Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • DECOUPLED LOAD-PATH TO REDUCE THE PELVIS COMBINED LOAD OF A VEHICLE OCCUPANT
    Publication number: 20150137554
    Abstract: A vehicle door provides for the decoupling of the load path by a cut-out area formed in the door inner sheet-metal. In an impact event the front or lower portion of the door inner sheet-metal is pushed inboard while the cut-out area prevents the dragging of the rear or upper portion of the door inner sheet-metal. The cut-out area of the inner door sheet-metal is preferably elongated or can be another shape. It may be a close- or open-ended slot. A stiffening bead may be formed in the inner door sheet-metal adjacent the cut-out area. To provide a seal against water or debris an adhesive material such as water-proof tape is positioned over the cut-out area. A door beam may be provided. A door spacer block may be positioned between the door beam and the door inner sheet-metal. Door trim padding may be provided over the inner door sheet-metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shakeeb Rehman, Nitesh Chandrakant Jadhav, James Joseph Franko, Maggie Walker
  • METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING CHARGE AIR COOLER CONDENSATE USING A SECONDARY INTAKE THROTTLE
    Publication number: 20150135705
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a secondary intake throttle based on condensate formation in a charge air cooler, the secondary throttle positioned upstream of the charge air cooler. In one example, a method may include decreasing an opening of the secondary intake throttle in response to increased condensate accumulation within the charge air cooler. The method may further include adjusting a primary throttle positioned in an intake manifold based on the condensate accumulation and torque demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ross Dykstra Pursifull
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED DILUTION PURGING
    Publication number: 20150136074
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for expediting EGR purging in a hybrid vehicle during transient operations, such as tip-out to lower load conditions. In response to decreasing engine torque demand, engine fueling is disabled and a motor is used to spin the engine unfueled until a desired LP-EGR rate is achieved. Alternatively, engine operation is maintained with EGR disabled until the desired LP-EGR rate is achieved, and the excess engine torque generated is stored in a system battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Styles, James Alfred Hilditch, Stanley Larue Bower, Gopichandra Surnilla
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING ENGINE MISFIRE
    Publication number: 20150136080
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving detection and mitigation of engine misfire are presented. Engine misfire is determined by sampling exhaust pressure of a cylinder only during a time when an exhaust valve of the cylinder is in an open state. If misfire is indicated, an actuator is adjusted to reduce the possibility of misfire during a subsequent cylinder cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Gopichandra Surnilla
  • AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE WITH RECONFIGURABLE SEATS
    Publication number: 20150137564
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a passenger compartment and a bench seat located in the passenger compartment. The bench seat has a bottom portion and a back portion and is configured to move from a front-facing position to a rear-facing position by moving the back portion toward a front of the passenger compartment for when the vehicle is operating in an autonomous mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Cuddihy, Manoharprasad K. Rao
  • METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY BASED ON SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE AND A NONIONIC SURFACTANT
    Publication number: 20150136397
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards oil recovery compositions. As an example, an oil recovery composition can include a dimeric non-ionic surfactant and carbon dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sayeed Abbas, Paul R. Elowe, Aaron W. Sanders, Susan K. Falcone-Potts
  • VEHICLE LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH PHOTOLUMINESCENT STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20150138789
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting system is provided and includes a vehicle fixture, an excitation source for emitting at least one inputted electromagnetic radiation, and a photoluminescent structure coupled to the vehicle fixture. The photoluminescent structure includes an energy conversion layer having at least one photoluminescent material formulated to convert the at least one inputted electromagnetic radiation into at least one outputted electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Singer, Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake, Matthew Majkowski, Stuart C. Salter
  • POLYMERIC ARTICLE WITH ENHANCED DUCTILITY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150140337
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a polymeric article includes a polymeric composition, which in turn includes a polymeric material in a first weight percent, a non-metallic fibrous material in a second weight percent, and a metallic fiber material in a third weight percent and being intermixed with the non-metallic fibrous material. The polymeric material may include at least one of epoxy, vinyl ester, and/or polyester. The fibrous material may include at least one of glass fiber and carbon fiber. The metallic fiber material may include at least one of steel and aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rick H. Wykoff, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Fubang Wu, Yijung Chen, Matthew John Zaluzec
  • Independent cooling of cylinder head and block
    Patent number: 9032915
    Abstract: Various systems are provided for liquid-cooling of an internal combustion engine. In one example, an internal combustion engine includes a cylinder head, a cylinder block coupled to the cylinder head, a first return line fluidically coupled to the cylinder head and to a coolant valve and including a heat exchanger configured to remove heat from coolant, a second return line fluidically coupled to the cylinder block and to the coolant valve, a bypass line branching off from the first return line and fluidically coupled to the coolant valve, and an originating supply line fluidically coupled to the cylinder head, the cylinder block, and the coolant valve, the originating supply line including a pump configured to supply coolant. The coolant valve is configured to control coolant flow through the coolant lines via rotational selection of one of a plurality of working positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Tobergte, Bert Pingen, Bernd Schumacher, Jan Mehring
  • Vehicle front end structure providing pedestrian protection
    Patent number: 9033092
