Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • Extruded body component with notched flange to reduce strain in bending
    Patent number: 9027989
    Abstract: A vehicular system is provided with a substantially hollow member having a long axis, a short axis, and an outer surface substantially parallel to the long axis. The outer surface includes a plurality of notched elements configured to reduce strain from bending the member in the direction of the short axis, e.g., by a stretch bending process. The hollow member may also include an outer surface that is curved substantially in the direction of the short axis. A method of making the vehicular assembly includes the steps: providing a substantially hollow member having a long axis, a short axis, and an outer surface substantially parallel to the long axis; cutting a plurality of notched elements into the outer surface; and bending the member such that the portion of the outer surface in proximity to the notched elements is in tension and curved in the short axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Joyce, Darrin Neil Wagner
  • Method and system for improving hybrid vehicle shifting
    Patent number: 9031722
    Abstract: A method and a system for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, torque converter impeller torque from beginning to end of transmission shifting is adjusted in response to variable driveline inertia. The approach may improve transmission shifting and reduce driveline torque disturbances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Allen Doering, Dennis Craig Reed, Alex O'Connor Gibson, Gregory Michael Pietron, James William Loch McCallum
  • Crankcase ventilation and vacuum generation
    Patent number: 9027536
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating vacuum from crankcase ventilation flow. During both directions of gas flow between an engine intake manifold and a crankcase, gases are directed through one or more aspirators to produce vacuum. The drawn vacuum may then be used to operate various engine vacuum actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Nicholas Dashwood Crisp, Joseph Norman Ulrey
  • Method for controlling an engine for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9031766
    Abstract: A method for controlling the operation of an engine of a vehicle is disclosed in which a torque request signal supplied to control the supply of torque from the engine is adaptively modified based upon a desired maximum acceleration limit for the currently engaged gear and variations in the sum of forces resisting motion of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen DeLaSalle, Owen Fraser Wood, Peter Douglas Devonport, Chris John Kaven, Richard Andrew Powell
  • Method and system for fuel vapor control
    Patent number: 9027532
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating sufficient vacuum to enable a leak detection routine. While a fuel tank pressure is within mechanical limits, fuel vapors are purged from a canister to an engine with an isolation valve open to generate a desired level of vacuum in the fuel tank. Thereafter, the fuel tank is isolated and leak detection is performed concurrent to the purging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark W. Peters, Robert Roy Jentz, Darrell Erick Butler, Aed Mohammad Dudar
  • Vehicle exhaust heat recovery system
    Patent number: 9027326
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle exhaust heat recovery system including a first exhaust line fluidically connected to a heat exchanger, a second exhaust line fluidically connected to the first exhaust line, and an inanimate flow regulator in the first exhaust line configured to limit exhaust flow under predetermined conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Raymond Martin, Kenneth J. Jackson, Nimrod Kapas
  • Ceramic honeycomb structure with applied inorganic skin
    Patent number: 9028946
    Abstract: A skin is applied to a ceramic honeycomb. The skin is formed by applying a skin-forming composition and drying it. The skin-forming composition includes a carrier liquid, colloidal silica and/or colloidal alumina, and an inorganic filler. The filler includes an inorganic fiber. The filler may contain low aspect ratio particles that have the same or nearly the same CTE as the inorganic fiber. The filler may include a small proportion of a low aspect ratio filler particle that has a different CTE than the inorganic fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jun Cai, Aleksander J. Pyzik, Michael T. Malanga, Kwanho Yang, Steve J. Martin
  • Climate control system having multiple adsorbers and a method of control
    Patent number: 9028591
    Abstract: A climate control system and a method of control. The climate control system may have first and second adsorbers and a door that controls airflow through the first and second adsorbers. The first adsorber adsorbs moisture from the airflow and the second adsorber desorbs moisture when the door is in a first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kai Wang, Christopher Mark Greiner
  • Synchronization device
    Patent number: 9027426
    Abstract: A synchronization device for a transmission includes a sliding sleeve, a blocking synchronizer ring and a change wheel. In a force flow region between the blocking synchronizer ring and the change wheel, ramps for producing a servo force axial with respect to the shaft are provided on at least one component part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Hartmut Roper
  • Ignition energy control for mixed fuel engine
    Patent number: 9027531
    Abstract: A method of operating an engine including varying a level of ignition energy provided to the engine during an engine start is provided. For example, the ignition energy level may be varied responsive to the amount of alcohol in fuel delivered to the engine in order to improve cold engine starting with higher alcohol fuels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark William Peters, Jason Eugene Devries, John M. Roth, John Hedges
  • Camshaft with internal oil filter
    Patent number: 9027522
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure may provide a camshaft having a central oil passage and a radial passage to supply oil from the central passage to a bearing surface. The camshaft may include a filter disposed within the central passage which may allow oil to pass through the radial passage to the bearing surface, and which may prevent particles larger than a predetermined size to pass to the bearing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Michael Oravetz, Ed Waszczenko
