Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • Ceramic honeycomb filter with enhanced thermal shock resistance
    Patent number: 8999481
    Abstract: Thermal shock resistance of a ceramic honeycomb structure is increased through modifications of the cell wall joints. Wall joints can be modified such that a longitudinally-extending opening is created, putting two or more cells that meet at the wall joint in fluid communication through such opening. In such a case, all walls that meet at such a modified joint must join at least one other wall at that joint. Alternatively, wall joints can be modified by providing stress concentrating notches which extend into the joint from two or more cells that share the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Andrey N. Soukhojak
  • System and method for anchoring an expandable tubular to a borehole wall
    Patent number: 8997857
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for anchoring an expandable tubular to a borehole wall. The system comprises a support member having a first end fixed relative to the outside of the tubular and a second end comprising a ramping surface. An anchor member has a first end fixed relative to the outside of the tubular and a second end extending toward the support member, said second end being movable relative to the outside of the tubular. Said support member includes a ramp surface that tapers in the direction of said anchor member. Expansion of the portion of the expandable tubular between the first support end and the first anchor end causes the axial device length to shorten, wherein the difference in length is sufficient to cause the second anchor end to move radially outward and engage the borehole wall as a result of engagement with said ramping surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Enventure Global Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Antonius Leonardus Maria Wubben, Djurre Hans Zijsling
  • System and method for vehicle speed monitoring using historical speed data
    Patent number: 9002613
    Abstract: A target (not-to-exceed) speed for a vehicle over a road segment ahead of the vehicle is established based on a desired relationship with a speed profile of the segment. The speed profile is generated by analyzing a statistical distribution of historical speed data over the segment collected by probe vehicles. A driver alert is activated if the vehicle is likely to exceed the target speed based on at least one measured vehicle dynamic property. The target speed may be established by identifying a baseline road segment over which the vehicle has previously travelled and which is similar to the approaching road segment, comparing a past speed of the vehicle over the baseline segment with a speed profile of the baseline segment to determine a speed differential, and applying the speed differential to the speed profile of the approaching segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Pilutti, Jeffrey Dan Rupp, Dorian Jack Spero
  • Variable valve timing for cylinder deactivation
    Patent number: 9002624
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adjusting cylinder valve timings to enable a group of cylinders to operate and combust while another group of cylinders on a second are selectively deactivated. Valve timing may be adjusted to allow flow of air through the inactive cylinders to be reduced, lowering catalyst regeneration requirements upon reactivation. The valve timing may alternatively be adjusted to enable exhaust gas to be recirculated to the active cylinders via the inactive cylinders, providing cooled EGR benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Michael Kerns, Stephen B. Smith, Adam Nathan Banker, Michael James Uhrich
  • Boost reservoir control
    Patent number: 8997484
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for reducing turbo lag in a boosted engine. A boost reservoir coupled to the engine may be charged with compressed intake air and/or combusted exhaust gas. The pressurized charge may then be discharged during a tip-in to either the intake or the exhaust manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Eric Rollinger, Adam J. Richards, Alex O'Connor Gibson, David Bell, Julia Helen Buckland
  • Seat-belt load limiter
    Patent number: 8998262
    Abstract: A device that limits a load of a seat belt includes various elements. For example, the device includes a seat-belt webbing and a shoulder anchor to which a portion of the webbing is secured. A button is attached to the webbing at a position that is a distance away from the portion secured to the shoulder anchor. The button is able to engage a lever, when the webbing is pulled out, to control energy absorption of the seat belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mangala A. Jayasuriya, Brian Robert Spahn, James Chih Cheng
  • Aldehyde abatement with porous amine functional resins
    Patent number: 9000057
