Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • SHAPE ADAPTIVE PASSENGER AIRBAG
    Publication number: 20150274116
    Abstract: A vehicle airbag system comprising an airbag. The airbag may include at least one tether attached to first and second walls of the airbag, wherein each tether includes a tear seam configured to detach when the airbag is inflated with a pressure higher than a predetermined pressure. The airbag may include at least a first tether and a second tether, each tether attached to first and second walls of the airbag, wherein the first tether includes a tear seam configured to detach when the airbag is inflated with a pressure higher than a predetermined pressure. The system may further comprise a controller that may be used for determining whether to inflate an airbag with one of a high pressure and a low pressure depending on whether a detected impact is oblique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque, James Chih Cheng, Raed Essa EL-Jawahri, Jialiang Le
  • LOW DENSITY ETHYLENE-BASED POLYMERS WITH HIGH MELT STRENGTH
    Publication number: 20150274856
    Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising a first ethylene-based polymer, formed by a high pressure, free-radical polymerization process, and comprising the following properties: a) a Mw(abs) versus 12 relationship: Mw(abs)<A×[(12)B], where A=5.00×102 (kg/mole)/(dg/min)B, and B=?0.40; and b) a MS versus 12 relationship: MS?C×[(12)D], where C=13.5 cN/(dg/min)D, and D=?0.55.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Otto J. Berbee, Cornelis F.J. den Doelder, Teresa P. Karjala, Karl Zuercher, Jian Wang, Stefan Hinrichs
  • Method and device for interior heating in a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9144761
    Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided for supplying heat to a passenger compartment during a filter regeneration event. In one example, a first phase of a filter regeneration event is initiated for a filter in an internal combustion engine based on one or more parameters, with heat produced by the engine then supplied to a heater core during the first phase, and the first phase extended if heating is requested for a duration based on ambient temperature. The engine may be operated at reduced efficiency during the filter regeneration event, and in some embodiments, the method may further include injecting an additional amount of fuel during a second phase of the filter regeneration event after the first phase ends to cause soot combustion in the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hans Guenter Quix, Markus Markowitz, Sandra Trachte, Tobias Emig, Christoph Boerensen, Dietmar Fischer, Ger Cronin
  • Method and system for selecting an engine operating point for a hybrid vehicle
    Patent number: 9145133
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a powertrain having an engine and an electric machine (M/G) connected by an upstream clutch, and a gearbox connected to the M/G by a torque converter. A controller is configured to, in response to a Park or Neutral gear selection and an electrical power request from the M/G, operate the engine at an engine speed and an engine torque based on the request and M/G speed and torque for improved powertrain efficiency. A method is provided for controlling a vehicle. In response to a Park or Neutral gear selection and an electrical power request from the M/G, the engine is operated at an engine speed and an engine torque based on the request and M/G speed and torque for improved powertrain efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Wei Liang, Mark Steven Yamazaki, Xiaoyong Wang, Rajit Johri, Ryan Abraham McGee, Ming Lang Kuang
  • Method for purging condensate from a charge air cooler
    Patent number: 9145823
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for performing a pro-active condensate clean-out of a charge air cooler. In response to condensate in a charge air cooler and engine operating conditions, airflow is increased to the intake manifold, purging condensate from the cooler. Engine actuators may also be adjusted to maintain torque demand during the clean-out procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Paul Glugla, Adam Nathan Banker, Qiuping Qu
  • Battery electrolyte solutions containing phosphorus-sulfur compounds
    Patent number: 9147906
    Abstract: A battery electrolyte solution contains from 0.001 to 20% by weight of certain phosphorus-sulfur compounds. The phosphorus-sulfur compound performs effectively as a solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) forming material. The phosphorus-sulfur compound has little adverse impact on the electrical properties of the battery, and in some cases actually improves battery performance. Batteries containing the electrolyte solution form robust and stable SEIs even when charged at high rates during initial formation cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Houxiang Tang, William J. Kruper, Jr., Ravi B. Shankar, Deidre A. Strand, Peter M. Margl, Andrew J. Pasztor, Jr., David R. Wilson, Jeremy R. Stajdl
  • Method and system for reducing vacuum use in a vehicle
    Patent number: 9145118
