Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • Snug-fit item holder
    Patent number: 9162627
    Abstract: An item holder for a vehicle interior includes first and second retention members which are operable between at-rest and recessed positions relative to one another. The first and second retention members have edge portions which are generally arranged in a parallel relationship and define a spacing therebetween for the insertion of an item in use. An item stored in the item holder is retained by the first and second retention members in that the first and second retention members are biased towards the at-rest position for engagement of an item therebetween. The item holder provides ready access to personal items as stored therein by a vehicle occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Josh Greiner, Annette Lynn Huebner, Ryan Welch, Kristin Ann Hellman, Artur Sakarian, Scott H. Dunham
  • Automotive braking system
    Patent number: 9162657
    Abstract: An automotive braking system includes a windshield wiper system, a traction wheel, and a non-friction brake system configured to apply a braking force to the traction wheel. The system also includes one or more controllers operatively connected with the windshield wiper system, and configured to, in response to a braking request, command the non-friction brake system to apply the braking force to the traction wheel. The braking force has a magnitude that depends on whether the windshield wiper system is active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yonghua Li, Dale Scott Crombez
  • Method for controlling an exhaust-gas aftertreatment device of a hybrid drive, and hybrid drive
    Patent number: 9162672
    Abstract: A method for controlling an exhaust gas aftertreatment device of a vehicle hybrid drive is provided. The method comprises operating the hybrid drive only by a combustion engine, only by a non-combustion motor, or by both, as a function of a temperature of the exhaust aftertreatment device, and conducting exhaust gas of the hybrid drive at least partially through the exhaust aftertreatment device, the engine and motor each providing output to power the vehicle. In this way, the aftertreatment device may be operated at an optimal temperature for conversion performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Yasser Mohamed sayed Yacoub
  • Coated substrates and packages prepared therefrom
    Patent number: 9162430
    Abstract: The invention provides a coated substrate comprising at least the following: i) a first layer formed from a first composition that has a melting point, Tm1, and comprising at least one ethylene-based interpolymer; ii) a second layer formed from a second composition comprising the following: a) at least one propylene-based polymer, and b) at least one ethylene-based polymer, and iii) a woven web formed from at least one olefin-based polymer with a melting point of Tm2a and/a or nonwoven web formed from at least one olefin-based polymer with a melting point of Tm2b; and wherein and Tm1 is less than, or equal to, “Tm2a ?20° C.”, and/or less than, or equal to, “Tm2b ?20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Maria Isabel Arroyo Villan, Angels Domenech, Karl Zuercher
  • Method of making a barbed surface for receiving a thermal spray coating and the surface made by the method
    Patent number: 9162418
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for preparing a surface for mechanically securing a spray coating to a surface. A first series of grooves formed in the surface are intersected with a second series of grooves formed in the surface. A plurality of barbs are formed at the intersections. The spray coating is mechanically secured to the barbs that overhang the first series of grooves. The surface includes the first series of grooves and the second series of groves that intersect the first series of groves. The second series of groves form an undercut portion, or barb, at the intersections of the grooves that mechanically anchor the spray coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rodney G. Whitbeck, Keith Raymond Bartle, David Alan Stephenson, James William Perry
  • Exhaust system including an exhaust manifold having an integrated mixer plate
    Patent number: 9163548
    Abstract: An exhaust system for an engine is provided herein. The exhaust system includes an emission control device and an exhaust manifold having a plurality of runners merging at a confluence section positioned upstream of the emission control device. The exhaust system further includes a mixer plate positioned in the confluence section, the mixer plate including a central opening and a plurality of louvered vents positioned axially around the central opening, the louvered vents having angled openings facing a common rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Cornelius Langston Henderson, IV, Ray Host, Michael Collareno, George I. Tapos, Christopher Oberski
  • Compressor bypass turbine-generator
    Patent number: 9163555
