Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • Vehicle roof brace
    Patent number: 9045168
    Abstract: A roof support for a vehicle is provided containing a first side roof rail; a transverse roof bow fixed to and extending from the first side roof rail; and a first brace fixed to the first side roof rail at a forward point on the first side roof rail, wherein the first brace extends to the transverse roof bow and is fixed to a first aft point on the transverse roof bow, thereby advantageously defining a first angle between the first side roof rail and the first brace. The roof support may further include a second side roof rail opposite the first side roof rail such that the roof bow laterally extends from the first side roof rail to the second side roof rail, wherein a second brace is connected in like manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Darrin Neil Wagner, Duncan Whipps, Bruno Barthelemy, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Fubang Wu, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Leonard Anthony Shaner
  • Vehicle lighting device
    Patent number: 9045076
    Abstract: Vehicle lighting device that comprises at least two light-emitting strips, wherein the light-emitting strips can each be controlled selectively and are allocated to different functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ernesto Rupar, Patrick Verhee
  • Method and apparatus for crowd-sourced traffic reporting
    Patent number: 9047774
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to project monitoring needs for a road segment. The processor is further configured to contact one or more vehicles traveling on the road segment during a time of monitoring need. The processor is additionally configured to instruct a first number, determined based on a projected monitoring need, of contacted vehicles to being monitoring and reporting traffic data for the road segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Fling Tseng, Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Dimitar Petrov Filev, Shane Elwart, Jianbo Lu
  • System and method for engine idle stop control with starter motor protection
    Patent number: 9045132
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling engine idle stop in a hybrid vehicle that uses predictive information to schedule engine stops with relatively longer stop duration time to gain more fuel savings and extend life of starter motor. More specifically, predictive information may be used to determine potential vehicle stop events, along with corresponding stop duration times, within a time window. An engine stop scheduler and/or controller may be configured to schedule stops of longer duration for optimal total engine stop time. Similarly, taking into account constraints imposed by the thermal limits of the motor, engine stop may be inhibited for predicted short events to allow engine stop at later longer stop events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yanan Zhao, Sangeetha Sangameswaran, Mathew Alan Boesch
  • Photovoltaic device
    Patent number: 9048358
    Abstract: The present invention is premised upon an improved photovoltaic device (“PV device”), more particularly to an improved photovoltaic device with a multilayered photovoltaic cell assembly and a body portion joined at an interface region and including an intermediate layer, at least one interconnecting structural member, relieving feature, unique component geometry, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jason A. Reese, James R. Keenihan, Ryan S. Gaston, Keith L. Kauffmann, Joseph A. Langmaid, Leonardo C. Lopez, Kevin D. Maak, Michael E. Mills, Narayan Ramesh, Samar R. Teli
  • Articulating seat bolsters
    Patent number: 9045063
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly for a vehicle having a seat back and a seat. Bolsters extend laterally from one of the seat back and the seat and include a static projection, a cushion, and a dynamic projection disposed between the static projection and the cushion. The dynamic projection is operably coupled to one of the seat back and the seat. An articulation feature is disposed between the dynamic projection and the static projection and is operable between articulated and unarticulated conditions. A control is operably coupled to the articulation feature and is operational to move the articulation feature between the articulated and unarticulated conditions, which consequently move the dynamic projection relative to the static projection, respectively, thereby adjusting the angle of the cushion relative to one of the seat back and the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Marc Kondrad, John W. Jaranson, Lorne Joseph Lovelace, Michael Kolich
  • Supervisor monitoring system
    Patent number: 9046581
