawrence LeRoy Kneisel, Richard Keith McMillan, Brenda Joyce Nation, Cindy Maria Rutyna, Charles Frederick Schweitzer, Peter Langer
  • Process for manufacturing an ?-dihydroxy derivative and epoxy resins prepared therefrom
    Patent number: 7049388
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing an ?-dihydroxy derivative from an aryl allyl ether wherein such ?-dihydroxy derivative can be used to prepare an ?-halohydrin intermediate and an epoxy resin prepared therefrom including epoxidizing an ?-halohydrin intermediate produced from a halide substitution of an ?-dihydroxy derivative which has been obtained by a dihydroxylation reaction of an aryl allyl ether in the presence of an oxidant or in the presence of an oxidant and a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Clinton J. Boriack, Zeng K. Liao, Thomas H. Kalantar
  • Method for manufacturing a shaft-hub connection
    Patent number: 7047622
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method for manufacturing a shaft-hub connection. This connection includes a brake disk having a hub and a drive shaft having a bell, wherein the drive shaft comprises a catching portion having a polygonal outer contour. This portion extends into an aperture in the brake disk having a corresponding inner polygonal contour. The method comprises the procedural steps of green machining via turning of the brake disk and the drive shaft, hardening of the drive shaft, final finishing via turning of the brake disk and final finishing via turning of the drive shaft to obtain the final products with only one chucking action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thilo Kroener, Karl-Heinz Simons, Frank Peter Engels
  • Fluid flow meter having an auxiliary flow passage
    Patent number: 7047805
    Abstract: A device for measuring fluid flowing in a duct is disclosed. The device includes a housing having a first flow passage, a nozzle, a second flow passage, a first electrical element, and a second electrical element. The first flow passage receives a first portion of the fluid flowing in the duct. The nozzle is connected to the housing and in fluid communication with the first flow passage. The second flow passage is defined by at least a first and second surface disposed in the housing, wherein the first surface has a first surface portion inclined relative to a second surface portion. The first electrical element is mounted in the first flow passage proximate to the nozzle. The second electrical element is mounted in the second flow passage. The first and second electrical elements are connected to at least one circuit for detecting a characteristic of the flowing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Zurek, Eric C. Myers
  • Seat track assembly and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 7048244
    Abstract: A seat track assembly for an automotive seat positioner mechanism includes a threaded spindle fixed at one end to a lower track and a mating nut in a gear case on the spindle mounted to an upper track by a bracket attached thereto. The bracket is stabilized against crash forces by interfit portions on the bracket and side walls of the upper track. The spindle is directly attached to the lower track by fasteners passed through a flattened end of the spindle and a bottom wall of the lower track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Dura Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Brent Hauck
  • Seating system and method for making same
    Publication number: 20060103228
    Abstract: An improved seating system that includes a seat back assembly (10) that is fabricated to include a seat back (12) with first and second wall portions (14,16), and which may include an integrated reinforcement structure (18). The seating system is capable of either or both of withstanding without rupture at least about 11000 Newtons in the direction in which the seat back (12) faces in a plane, parallel to the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle or, upon rapid acceleration up to at least about 20 g, substantially no fragmentation of the seat back with at least a 30 kg mass placed behind the seat back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikas Gupta, Jane Palmieri, Mick Heckert, Gregory Korchnak, Eric Kurtycz, Gregory Reny
  • Molded panels having a soft pad armrest
    Patent number: 7045206
    Abstract: A method for forming a molded panel comprising a rigid substrate, a cover material, and a localized composite pad. The method comprises providing a molding tool having a first mold and a second mold, the first mold having a cavity; inserting a cover material between the first mold and the second mold; placing a composite pad comprising an impregnable layer and a non-impregnable layer in the cavity of the first mold, wherein the non-impregnable layer is facing the second mold and the impregnable layer is abutting the first mold; introducing resin into the molding tool; and solidifying the resin to form the molded panel whereby the non-impregnable layer of the composite pad is located adjacent the cover material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Granata, Kevin Allen Kieltyka, Srinivas (Vasu) Kotha
  • Treatment of osteomyelitis with radiopharmaceuticals
    Patent number: 7045116
    Abstract: This invention relates to medical uses of radiopharmaceuticals. Specifically, the present invention relates to the use of radiopharmaceuticals to treat osteomyelitis. The present invention provides improved system and methods of for the direct delivery of radiopharmaceuticals to the site of osteomyelitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Dana W. Simon, Alan D. Strickland, Jaime Simon, Daniel J. Macey, R. Keith Frank, Kenneth McMillan
  • Films comprising isotactic propylene copolymers
    Patent number: 7041765
    Abstract: Films with excellent machine direction (MD) tear properties comprise at least one layer made from a polymer comprising: (A) at least 50 weight percent (wt%) propylene; and (B) at least 5 wt % ethylene and/or one or more unsaturated comonomers. Representative of component (B) unsatuarated comonomers are the C4-20 ?-olefins, C4-20 dienes, styrenic compounds, and the like. Preferably, the film has at least one of a (i) haze value of less than about 10, (ii) 45 degree gloss of greater than about 65, and (iii) dart value of greater than about 100 g/mil. In one preferred embodiment, the layer comprises a compolymer characterized as having at least one of the following properties: (i) 13C NMR peaks corresponding to a regio-error at about 14.6 and about 15.7 ppm, the peaks of about equal intensity, (ii) a B-value greater than about 1.4 when the comonomer content, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Li-Min Tau, Pak-Wing S. Chum, Seema Karande, Clive Bosnyak
  • Stator of a rotary electric machine having secured core slot insulators
    Patent number: 7042129
