Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • Integrated engine torque model
    Patent number: 9120488
    Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle having at least a driven wheel, the driven wheel driven at least by a driving torque, includes maintaining an inclination angle of the vehicle in memory during a vehicle off condition; after starting the vehicle from the vehicle off condition, first updating a vehicle mass based on operating conditions including vehicle traveling conditions; and after updating the vehicle mass, updating the inclination angle based on operating parameters including vehicle traveling conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Husein Sukaria
  • Method and system for diagnosing a vacuum system
    Patent number: 9121787
    Abstract: A vacuum system diagnostic is disclosed. In one example, vacuum system leaks are diagnosed via a pressure reading of a vacuum reservoir. The approach may reduce the number of sensors used to diagnose vacuum system degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Eric Rollinger, Ross Dykstra Pursifull
  • Medical data acquisition and provision
    Patent number: 9122775
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes determining a user account associated with a vehicle occupant. The method also includes detecting the presence of at least one active monitoring device. The method further includes determining an association between the active monitoring device and the user account and periodically downloading device information from the active monitoring device to a vehicle computing system. Finally, the method includes storing downloaded device information in association with the user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Schunder, Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad
  • System and method for an engine comprising a liquid cooling system and oil supply
    Patent number: 9121335
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine is provided. The internal combustion engine includes an oil circuit and a pump in fluidic communication with a supply line and at least one lubricant receiving component and a liquid cooling system including a coolant circuit having an oil pressure actuated coolant valve and a coolant valve control line in fluidic communication with the pump and having a first configuration in which coolant may flow therethrough and a second configuration in which coolant is inhibited from flowing therethrough, the first and second configurations triggered in response to a change in oil pressure in the coolant valve control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Quiring, Michael Tobergte, Hans Guenter Quix, Kai Sebastian Kuhlbach, Bernd Steiner, Jan Mehring
  • Road trip vehicle to vehicle communication system
    Patent number: 9125020
    Abstract: A method of coordinating a plurality of road vehicles includes obtaining information related to a first vehicle that is relevant to a road trip with which the first vehicle and at least a second vehicle are involved, uploading the information to a server wirelessly, and downloading the information from the server wirelessly to at least one of the first vehicle and the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence Banasky Jr., Thomas Joseph Hermann, Mark Wisnewski
  • Crosslinked compositions and articles prepared therefrom
    Patent number: 9120887
    Abstract: The invention provides a crosslinked composition formed by thermally treating a composition comprising at least the following: A) an ethylene-based polymer that has a density less than, or equal to, 0.910 g/cc; B) an olefin-based polymer that has a melt viscosity less than, or equal to, 20,000 cP, at 350° F.; and C) a crosslinking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Peter R. Voorheis, Brian W. Walther, Selim Yalvac
  • User interface system and method
    Patent number: 9122567
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling an electric-vehicle is provided. The system and method calculates a likelihood of arriving at a destination based on vehicle data and a current route. The likelihood is compared to least a first threshold and a second threshold. A first action is implemented when the likelihood is less than the first threshold and greater than the second threshold. A second action being different from the first action is implemented when the likelihood is less than the second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Perry Robinson MacNeille, Michael Edward Loftus, John Proietty
  • Stop/start control to increase microhybrid vehicle battery charge
    Patent number: 9121356
    Abstract: A stop/start system of a vehicle autostops and autostarts an engine and, in response to an identification of a drive cycle destination indicating that the vehicle will remain parked for at least a predefined period of time, prevents autostopping of the engine during the drive cycle to increase a state of charge of the battery above a nominal target state of charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mathew Alan Boesch, George Edmund Walley, Sangeetha Sangameswaran, J. Anthony Lockwood
  • Functionalized olefin interpolymers, compositions and articles prepared therefrom and methods for making the same
    Patent number: 9120888
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions containing at least one functionalized polyolefin, and in particular, to compositions containing at least one functionalized ethylene interpolymer, which has a melt viscosity less than 50,000 cP at 350° F. (177° C.) and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) from about 1 to 5. The invention also provides adhesive formulations containing the same. The invention also relates to the preparation of the functionalized interpolymers, by reacting, for example, such an ethylene interpolymer with the following: a) at least one unsaturated compound, containing at least one heteroatom, and b) at least one initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Teresa P. Karjala, Selim Yalvac, Benjamin R. Rozenblat, Cynthia L. Rickey, Steven A. Wells
  • Multi-heterojunction nanoparticles, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same
    Patent number: 9123638
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconducting nanoparticle comprising a one-dimensional semiconducting nanoparticle having a first end and a second end; where the second end is opposed to the first end; a first node that comprises a first semiconductor; where the first node contacts a radial surface of the one-dimensional semiconducting nanoparticle producing a first heterojunction at the point of contact; and a second node that comprises a second semiconductor; where the second node contacts the radial surface of the one-dimensional semiconducting nanoparticle producing a second heterojunction at the point of contact; where the first heterojunction is compositionally different from the second heterojunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignees: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials, LLC, The University of Illinois, The Office of Technology Management, Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Moonsub Shim, Nuri Oh, You Zhai, Sooji Nam, Peter Trefonas, Kishori Deshpande, Jake Joo
  • Method for protecting a DPF of an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 9121314
