Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • METHOD TO IMPROVE BLOWTHROUGH VIA SPLIT EXHAUST
    Publication number: 20150198099
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a boosted engine having a split exhaust system. One method includes reducing knock by flowing a combination of exhaust from towards the end of an exhaust stroke and blowthrough air to the intake of a compressor via a compressor inlet valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Norman Ulrey, Brad Alan Boyer
  • POLYMERIC ARTICLE FORMED BY INJECTION COMPRESSION MOLDING
    Publication number: 20150197075
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a polymeric article includes a first polymeric layer defining a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a first side and a second side opposing the first side, the first side being exposed to atmospheric air, and an ink layer and a second polymeric layer, the ink layer being positioned between the second polymeric layer and the second portion of the first polymeric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Paul Yizze, III, Bernard Gerard Marchetti, Charles Alan Rocco
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVELINE TORQUE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20150198243
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, a difference between estimated torque output of an active torque source in a driveline and actual torque output of the active torque source is mitigated via entering a driveline speed control mode. The methods and systems may be useful when switching between different driveline modes of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rajit Johri, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Mark Steven Yamazaki, Wei Liang, Xiaoyong Wang, Dennis Craig Reed
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DRIVELINE TORQUE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20150197236
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, driveline oscillations are reduced during engine air-fuel ratio modulation. The driveline oscillations may be reduced via adjusting torque of a motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Craig Reed, Robert Wright, Daniel Colvin, Jeffrey Allen Doering
  • Composite Panel for Joining with a Clinch Joint and Method of Forming a Clinch Joint
    Publication number: 20150197070
    Abstract: An assembly comprising a first composite fiber reinforced part that is joined to a second part by a clinch joint. The first part includes a first layer of resin that is reinforced with fibers and a second layer of resin that is devoid of fibers and applied to one side of the first layer of fiber reinforced resin. The second part contacts the first layer of the first part. The first part and second part are joined by a clinch joint including a pressed out portion that is pressed into a clinching portion. The second layer of resin contains the fibers in the first part. An alternative assembly has fiber-free intended clinch joint forming areas that extend through the first part. A method is provided in which a first part including a first layer of resin reinforced with fibers is molded with a second layer of resin on one side of the first layer is joined by a clinch joint to a second part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Amanda Kay Freis, Aindrea McKelvey Campbell, Daniel Quinn Houston
  • BATTERY THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150200427
    Abstract: A battery thermal management system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a heat spreader, a coolant channel attached to the heat spreader and a supply manifold fluidly connected with the coolant channel and configured to supply a heat transfer medium to the coolant channel. A return manifold is fluidly connected with the coolant channel and configured to expel the heat transfer medium from the coolant channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Harold J. Haskins, Theodore James Miller, Xiao Guang Yang, Patrick Daniel Maguire, OuJung Kwon, James Matthew Marcicki
  • IMPEDANCE BASED BATTERY PARAMETER ESTIMATION
    Publication number: 20150197159
    Abstract: A hybrid powertrain system includes a battery cell and at least one controller programmed to output an average internal resistance of the cell for a sliding window time period. A mean electrical impedance is calculated by the controller based on a quotient of a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) of a voltage output by the cell and a FFT of current input to the cell. An average internal resistance is calculated by the controller based on the mean electrical impedance. The controller may further control the cell according to the average internal resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC.
    Inventor: Tae-Kyung LEE
  • RECEDING HORIZON REGRESSION ANALYSIS FOR BATTERY IMPEDANCE PARAMETER ESTIMATION
    Publication number: 20150197164
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes a battery pack having one or more cells and a controller configured to continuously update battery model parameter values based on generalized linear regression analysis. The analysis updates the parameters using a dataset of independent variable vectors and a dependent variable vector constructed from a series of input currents to the battery pack and corresponding voltage responses of the battery pack that fall within a moving window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Tae-Kyung LEE
  • ROBUST DIRECT INJECTION FUEL PUMP SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150198081
    Abstract: A method for a PFDI engine may comprise, during a first condition, comprising direct-injecting fuel to the PFDI engine, estimating a fuel vapor pressure, and setting a fuel lift pump pressure greater than the fuel vapor pressure by a threshold pressure difference, and during a second condition, comprising port-fuel-injecting fuel to the PFDI engine, setting a DI fuel pump command signal greater than a threshold DI fuel pump command signal without supplying fuel to a DI fuel rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gopichandra Surnilla, Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Mark Meinhart, Joseph F. Basmaji
  • LASER IGNITION SYSTEM BASED DIAGNOSTICS
    Publication number: 20150198135
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for using an engine laser ignition system to perform a visual inspection of an engine and diagnose various cylinder components and conditions based on engine positional measurements. Laser pulses may be emitted at a lower power level during an intake and/or exhaust stroke to illuminate a cylinder interior while a photodetector captures images of the cylinder interior. Additionally, laser pulses may be emitted at a higher power level to initiate cylinder combustion while the photodetector captures images of the cylinder interior using the light generated during cylinder combustion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Raymond Martin, Kenneth James Miller