    Abstract: A system and method for conserving vacuum within a vehicle is described. In one example, a vacuum level in a working chamber of a vacuum operated brake booster is controlled so as to limit vacuum consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph Wayne Cunningham, Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Russ William Ferguson
  • Heat exchanger for an air conditioning system
    Patent number: 9145040
    Abstract: An internal heat exchanger for an air conditioning system, having: a high pressure side through which a coolant under high pressure flows in operation; and a low pressure side through which coolant under low pressure flows in operation. The heat exchanger is configured in such a way that pulsations of the coolant flowing therethrough dampen noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Markus Markowitz, Dietmar Fischer
  • Deployable hood latch for pedestrian head protection
    Patent number: 9145716
    Abstract: A motor vehicle hood latch mechanism for engaging a striker of a hood having a closed locked position and a released position is disclosed. The mechanism includes a latch assembly attached to a chassis member. The latch assembly includes a latch having a locking cam and a pawl movable between a locked position engaging the locking cam and an unlocked position away from the locking cam. A sensor detects the presence of a pedestrian proximate the front of the motor vehicle and generates a signal in response thereto. A deployment spring having an energized position and a released position is retained in an energized position by a release mechanism responsive to the signal generated by the sensor, such that actuation of the release mechanism releases the resilient member and rotates the pawl to the unlocked position to release the latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mangala A. Jayasuriya, Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque, James Chih Cheng, Allan Roy Gale
  • Siloxane-urethane foul release coatings
    Patent number: 9145500
    Abstract: A two-part moisture curable coating compositions capable of forming polyurethane-polysiloxane networks is provided. The coating compositions which are useful in marine antifouling coatings provide a two-part moisture curable composition comprising: (a) a first part comprising at least one multifunctional polyol; (b) a second part comprising: (i) at least one polysiloxane polymer with at least two isocyanate or mercapto functional groups and (ii) at least one isocyanate functional organic compound; and (c) solvent. Also provided are methods of coating substrates with the curable composition and articles produced from such coated substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Paul J. Popa, Yanxiang Li, Hongyu Chen
  • Metal oxygen battery containing oxygen storage materials
    Patent number: 9147920
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a metal oxygen battery system includes a metal oxygen battery having an electrode compartment. The electrode compartment includes an electrode being formed of an oxygen storage material. In another embodiment, the oxygen storage material includes an ion conducting component. In yet another embodiment, the oxygen storage material includes an electron conducting component. In yet another embodiment, the oxygen storage material includes a catalytic component. In yet another embodiment, at least one of the ion conducting component, the electron conducting component, and the catalytic component is attached to the oxygen storage material via a linker or as a pendant group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrea Pulskamp, Andrew Robert Drews, Jun Yang, Shinichi Hirano, Michael Alan Tamor
  • Fuel cell with embedded flow field
    Patent number: 9147890
    Abstract: A fuel cell may include a porous plate having an embedded flow field formed therein, a catalyst supported on and within the porous plate, and a proton exchange membrane in contact with the porous plate and catalyst. Such fuel cells may be arranged to form a fuel cell stack configured to provide power to move a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Alireza Pezhman Shirvanian
  • Systems and methods for managing bleed emissions in plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
    Patent number: 9145051
    Abstract: A method for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, comprising: during a first condition, including an engine-off condition and the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle coupled to an external power source; heating a fuel vapor canister based on a fuel tank vacuum; and opening a fuel tank isolation valve to draw heated vapors into a fuel tank. In this way, a passive purge operation may be executed, thereby purging the fuel vapor canister without forcing the engine to turn on. Thus, the vehicle may be operated at peak fuel economy without increasing emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aed M. Dudar, Dennis Seung-Man Yang, Russell Randall Pearce
  • Automotive vehicle and method for operating an engine therein
    Patent number: 9145840