    Abstract: A stator of a rotary electric machine having secured core slot insulators includes a multi-phase stator winding, having a plurality of slot segments that are adapted to be radially inserted into a plurality of circumferentially spaced axially-extending core slots in a surface of a cylindrically-shaped stator core. The stator winding includes the plurality of slot segments alternately connected at the first and second ends of the stator core by a plurality of end loop segments to form the winding. The plurality of core slots house an insulator to electrically isolate the slot segments from the core slots. The insulator is secured to the sides of the core slot prior to the process of radial inserting the plurality of slot segments into the plurality of core slots of the cylindrically-shaped stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Kirk E. Neet
  • Pre-filters for engine air cleaning systems
    Patent number: 7041146
    Abstract: An air cleaner for a vehicular engine includes a pre-filter which receives air flow containing particulates and a primary filter which receives the air from the pre-filter. The pre-filter removes a first proportion of particulates from the air, and the primary filter removes a second proportion of particulates from the air. The pre-filter is separately serviceable from the primary filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Neville Jimmy Bugli, Gregory Scott Green, Jeffry Marvin Leffel
  • Structural reinforcement parts for automotive assembly
    Patent number: 7041355
    Abstract: The present invention is a structural reinforcement part for use in automobile assembly comprising a molded shell substantially filled with a structural filler material and an expandable adhesive in contact with the exterior of the molded shell; wherein the structural filler material does not undergo or require any chemical reaction or expansion, after part installation or during automotive assembly. This simplified structural reinforcement part does not require the in-situ foaming process of the prior art and produces a strong lightweight structural member which can be adhered to the automotive skeleton via the expandable adhesive upon exposure to heat during automotive assembly. This structural member offers easy installation, since no bulk systems, pumps or additional equipment is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Juras, Kousay Said, Gary Lawrey, David G. McLeod
  • Method of performing a fast tune for a digital broadcast station in a radio receiver
    Patent number: 7043215
    Abstract: A radio receiver performs a fast tune to a target frequency channel potentially containing a hybrid broadcast signal for determining whether analog signal contained in the hybrid broadcast signal contains an identifying data indicating the presence of a digital broadcast station before attempting to decode a digital signal contained in the hybrid broadcast signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd A. Toporski, J. William Whikehart
  • Suspension system for a vehicle
    Patent number: 7036835
    Abstract: Suspension system for a vehicle is disclosed and claimed. The suspension system includes a compressible fluid, a suspension strut, a hydraulic cavity, a reservoir, and a volume modulator. The hydraulic cavity is at least partially defined by the suspension strut and is adapted to contain a portion of the compressible fluid. The hydraulic cavity and the compressible fluid supply a suspending spring force that biases a wheel of a vehicle toward the road surface. The volume modulator selectively pushes the compressible fluid into the hydraulic cavity and vents the compressible fluid from the hydraulic cavity, thereby actively modulating the suspending spring force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Coombs, Jeremy R. Edmondson
  • Optimized alternator bobbin
    Patent number: 7038347
    Abstract: A rotor for an alternator is provided which has the benefits of a thin bobbin, as well as the benefits of a single contact steel core, thereby increasing the dissipation of heat and maximizing the space for winding the field coil to increase the overall power provided by the rotor and alternator. The rotor includes a bobbin assembly having a hollow cylinder with a first end and a second end, a first end cap attached to the first end of the cylinder and a second end cap attached to the second end of the cylinder. The bobbin assembly further includes a metallic sleeve fitted inside the hollow cylinder and providing support to the hollow cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Militello, Michael Timothy York
  • Bi-directional field control for proportional control based generator/alternator voltage regulator
    Patent number: 7038406
    Abstract: An H-bridge switching topology for bi-directional field excitation to null the effects of a rotor's permanent magnets uses both a low-side and a high-side field excitation driver to control the rotor's average field current. A standard proportional control signal for generators using uni-directional field excitation is used to control an H-bridge for bi-directional field excitation. The H-bridge consists of two pair of power switches. In a preferred embodiment, the switches are n-channel MOSFETs. A drive circuit interfaces a logic block with the H-bridge in order to properly bias the power switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott R. Wilson
  • ISA engine start-up strategy
    Patent number: 7037234
    Abstract: There is provided a method for automatic operation of a vehicle comprising an engine, a starter motor, an engine clutch, and a plurality of vehicle systems. After detecting that the engine is running, the vehicle systems are checked to ensure an acceptable status for shutting down the engine. A negative torque is applied to the engine to shut it down. Vehicle systems are monitored until they indicate that the engine should be restarted. The engine is restarted, and a successful start of the engine is then confirmed. Similarly, there is provided a method for the cold start of a vehicle as above. The starter motor is powered up with an initial torque and vehicle systems are monitored to determine whether the engine should be started. The engine is started from the torque of the starter motor, and a successful start of the engine is then confirmed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gurinder Singh Kahlon, James J. Klocinski, Ning Liu, Shawn Harold Swales
  • Oversteering/understeering compensation with active front steering using steer by wire technology
    Patent number: 7032705
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for compensating understeer and oversteer in a vehicle having a steer by wire system. The system includes a driver interface system, a sensor system, a controller, and a road wheel steering actuation system. The driver interface system receives steering input from the driver. The sensor system senses the steering input and generates a steering control signal that is received by the controller. The controller determines if an understeer or oversteer condition exists and generates an appropriate steering assist signal that is then communicated to the road wheel steering actuation system. In response to the steering assist signal, the road wheel steering actuation system adjusts the road wheel angle to compensate for the understeer or oversteer condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bing Zheng, Barry Lenart