    Abstract: Embodiments for a turbine-generator position in a compressor bypass flow path are presented. In one example, a method for an engine having a compressor comprises generating energy via a turbine-generator positioned in a bypass flow path of the compressor. In this way, the energy of the recirculated intake air may be recovered by the turbine-generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Patrick McConville, Karen Elizabeth Maceroni
  • Electrolyte replenishing system and method
    Patent number: 9166218
    Abstract: A battery system includes a battery including an anode, a cathode, and a liquid electrolyte; and a conduit communicating to the battery an electrolyte liquid having an electrolyte salt density lower than an electrolyte salt density of the liquid electrolyte. The electrolyte may be non-aqueous. The electrolyte may be volatile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohan Karulkar, James A. Adams, Andrew Robert Drews
  • Method and system for humidity sensor diagnostics
    Patent number: 9163588
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an engine including a humidity sensor. Degradation of the humidity sensor may be determined based on a change in intake air relative humidity as compared to a change in intake air temperature or pressure, under selected conditions. An amount of exhaust gas recirculated to an engine intake is adjusted differently based on whether the humidity sensor is degraded or functional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gopichandra Surnilla, Imad Hassan Makki, James Michael Kerns, Robert Roy Jentz, Timothy Joseph Clark, Michael James Uhrich, Richard E. Soltis
  • Method for purging of air intake system hydrocarbon trap
    Patent number: 9163571
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for improving air intake system hydrocarbon trap purging during engine-off time in a hybrid electric vehicle. One method includes opening the throttle during vehicle motion under battery operation and allowing airflow through the trap to purge its contents into the fuel canister via the canister purge valve. Upon transition into the engine-on mode, fuel vapors are released from the canister into the engine intake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aed M. Dudar, Dennis Seung-Man Yang, Timothy Watkins
  • Battery pack
    Patent number: 9166215
    Abstract: A battery pack of the type that may be used in an electrically-powered vehicle comprises first and second arrays of cells disposed adjacent one another, and a housing enclosing the two arrays. The housing defines a cooling chamber surrounding heat transfer surfaces of the cells, a first manifold sealed from the cooling chamber and collecting gasses generated by the first array, and a second manifold sealed from the cooling chamber and collecting gasses generated by the second array. A tunnel connects the first and the second manifolds to allow passage of any collected gasses from the first manifold into the second manifold, and a discharge opening in the second manifold allows the collected gasses to escape from the housing. An electrically conductive bridge bar extends through the tunnel and connects the first array with the second array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Utley, Saravanan Paramasivam, Debbi Callicoat
  • Exhaust air injection
    Patent number: 9163543
    Abstract: Embodiments for controlling exhaust oxygen concentration are provided. In one example, an engine method comprises operating the engine with lean combustion, and when exhaust oxygen concentration is below a threshold, injecting air into an exhaust passage between a first emission control device and an SCR device. In this way, excess emissions may be converted while operating with lean combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Giovanni Cavataio, Rachel Alison Snow, Jacqueline A. Lymburner, Joseph Robert Theis
  • Expandable roof panel perimeter reinforcement
    Patent number: 9162713
    Abstract: A vehicle roof frame includes an adhering structure having an adhesive carrier and an expanding structural adhesive coupled to at least a portion of an outer surface of the adhesive carrier. The expanding structural adhesive includes an installation state and a structural state, and the structural state has a larger volume than the installation state. The vehicle roof frame also includes a plurality of vehicle frame members that cooperate to form a frame joint and a joint cavity defined within the frame joint. The adhering structure is disposed within the joint cavity and the adhesive carrier and the expanding structural adhesive in the structural state substantially occupies the joint cavity and fixably couples the plurality of framing members such that the frame joint is free of supplemental mechanical connections proximate the joint cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Edgar Edward Donabedian, Darrin Neil Wagner, Mark Keller, Bruno M. Barthelemy
  • Panoramic roof module for a vehicle
    Patent number: 9162556
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided with a panoramic sunroof system. A movable roof panel operates to open and define a panoramic roof opening. In a panoramic open position, the roof panel overlaps at least half of the rear-view window. A split-line of a trunk is defined by the intersection of the roof panel and the trunk lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Solomon H. Song, Darrell Paul Behmer, Jeffrey Comfort