    Abstract: A supervisor monitoring system for autonomous test supervision is presented. A system can include a first supervisor monitor (SM) and a second SM, each configured to simultaneously monitor one or more tests conducted by one or more testing apparatus. First and second SMs can be configured to verify the other's integrity throughout a testing procedure, providing a failsafe system. The first and second SMs can be interlocked so that if the first SM detects a fault at the second SM, the first SM can interrupt testing monitored at the first SM, and can also interrupt testing monitored at the second SM, and vice versa. An SM can be configured to control a safety relay configured to couple a power channel of a battery exerciser to a battery cell, and be configured to monitor input at the battery exerciser from the cell to determine whether a test constraint has been violated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Joseph Turgeon
  • Vehicle and method of tuning performance of same
    Patent number: 9045145
    Abstract: A method for tuning a vehicle's performance may include measuring a plurality of parameters representing the vehicle's current handling condition and the vehicle's limit handling condition, determining a margin between the vehicle's current handling condition and limit handling condition, characterizing the driver's dynamic control of the vehicle based on the margin, and altering at least one tunable vehicle performance parameter based on the characterization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dimitar Petrov Filev, Jianbo Lu, Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Fling Tseng
  • Powertrain catcher bracket
    Patent number: 9045172
    Abstract: A catcher bracket disposed between a powertrain and a sub-frame of a vehicle. The catcher bracket defines a load path in a collision that is sufficient to displace the powertrain that directs the force of the impact through the catcher bracket to a sub-frame of the vehicle. The sub-frame is connected to the body structure of the vehicle by fasteners that fracture to decouple the powertrain and sub-frame from the body structure of the vehicle to reduce the collision pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sriram Gopal, Bhimaraddi Venkaraddi Alavandi, John Vincent Fazio, Matthew B. Makowski, Djamal Eddine Midoun
  • Control for stop/start vehicle when approaching controlled intersections
    Patent number: 9046047
    Abstract: A controller in a stop/start vehicle may anticipate a vehicle stop and engine shutdown event in response to detecting a vehicle approach to an intersection. The controller may disable a power steering system or otherwise prepare vehicle subsystems for shutdown prior to the anticipated shutdown event. The controller may also enable the power steering system in response to anticipating an automatic restart event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sangeetha Sangameswaran, Mathew Alan Boesch, George Edmund Walley, John Anthony Lockwood
  • Oxazolidone ring containing vinyl ester resin and products therefrom
    Patent number: 9045584
    Abstract: A process comprising contacting a) an epoxy resin; b) an adduct comprising at least one oxazolidone ring prepared from a multifunctional epoxy resin and an isocyanate compound; and c) an unsaturated acid to form a vinyl ester, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Gan, Patrick P. Yan, Yan L. Feng, Wayne Y. Zhang
  • Aromatic dicyanate compounds with high aliphatic carbon content
    Patent number: 9045394
    Abstract: Aromatic dicyanate compounds which comprise aliphatic moieties having at least about six carbon atoms and resins and thermoset products based on these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Mullins, Robert E. Hefner, Jr., Ulrich Herold, Mark B. Wilson
  • SWITCHING OVERLAP AVOIDANCE SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150145488
    Abstract: A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, controlling a power supply system to avoid an over-voltage event across one or more switching devices of the power supply system, the controlling step based on switching overlap information that includes instructions for either advancing or retarding a switching signal associated with at least one of the switching devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Arvind GOVINDARAJ, Jun KIKUCHI
  • METHOD FOR ADJUSTING VEHICLE GRILLE SHUTTERS BASED ON VEHICLE SPEED AND DIRECTION OF GRILLE SHUTTER ADJUSTMENT
    Publication number: 20150147949
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adjusting vehicle grille shutters based on a direction of motion of the grille shutters. In one example, a method includes adjusting a motor coupled to the grille shutters based on the direction of motion of the grille shutters, a desired opening of the grille shutters, and vehicle speed. Further, the method may include determining the direction of motion of the grille shutters based on a desired motor position relative to an actual motor position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Macfarlane, Christopher Semanson, Joseph James Gallo, Mark Fleming, Colby Jason Buckman, Robert Roy Jentz