  • Method for preparing high purity mono-hydrolyzed acyl halide compound
    Patent number: 9029600
    Abstract: A method for preparing a high purity (e.g. greater than 70 wt. %) mono-hydrolyzed acyl halide compound as a precipitate from solution comprising the steps of preparing a solution comprising: i) at least 80 v/v % of a hydrocarbon solvent, ii) water at a molar concentration greater than its solubility limit within the solvent but less that its solubility limit in solution, iii) a tri-hydrocarbyl phosphate compound, and iv) a polyfunctional acyl halide compound at molar ratio to both water and the tri-hydrocarbyl phosphate compound of at least 1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: XiaoHua S. Qiu, Steven D. Jons, Joseph D. Koob, Martin H. Peery, Steven Rosenberg, Abhishek Roy, Ian A. Tomlinson
  • Process for polymerizing a polymerizable olefin and catalyst therefor
    Patent number: 9029487
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a process that copolymerizes two or more polymerizable olefins, and to cataclyst comprising a metal-ligand complex (precatalyst). The present invention also generally relates to ligands useful for preparing the metal-ligand complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jerzy Klosin, Pulikkottil J. Thomas, Carl N. Iverson, Nermeen W. Aboelella, Kevin A. Frazier
  • Engine idle speed and turbocharger speed control
    Patent number: 9031764
    Abstract: Various methods are described for controlling engine operation for an engine having a turbocharger and direction injection. One example method includes performing at least a first and second injection during a cylinder cycle, the first injection generating a lean combustion and the second injection injected after combustion such that it exits the cylinder unburned into the exhaust upstream of a turbine of the turbocharger; and adjusting at least the first injection based on engine speed, where the at least first and second injection are performed responsive to turbocharger speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tobias John Pallett, Eric Matthew Storhok, Gopichandra Surnilla
  • Method and system for fuel system control
    Patent number: 9027533
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling a fuel system in a hybrid vehicle. Before canister purging is stopped by closing a purge valve, a canister vent valve is closed to hold fuel tank vacuum. Then, during a subsequent canister purge, the purge valve is opened before opening the vent valve, allowing canister purge to initiate under fuel tank vacuum conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Pifher, Mark W. Peters
  • System for a charge-air-cooler
    Patent number: 9027341
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a charge-air-cooler are provided. The system may include an engine air passage, a charge-air-cooler including a plurality of heat exchange passages, and a condensate collector positioned within an interior of the charge-air-cooler, wherein the condensate collector is in fluid communication with at least one heat exchange passage and the engine air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Hornblower Meyer
  • Approach for supplying vacuum via a supercharger
    Patent number: 9027343
    Abstract: A method for supplying vacuum in an engine is disclosed. The method includes controlling a throttle valve positioned upstream of a supercharger arranged in series with and upstream of a turbocharger to draw a fluid from a vacuum line positioned intermediate the throttle valve and a supercharger inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ross Dykstra Pursifull
  • Capacitance-based catalytic converter protection systems and configurations
    Patent number: 9030310
    Abstract: A proximity-based catalytic converter protection system for a vehicle that includes a controller, and a catalytic converter, both located in the vehicle. The protection system further includes a pair of electrodes that are electrically coupled to the controller and located in proximity to the converter. The controller monitors capacitance between the electrodes to detect movement external to the vehicle near the converter. The controller may activate an alarm element upon detecting a change in capacitance between the electrodes that exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John R. Van Wiemeersch, Don D. Price, Eric L. Reed
  • Method of shifting a transmission
    Patent number: 9028365
    Abstract: A method of controlling a multiple step downshift is disclosed. Two offgoing shift elements are released and two oncoming shift elements are engaged to complete the downshift. During a first phase of the downshift, one of the offgoing shift elements controls the rate of increase of input shaft speed. During a second phase of the downshift, one of the oncoming shift elements controls the rate of increase of the input shaft speed. The method computes target torque capacities such that output torque and input shaft acceleration are continuous during the transition between phases. Furthermore, the method computes target torque capacities such that both oncoming clutches reach zero relative speed simultaneously as the input shaft reaches the final speed ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Diana Yanakiev, Vladimir Ivanovic, Bradley Dean Riedle, Eric Hongtei Tseng
  • Systems and methods for correcting steering wheel angle errors
    Patent number: 9031745
    Abstract: A system for correcting steering wheel angle errors of a motor vehicle of the present disclosure may include a steering wheel angle sensor, an actuator angle sensor, and at least one of a wheel speed sensor and a lateral acceleration sensor. The system may further include a controller configured to receive signals from the steering wheel angle sensor, actuator angle sensor, and at least one of the wheel speed sensor and lateral acceleration sensor. The controller may be configured to calculate a correction angle based on the signals, and adjust a steering wheel angle of a steering wheel, as observed by a driver of the motor vehicle, based on the correction angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Miguel Bahena, Attila Benak, Andrew Brown, Sergio Condonesu, Darrel Alan Recker, Lodewijk Wijffels