  • ETHYLENE-BASED POLYMERS AND PROCESSES FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150197590
    Abstract: The invention provides an ethylene-based polymer formed from reacting at least the following: ethylene and at least one asymmetrical polyene, comprising an “alpha, beta unsaturated end” and a “C—C double bond end,” and wherein the reaction takes place in the presence of at least one free-radical initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventor: John O. Osby
  • CHARGE BALANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150197163
    Abstract: A power system may perform charge balancing for a vehicle. The power system may include a battery including a plurality of modules, each module including a cell and associated resistive circuitry. The system may also include at least one controller configured to, in response to a cell achieving a threshold voltage and/or SOC, activate the associated resistive circuitry for the cell and reduce a charge current applied to the battery to prevent the cell from acquiring additional charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Edward Loftus, Fazal Urrahman Syed, Michael Schamber, Venkatapathi Raju Nallapa, Shailesh Shrikant Kozarekar
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE INTEGRITY OF A VEHICLE FUEL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150198123
    Abstract: A method, comprising: indicating leakage on a canister side of a fuel system based on a first fuel system pressure following applying a vacuum to the fuel system with a fuel tank isolation valve closed; and indicating leakage on a fuel tank side of the fuel system based on the first fuel system pressure and a second fuel system pressure following applying a vacuum to the fuel system with the fuel tank isolation valve open. In this way, an ELCM with a single reference orifice may be used to perform a leak test with two different thresholds for leak detection. This may allow vehicles currently in production to meet future emissions standards without costly upgrades to the ELCM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Russell Randall Pearce, Mark W. Peters, Aed M. Dudar, Dennis Seung-Man Yang
  • SNUG-FIT ITEM HOLDER
    Publication number: 20150197201
    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: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Josh Greiner, Annette Lynn Huebner, Ryan Welch, Kristin Ann Hellman, Artur Sakarian, Scott H. Dunham
  • Self-cleaning camera lens
    Patent number: 9083864
    Abstract: A camera system includes a lens that directs light onto an image sensor, an actuator that vibrates the lens, and a charge generator that charges a surface of the lens. The camera system further includes a controller that can determine a change in transparency of the lens and selectively activate the actuator based at least in part on the change in transparency. A method includes electrically charging a surface of a camera lens, determining a change in transparency of the camera lens, comparing the change in transparency to a predetermined threshold, and selectively activating an actuator to vibrate the camera lens if the change in transparency is above a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Glenn Richard Reed
  • Methods and systems for boost control
    Patent number: 9080506
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for coordinating adjustments to a compressor recirculation valve with adjustments to a binary flow turbine scroll valve to reduce surge. The scroll valve is closed to increase turbine energy while the compressor recirculation valve is opened to increase compressor flow. Concurrent adjustments to a wastegate may be used to provide boost pressure control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Patrick McConville, Julia Helen Buckland, Ralph Wayne Cunningham, Brad Alan Boyer, Jeffrey Allen Doering
  • Method and system to enable a coast-down mode
    Patent number: 9079582
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine and a non-selectable-gear transmission having an electric machine mechanically coupled to the engine. The vehicle may have one or more controllers programmed to, in response to a request for passive neutral mode, pull-down the engine and inhibit engine pull-up while disabling the electric machine such that the vehicle coasts with minimal rotational inertia and electrical losses. The one or more controllers may be further programmed to, in response to a subsequent request for drive mode during the passive neutral mode, permit engine pull-up while enabling the electric machine such that the vehicle resumes drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Cusumano, Stefan Paul Pototschnik, Jonathan Andrew Butcher, Paul Stephen Bryan
  • Air spring and damper unit with height adjustment
    Patent number: 9079469
    Abstract: A vehicle suspension apparatus includes various elements, such as a self-pumping air spring and damper unit operating with compressed air for height adjustment of a vehicle body relative to a wheel suspension of a vehicle. The apparatus further includes at least one spring space filled with compressed air, which is at least partially bounded by at least one movable wall and a damper cylinder, which can be connected to the spring space for fluid transmission by at least one connecting valve. The damper cylinder includes a working space divided by a piston, which moves inside the working space, and fluidly connected by a throttle valve. The connecting valve and the throttle valve are each switchable valves, and one of the working spaces of the damper cylinder can be vented to the surrounding atmosphere via at least one switchable vent valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Dehmel, Michael Johannes Frantzen, Michael Seemann, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim
  • Method for estimating slippage of a selective catalyst reduction system
    Patent number: 9080488
    Abstract: A method for determining NH3 and NOx slippage through a SCR is described. In one example, signals from NOx sensors positioned upstream and downstream of a SCR are processed and provide indication of NH3 and NOx slippage. Engine emissions may be reduced with information provided via the NOx sensors, at least during some conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Devesh Upadhyay, Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt
  • Retractable vehicle grab handle with deploying integrated garment hanger
    Patent number: 9079542
    Abstract: A deployable hanger for a vehicle comprises a handle operable between deploying and non-deploying positions, two extension members disposed at least partially within the handle and tab members that are free of engagement with the extension members when the handle is in the deploying position, wherein the extension members are oppositely biased toward an extended position, and wherein the tab members selectively engage the extension members when the handle is in the non-deploying position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Douglas Ross, Jennifer Ann Prescott