    Abstract: The present invention addresses a need in the art by providing a composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of a binder and porous ion exchange resin particles that are functionalized with primary amine groups or secondary amine groups or both. The composition of the present invention provides an efficient way of removing aldehydes from or in the vicinity of a coating prepared from the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sudhakar Balijepalli, Paul Doll, Alvin M. Maurice
  • Motor vehicle climate control system
    Patent number: 8997505
    Abstract: A vehicle climate control system includes a thermal-adsorption heat pump driven by engine exhaust heat, the heat pump including two adsorbers asynchronously switching between adsorbing and desorbing modes, each adsorber coupled with a corresponding antifreeze tank via a plurality of refrigerant-containing wick chambers. Cold heat transfer fluid (HTF) flows through the adsorber during the adsorbing mode which causes evaporation of refrigerant from the wick chambers, thereby cooling antifreeze, whereas hot HTF flows through the adsorber during the desorbing mode which causes condensation of refrigerant at the wick chambers, thereby heating antifreeze. In this way, the thermal-adsorption heat pump may condition cabin air independent of engine coolant and without exerting a load on the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yongfang Zhong, Michael Levin, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Danrich Henry Demitroff, Donald Masch
  • Header beam of a vehicle frame and method of forming the same
    Patent number: 8998307
    Abstract: A header beam couples between A-pillars of a vehicle frame. The header beam is formed from a generally straight beam segment that is extruded to have a hollow body portion with supportive legs extending within the hollow interior along the length of the beam segment, defining uninterrupted forward and rearward box sections for supporting continuous load paths on the header beam. The end portions of the beam segment are clamped and the beam segment is stretch bent to form a curvature between the end portions that remain generally straight. A front flange extends forward along the body portion and is struck proximate the end portions to form an edge that is parallel to the curvature formed between the end portions. The end portions are attached to the A-pillars and the edge of the front flange is attached to a windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Joyce, Jack Lashbrook, Duncan Whipps, Christopher John May, Darrin Neil Wagner
  • Storage-stable heat-activated tertiary amine catalysts for epoxy resins
    Patent number: 9000120
    Abstract: Epoxy adhesive compositions contain a heat-activatable catalyst. The heat-activatable catalyst includes a tertiary amine catalyst and a novolac resin that has a weight average molecular weight of at least 3000. One-component epoxy adhesive formulations that contain the heat-activatable catalyst have unexpectedly good storage stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ming Ming, Shaoguang Feng, Yan Fei Liu, Andreas Lutz, Robert D. Froese, Glenn G. Eagle, Gary L. Jialanella, Eric E. Cole, Michael R. Golden
  • Electro-hydraulic brake-by-wire system and method
    Patent number: 9002608
    Abstract: An electro-hydraulic brake-by-wire system includes a brake pedal, an electronic booster coupled to the brake pedal, a master cylinder coupled to the electronic booster, at least one front hydraulic brake disposed in fluid communication with the master cylinder, at least one electronic control unit connected to the brake pedal and at least one rear electronic brake connected to the at least one electronic control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Dale Scott Crombez
  • Hybrid vehicle and associated engine speed control method
    Patent number: 8998770
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle and method of control include an internal combustion engine and at least one traction motor operated such that engine speed is a function of vehicle speed and target engine power. Target engine power, in turn, is a function of target wheel torque, vehicle speed, and battery state of charge. Target wheel torque, in turn, is a function of vehicle speed and accelerator pedal position. In a select shift mode, these calculations are adjusted based on a virtual gear number which varies in response to driver activation of shift selectors. The adjustments result in decreased engine speed and decreased wheel torque when higher virtual gear number are selected for given accelerator pedal positions and vehicle speeds. The ratio of engine speed to vehicle speed is not necessarily constant when operating in select shift mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Qing Wang, Ming Lang Kuang, Ryan Abraham McGee, Jason Meyer
  • Transamination of nitrogen-containing compounds to high molecular weight polyalkyleneamines
    Patent number: 9000217