  • Expandable casing patch
    Patent number: 9163468
    Abstract: A system including a housing having an upper end in fluid communication with a source of pressurized fluid and a lower end releasably coupled to an expandable tubular. A piston is disposed within and sealingly engaged with the housing. An expansion cone is coupled to the piston and is operable to radially expand the expandable tubular as it moves longitudinally therethrough. A pressure chamber is disposed within the housing and defined by the piston and the expansion cone. A first pressure relief port is disposed within the housing and is operable to allow fluid communication between the pressure chamber and an annulus external to the housing. A second pressure relief port is disposed within the expansion cone and is operable to allow fluid communication between the pressure chamber and a portion of the expandable tubular below the expansion cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Enventure Global Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Murray Whiddon
  • Motor vehicle footpad assembly
    Patent number: 9162599
    Abstract: A vehicle footrest assembly includes a bracket attached to a vehicle body structure and a foam footpad attached to the bracket. At least one fastener attaches a dead pedal to the footpad. The at least one fastener includes a head and a shank extending from the head. The shank includes a threaded portion screwed into the footpad. A collar extends radially outward from the shank and is spaced away from the head to define a clip receiving portion. One of the head and the collar are substantially frustoconical and define a lead-in surface in the clip receiving portion. The dead pedal includes at least one clip spaced apart from a pedal portion of the dead pedal. A portion of the clip is disposed within the clip receiving portion to attach the dead pedal to the footpad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Diego Fabricio Villacres Mesias
  • Method of controlling automatic transmission coasting downshift
    Patent number: 9162680
    Abstract: A method of controlling a transmission and engine during a coasting downshift is particularly suited to transmission arrangements exhibiting strong inertia coupling. During the inertia phase of the downshift, a third clutch such as a torque converter bypass clutch is modulated to control output torque. Simultaneously, engine torque is modulated to control engine speed. The resulting control scheme is only semi-coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hongtei Eric Tseng, Christopher John Teslak, Bradley Dean Riedle, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Tobias John Pallett
  • Corner closeout member and assembly for pickup truck box
    Patent number: 9162715
    Abstract: A closeout member is provided which may be disposed within an opening partially defined by a corner member and a rail edge of a side panel adjacent to a tailgate and tail lamp of a pickup truck box. The closeout member may include an outboard side secured to the corner member and shaped to substantially match a curvature of the corner member and a forward side secured at the rail edge such that the closeout member reinforces the curvature of the corner member. The closeout member may also include an inboard edge and an extension member extending at a substantially ninety degree angle downwardly from the inboard edge and may be at least partially secured to the corner member. The side panel and closeout member may be five or six thousand series aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jack Marchlewski, John Comiez, Mark Joseph Courtright, Vincent Chimento
  • RF jamming detection and mitigation system
    Patent number: 9166730
    Abstract: A vehicle system for detecting a jamming signal may include a receiver configured to receive a signal, the signal having signal properties. A controller may be in communication with the receiver configured to determine a jamming event probability based at least in part on the signal properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING EGR BASED ON AN IMPACT OF PCV HYDROCARBONS ON AN INTAKE OXYGEN SENSOR
    Publication number: 20150292429
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for estimating an impact of PCV hydrocarbons on an output of an intake oxygen sensor. In one example, a method may include disabling EGR flow when the impact of PCV hydrocarbons on the output of the intake oxygen sensor is above a threshold. The impact of the PCV hydrocarbons on the output of the intake oxygen sensor may be based on a difference between the output of the intake oxygen sensor and a DPOV sensor when EGR is flow and a difference between the output of the intake oxygen sensor and expected blow-by when EGR is not flowing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gopichandra Surnilla, James Alfred Hilditch, Stephen B. Smith, Michael Howard Shelby, Todd Anthony Rumpsa, Mohannad Hakeem