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for protecting a DPF in the exhaust section of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle from unintentional combustion of soot in the DPF. According to the invention, the motor vehicle is a hybrid vehicle having at least one electric machine and is able to be driven exclusively by one or more electric machine(s) for some time. The vehicle is operated in a DPF protection mode if the system detects that unintentional combustion of soot is taking place or threatening to take place in the DPF, initiating an automatic decoupling of the combustion engine from the wheel drive train, forward propulsion demands by the driver are met exclusively with the aid of the one or more electric machine(s), and the combustion engine is switched off completely or is operated with stable stoichiometric combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Yasser Mohamed sayed Yacoub
  • Engine drive system
    Patent number: 9121474
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an engine drive system are described herein. In one example, the system includes a camshaft, a crankshaft, and an accessory drive. The system may include a first chain coupling the camshaft and crankshaft in a first plane, and a second chain coupling the accessory drive and crankshaft in a second plane non-planar to the first plane. The system may further include a chain guide including a first surface guidingly contacting the first chain and a second surface guidingly contacting the second chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Tom Suchecki
  • Curable compositions
    Patent number: 9120926
    Abstract: Curable compositions including an epoxy resin, a hardener, and a block copolymer having a thermoset-philic block and a thermoset-phobic block, where the block copolymer is from 20 weight percent to 80 weight percent of the curable composition are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Radhakrishnan Karunakaran, Nikhil E. Verghese
  • System and method for reducing interference during wireless charging
    Patent number: 9124124
    Abstract: A method is provided for reducing interference in an inductive charging system within a vehicle. The method includes inductively charging a device with an inductive charger. The method also includes detecting at least one mode of operation of a potential interfering device in proximity to the inductive charger. The method further includes adjusting at least one of a frequency band employed by the charger and an amount of power provided to the device by the charger based on at least one detected mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Michael Hrecznyj
  • Stacking Radiator Aperture Closure Panels
    Publication number: 20150239337
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for controlling air flow through a radiator. The apparatus includes a first track and a second track that receive a plurality of panels in a sliding relationship. Top and bottom engagement features of the panels engage each other to extend and retract the panels. The panels may be horizontally aligned in an intermediate or central portion of the apparatus that is disposed behind a bumper beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ronald Anderson
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING VANE STICKING IN A VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBOCHARGER
    Publication number: 20150240708
    Abstract: A method for operating an engine system is described herein. The method includes moving a plurality of vanes in a variable geometry turbocharger toward a closed position in response to tip-out and after moving the plurality of vanes toward the closed position, moving an EGR valve from a fully closed position toward an open position in response to tip-in, the EGR valve in fluidic communication with an exhaust sub-system upstream of the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Jeremy Kostrzewski
  • TRACTION BATTERY THERMAL PLATE WITH MULTI PASS CHANNEL CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20150244038
    Abstract: A traction battery assembly for a vehicle is provided. The traction battery assembly may include a plurality of battery cells and a thermal plate positioned beneath the battery cells. The thermal plate may be configured for thermal communication with the plurality of battery cells. The thermal plate may define a plurality of multi-pass channel configurations, each corresponding to one of the battery cells. The multi-pass channel configurations may each include a channel inlet and channel outlet on opposite side portions of the thermal plate. The multi-pass channel configurations may each be configured to direct thermal fluid flowing therein to an outlet port of the thermal plate without directing fluid to the channel inlet of another channel configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vivek Amir Jairazbhoy, George Albert Garfinkel, Neil Robert Burrows, LeeAnn Wang
  • VEHICLE LIGHT FIXTURE HAVING INTERNAL HEATSINK FOR LED LAMP
    Publication number: 20150241018
    Abstract: A vehicle headlight includes a headlight housing including an external lens and an outer wall that define a headlight interior and a lighting element including a light-emitting diode lamp and an internal heatsink coupled to at least a portion of the lamp. The lamp is in thermal communication with the internal heatsink. The lighting element is disposed within the headlight interior and coupled to an element receptacle defined by the outer wall. The internal heatsink of the lighting element is in thermal communication with the external lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Preston Williams, Arun Kumar
  • Method and Apparatus for Providing a Navigation Route Having Multiple Associated Points of Interest
    Publication number: 20150241219
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to access a map, including pre-designated destinations, each destination having a clue associated therewith. The processor is also configured to provide the clue associated with a first destination. The processor is further configured to track the progress of a user towards the first destination using GPS coordinates. Also, the processor is configured to provide a clue associated with a next destination, once the user has reached the first destination. Further, the processor is configured to repeat map access, clue provision, and tracking until the user has reached a pre-designated final destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nello Joseph Santori, Heath Williams, Jeffrey Monticello, Nicholas Thorne, Kevin F. Militello, William Lawrence Frantz, Kevin Marx
  • CABLE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE PARKING BRAKE
    Publication number: 20150239446
    Abstract: A parking brake assembly for use with a motor vehicle including first and second brake assemblies having a common cable. The assembly including a conduit disposed over the cable wherein one end of the conduit connects to a movable member or brake lever of one of the first and second brake assemblies. The opposite end of the conduit connects to a fixed member on the remaining brake assembly. The brake lever connected to the conduit functions as a conduit reaction bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Phillips