    Abstract: A process for preparing high molecular weight acyclic polyamines comprising providing a reaction mixture that includes at least a first component comprising a first organic, nitrogen-containing compound that contains at least two non-tertiary amine groups separated from one another by a ternary or higher carbon atom spacing that can be transaminated in the presence of a hydrogenation/dehydrogenation catalyst to form a mixture of higher molecular weight, acyclic polyamines while minimizing the formation of cyclic polyamines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: DOW Global Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Stephen W. King
  • Method and apparatus for injecting hydrogen within an engine
    Patent number: 8997462
    Abstract: An engine system comprising: an exhaust gas system for removing exhaust gas from the engine; a turbocharger comprising a compressor for inducing air towards the engine and a turbine provided along the exhaust gas system and driven by removed exhaust gas for powering the compressor; a hydrogen delivery apparatus adapted to deliver hydrogen to the exhaust gas system such that the hydrogen can combust and expand, thereby increasing the speed of the turbine. The increased speed of the turbine operation decreases turbo lag and increases engine responsiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Jonathan Edward Caine
  • Process for selectively polymerizing ethylene and catalyst therefor
    Patent number: 9000108
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a process that selectively polymerizes ethylene in the presence of an alpha-olefin, and to a metal-ligand complex (precatalyst) and catalyst useful in such processes, and to related compositions. The present invention also generally relates to ligands and intermediates useful for preparing the metal-ligand complex and to processes of their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jerzy Klosin, Pulikkottil J. Thomas, Robert D. Froese, Xiuhua Cui
  • Method and system for improving engine starting
    Patent number: 9002627
    Abstract: An engine system and method for improving engine starting are disclosed. In one example, engine port throttles are adjusted differently during automatic and operator initiated engine starts. The system and method may improve engine torque control during an engine start.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas G. Leone, Ralph Wayne Cunningham
  • VENTILATED FOAM SPRING WITH TWISTING ACTION FOR VEHICLE SEAT
    Publication number: 20150091362
    Abstract: A spring for a vehicle seat comprising a foam body having an outer surface and a plurality of outwardly-extending walls defining a plurality of recesses, wherein top and bottom surfaces of the foam body are operable between an extended position and a compressed position, wherein the plurality of recesses are vertically compressed and the top surface rotates a predetermined distance relative to the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Kolich, Lorne Joseph Lovelace, Michael Hulway
  • AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150094896
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes an autonomous mode controller and an entertainment system controller. The autonomous mode controller controls a vehicle in an autonomous mode. The entertainment system controller presents media content on a first display while the vehicle is operating in the autonomous mode and on a second display when the vehicle is operating in a non-autonomous mode. A method includes determining whether a vehicle is operating in an autonomous mode, presenting media content on a first display while the vehicle is operating in the autonomous mode, and transferring presentation of the media content to a second display when the vehicle is operating in a non-autonomous mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Cuddihy, Manoharprasad K. Rao
  • Exiting Vehicle Transport Mode Using Fuel Level
    Publication number: 20150094937
    Abstract: A method for exiting the vehicle transport mode including placing the vehicle ignition in a predetermined position, monitoring the fuel level and exiting the vehicle transport mode when the fuel level exceeds a predetermined threshold. The method may also include the step of monitoring the inclination angle of the vehicle and maintaining the vehicle in the vehicle transport mode when the inclination angle exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Kevin Holub
  • VEHICLE AUTONOMOUS MODE DEACTIVATION
    Publication number: 20150094898
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes an autonomous mode controller configured to control at least one vehicle subsystem when operating in an autonomous mode and a processing device configured to monitor a vehicle condition, compare the vehicle condition to a parameter defined by a maintenance schedule, and disable the autonomous mode when the vehicle condition exceeds the parameter and until the vehicle condition is reset. A method includes monitoring a vehicle condition while a vehicle is operating in an autonomous mode, comparing the vehicle condition to a parameter defined by a maintenance schedule, and disabling the autonomous mode when the vehicle condition exceeds the parameter and until the vehicle condition is reset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Levasseur Tellis, Timothy D. Zwicky