    Abstract: A method for operating an engine in a vehicle includes measuring a current to or from a generator mechanically coupled with the engine and determining at least one operating parameter of the engine. The method also includes providing an amount of fuel to the engine based on the current and the at least one operating parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Raymond Martin, Edward Badillo
  • Nanocellular thermoplastic foam and process for making the same
    Patent number: 9145477
    Abstract: Prepare a thermoplastic polymer foam having a porosity of 70% or more and at least one of: (i) an average cell size of 200 nanometers or less; and (ii) a nucleation density of at least 1×1015 effective nucleation sites per cubic centimeter of foamable polymer composition not including blowing agent using a foamable polymer composition containing a thermoplastic polymer selected from styrenic polymer and (meth)acrylic polymers, a blowing agent comprising at least 20 mole-percent carbon dioxide based on moles of blowing agent and an additive having a Total Hansen Solubility Parameter that differs from that of carbon dioxide by less than 2 and that is present at a concentration of 0.01 to 1.5 weight parts per hundred weight parts thermoplastic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Lingbo Zhu, Stéphane Costeux, Kshitish A. Patankar, Jonathan D. Moore
  • Method and system for warning a driver of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9145147
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for altering the drivability of a vehicle so as to alert a driver of the vehicle of a potentially hazardous condition. The vehicle has at least one sensor configured to detect the potentially hazardous potential. Additionally, the vehicle has a control system for directing a transmission of the vehicle to perform a transmission operation that catches the driver's attention by generating an acceleration or deceleration. The transmission operation is preferably an upshift, a downshift, an unlocking of a torque converter lockup clutch or a locking of the lockup clutch. In one embodiment, the control system directs the transmission to perform more than one transmission operation, the transmission operations defining a transmission operation cycle. In a preferred embodiment, more than one transmission operation cycle is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jianbo Lu, Zhengyu Dai, Felix Nedorezov, Hong Jiang, Roger Lyle Huffmaster, Dimitar Petrov Filev
  • Stop/start vehicle and method for controlling engine of same
    Patent number: 9145864
    Abstract: A stop/start system of a vehicle can issue auto stop commands and auto start commands. An engine of the vehicle is auto stopped in response to the auto stop commands and auto started in response to the auto start commands. The stop/start system can prevent an auto stop of the engine based on a predicted stop duration for a predicted stop location for the vehicle such that the engine remains running when the predicted stop duration is less than a threshold duration and the vehicle is stopped in a vicinity of the predicted stop location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Hai Yu
  • Vehicle box reinforcing brace
    Patent number: 9145176
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame having a pair of longitudinal rails and a box. The box includes a bed supported by the rails and a pair of opposing sidewalls connected to the bed outboard of the rails. A pair of braces provide additional support between the bed and the frame rails. Each may be attached between respective rails and a bottom portion of the bed outboard the rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Van Wyk, Jeffrey Alan Firzlaff, Vincent Chimento, Jack Marchlewski
  • Method and device for controlling a four-stroke internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 9145822
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for a four-stroke internal combustion engine comprising: at least two cylinders; a fuel direct injection device; a variable valve timing system; an engine controller to control valve timing according to load; wherein, below a lower load threshold, a first cylinder is deactivated, an injection of fuel takes place into a combustion chamber of the first cylinder and an inlet valve of the first cylinder is open during a compression stroke. The opening of the inlet valve during a compression stroke of the first cylinder when deactivated allows the substantially homogenous air-fuel mixture therein to escape into the intake manifold and be made available to the second and active cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Yasser Mohamed sayed Yacoub
  • Battery cell capacity balancing system and method
    Patent number: 9145064
    Abstract: A vehicle may include an electric machine that generates motive power for the vehicle, a plurality of cells that store energy for the electric machine, and at least one controller. The at least one controller may cause the cells to receive current for a period of time and, during the period of time, cause at least some of the cells to supply cell load current such that at the expiration of the period of time, the amount of energy stored by the cells is at least equal to a predetermined target energy level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Carvell Blakemore, Allan Roy Gale, Larry Dean Elie