  • Aqueous Based Blend Composition and Method of Producing the Same
    Publication number: 20150147501
    Abstract: The instant invention is an aqueous based blend composition and method of producing the same. The aqueous based blend composition according to the present invention comprises: (a) an aqueous polyolefin dispersion comprising the melt blending product of one or more base polymers and one or more stabilizing agents in the presence of water and optionally one or more neutralizing agents, wherein the polyolefin dispersion has an average volume particle size diameter in the range of from 400 to 1500 nm, and a pH range from 8 to 11; and (b) one or more crosslinking agents selected from the group consisting of phenol-formaldehyde resins, hydroxyalkylamide resins, amino-formaldehyde resins; epoxy group containing resins, and combinations thereof, wherein said crosslinking agents comprise form 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicants: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Hass Company
    Inventors: Denise Lindenmuth, Joceyln Gruver, Ann R. Hermes, Ray E. Drumright
  • AQUEOUS BASED BLEND COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150147502
    Abstract: The instant invention is an aqueous based blend composition and method of producing the same. The aqueous based blend composition comprises (a) an aqueous polyolefin dispersion comprising the melt blending product of one or more base polymers and one or more stabilizing agents in the presence of water and optionally one or more neutralizing agents, wherein the polyolefin dispersion has an average volume particle size diameter in the range of from 400 to 1500 nm; and a pH range from 8 to 11; and (b) an acrylic emulsion acrylic solids having an average weight particle size diameter in the range of from 75 to 450 nm; an acid level in the range of from 0.25 to 5 percent by weight of acid monomers based on the weight of the acrylic monomer, and a weight average molecular weight in the range of from 200,000 to 5,000,000 g/mole, and a glass transition temperature (Tg) in the range of from 7 to 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Denise Lindenmuth, Joceyln Gruver, Ann R. Hermes, Ray E. Drumright
  • Electro-Hydraulic Trimming of a Part Perimeter with Multiple Discrete Pulses
    Publication number: 20150143863
    Abstract: A trim tool for trimming a part having a complex shape. The trim tool defines a plurality of electro-hydraulic cavities that are separated by walls in a lower die of the trim tool. Electrodes are discharged in the electro-hydraulic cavities to drive the panel into engagement with a trim steel edge. The discharge of the electrode severs the panel above the cavity and also across a portion of a wall separating adjacent cavities. Discharging an electrode in an adjacent cavity completes the trim operation above the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Alan John Gillard
  • MODIFIED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SETTINGS
    Publication number: 20150149023
    Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one autonomous driving sensor configured to monitor at least one condition while operating in an autonomous mode. The vehicle further includes a processing device configured to identify at least one occupant, select a profile associated with the occupant, and autonomously operate at least one subsystem according to the selected profile and the at least condition monitored by the at least one autonomous driving sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Attard, Shane Elwart, Jeff Allen Greenberg, Rajit Johri, Devinder Singh Kochhar, Douglas Scott Rhode, John Shutko, Eric Hongtei Tseng
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING MULTI-COLOR DISPERSIONS AND MULTI-COLOR DISPERSIONS MADE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150148457
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing multi-color dispersions and the multi-color dispersions made thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicants: Rohm and Haas Company, Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Dong Yun, Yujiang Wang, Jian Sun, Peng Xu, Fei Guo
  • FREE-RADICAL PROCESSES TO MAKE ETHYLENE-BASED POLYMERS USING ALKLYATED PHENOLS
    Publication number: 20150148504
    Abstract: The invention provides a process to form an ethylene-based polymer, said process comprising polymerizing ethylene in presence of at least the following: A) a free-radical agent; B) an alkylated phenol selected from Formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are each, independently, hydrogen or an alkyl; and C) a “metal alkyl-containing compound” selected from the group consisting of the following: i) at least one “Group II metal alkyl-containing compound,” ii) at least one “Group III metal alkyl-containing compound,” and iii) a combination of i) and ii).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sean W. Ewart, Teresa P. Karjala, Michael J. Zogg, JR., Sarat Munjal