    Abstract: An exemplary vehicle front end structure may include an energy absorbing structure movable between deployed and non-deployed positions. The structure may further include an actuator system that moves the energy absorbing structure from the deployed position to the non-deployed position. The energy absorbing structure in the deployed position may be spaced apart from an engine support structure by a first distance that is greater than a second distance by which the energy absorbing structure in the non-deployed structure is spaced apart from the engine support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Manoharprasad K. Rao, Jialiang Le, Iskander Farooq, Levasseur Tellis
  • Process for the conversion of aliphatic cyclic amines to aliphatic diamines
    Patent number: 9035098
    Abstract: A process for conversion of aliphatic bicyclic amines to aliphatic diamines including contacting one or more bicyclic amines selected from the group consisting of 3-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane and azabicyclo[3.3.1]non-2-ene with ammonia and hydrogen, and alcohols in the presence of heterogeneous metal based catalyst systems, a metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, Ru, Fe, Cu, Re, Pd, and their oxides at a temperature from 140° C. to 200° C. and a pressure from 1540 to 1735 psig for at least one hour reactor systems; forming a product mixture comprising aliphatic diamine(s), bicyclic amine(s), ammonia, hydrogen, and alcohol(s); removing said product mixture from the reactor system; removing at least some of the ammonia, hydrogen, water, alcohols, bicyclic amines from said product mixture; thereby separating the aliphatic diamines from said product mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Shawn D. Feist, Daniel A. Hickman, Erich J. Molitor, David C. Molzahn, Stacie Santhany, Abraham D. Schuitman
  • Lane-keeping assistance method for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9037348
    Abstract: A lane-keeping method and system for a motor vehicle determines a transverse deviation and an misalignment angle of the motor vehicle relative to a target lane centerline, calculates a reference track for the motor vehicle to follow to return to the centerline using the transverse deviation and the misalignment angle, determines a reference yaw rate using a curvature of the reference track and a longitudinal speed of the vehicle, and compares the reference yaw rate with an actual yaw rate of the vehicle to determine a control deviation. A steering input is then applied to a steering system of the motor vehicle to minimize the control deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dirk Gunia, Jens Dornhege, Torsten Wey, Jan Meier
  • Bleed resistant, oil-extended olefin block copolymer composition with precipitated silica
    Patent number: 9034972
    Abstract: Disclosed are oil-extended olefin block copolymer compositions with precipitated silica. The precipitated silica reduces oil-bleed while maintaining composition softness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Robert T. Johnston, Ashish Batra, Raymond L. Laakso, Jr., Wenbin Liang
  • Coating composition, a film containing the same, and a method for forming a sealable film
    Patent number: 9034477
    Abstract: A coating composition comprising: an aqueous dispersion comprising: the melt-kneading product of (A) a base polymer which comprises one or more thermoplastic polymers, (B) a stabilizing agent which comprises at least one component selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid grafted ethylene-based polymers and maleic anhydride grafted polyolefins; (C) a neutralizing agent; and (D) water; wherein the aqueous dispersion has a volume average particle size of less than about 5 ?m is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Marco Amici, Thomas Udhayasingh, Jozef Van Dun
  • Polyurethanes made with copper catalysts
    Patent number: 9035012
    Abstract: Polyisocyanate-based polymers are formed by curing a reaction mixture containing at least one polyisocyanate and at least one isocyanate-reactive compound having at least two isocyanate-reactive groups in the presence of a copper catalyst that contains at least one copper atom associated with a polydentate ligand that contains at least one nitrogen-containing complexing site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Richard Keaton, Peter M. Margl, Duane R. Romer, Nathan Wilmot, Rajat Duggal, Rashmi Chamsarkar
  • Method for controlling a variable charge air cooler
    Patent number: 9032939
    Abstract: Embodiments for a charge air cooler are provided. In one example, an engine method comprises increasing intake air flow velocity through a charge air cooler in response to an estimated condensation formation value within the charge air cooler. In this way, condensation accumulation within the charge air cooler may be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Paul Glugla, Charles A. Cockerill, Shuya Shark Yamada, Phil Andrew Fabien
  • Expandable roof panel perimeter reinforcement
    Patent number: 9033401
    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: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Edgar Edward Donabedian, Darrin Neil Wagner, Mark Keller, Bruno M. Barthelemy
  • Methods of manufacturing high aspect ratio silver nanowires
    Patent number: 9034075
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing high aspect ratio silver nanowires is provided, wherein the recovered silver nanowires exhibit an average diameter of 25 to 80 nm and an average length of 10 to 100 ?m; and, wherein the total glycol concentration is <0.001 wt % at all times during the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Lunn, Andrzej Malek
  • Methodology for forming pnictide compositions suitable for use in microelectronic devices
    Patent number: 9034685
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for making pnictide compositions, particularly photoactive and/or semiconductive pnictides. In many embodiments, these compositions are in the form of thin films grown on a wide range of suitable substrates to be incorporated into a wide range of microelectronic devices, including photovoltaic devices, photodetectors, light emitting diodes, betavoltaic devices, thermoelectric devices, transistors, other optoelectronic devices, and the like. As an overview, the present invention prepares these compositions from suitable source compounds in which a vapor flux is derived from a source compound in a first processing zone, the vapor flux is treated in a second processing zone distinct from the first processing zone, and then the treated vapor flux, optionally in combination with one or more other ingredients, is used to grow pnictide films on a suitable substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Gregory M. Kimball, Jeffrey P. Bosco, Harry A. Atwater, Nathan S. Lewis, Marty W. Degroot, James C. Stevens
  • Auto-seek electrical connection for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
    Patent number: 9033075
    Abstract: An auto-seek operating mode for an electric vehicle adjusts the vehicle using a vehicle power steering system and a vehicle traction motor to move the vehicle toward a target connector for a utility power grid to charge a vehicle traction battery. If needed, vertical vehicle position adjustments may be made using a controllable vehicle suspension system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Walter Joseph Ortmann, Brandon R. Masterson, Marvin Paul Kraska, Daniel Scott Colvin, Steve Reeves