Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • Hydrocarbon Trap Assembly with Thermoformed Hydrocarbon-Adsorbing Sleeve
    Publication number: 20150075500
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon trap assembly for use in an intake system of a motor vehicle engine includes a first duct having an interior recess adjacent an end thereof, the recess having a blind end; a second duct overlapping the first duct's end and closing off a second end of the recess; and a thermoformed hydrocarbon-adsorbing sleeve inside the recess and having a first edge adjacent the blind end and a second edge adjacent the second end of the recess. One or both ends of the sleeve may engage a hook formed on the respective first and/or second ducts. The second end of the sleeve may have a flange that fits into a gap between the ducts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David S. Moyer, Ha To Chung, Matthew J. Rimmel, Roger Khami, Andrew George Bellis
  • EXTENDABLE JACK TOOL
    Publication number: 20150078815
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a jack tool includes an inserting end, the inserting end including a connection insert positioned within the inserting end, the connection insert including first and second protrusions linked to be movable together. The inserting end may include a pair of spaced apart first apertures to receive the first and second protrusions, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Wendy Ge, Brenna Liu, Jack Xu
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN INTAKE OXYGEN SENSOR
    Publication number: 20150075503
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a reference voltage for an intake manifold oxygen sensor based on ingestion of hydrocarbons from a fuel system canister and/or an engine crankcase. During conditions when purge or crankcase ventilation hydrocarbons are ingested in the intake aircharge, the intake oxygen sensor is transitioned from operating at a lower reference voltage to a higher reference voltage where the effects of the ingested hydrocarbons on the sensor output are nullified. An EGR dilution of the intake aircharge is estimated based on the output of the sensor at the higher reference voltage while an amount of hydrocarbons ingested is estimated based on a difference between sensor outputs at the higher and lower reference voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gopichandra Surnilla, Daniel A. Makled, Richard E. Soltis, Stephen B. Smith
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN INTAKE OXYGEN SENSOR
    Publication number: 20150075502
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a reference voltage for an intake manifold oxygen sensor based on ingestion of hydrocarbons from a fuel system canister and/or an engine crankcase. During conditions when purge or crankcase ventilation hydrocarbons are ingested in the intake aircharge, the intake oxygen sensor is transitioned from operating at a lower reference voltage to a higher reference voltage where the effects of the ingested hydrocarbons on the sensor output are nullified. An EGR dilution of the intake aircharge is estimated based on the output of the sensor at the higher reference voltage while an amount of hydrocarbons ingested is estimated based on a difference between sensor outputs at the higher and lower reference voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gopichandra Surnilla, Daniel A. Makled, James Alfred Hilditch, Richard E. Soltis, Michael Howard Shelby, Daniel Joseph Styles
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INJECTING GASEOUS FUEL DURING AN EXHAUST STROKE TO REDUCE TURBO LAG
    Publication number: 20150075492
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for injecting and combusting an amount of gaseous fuel during an exhaust stroke of a cylinder combustion event in order to reduce turbo lag and reduce a duration of time required for an exhaust catalyst to light-off during transient events. In one example, when an increase in torque demand is greater than a threshold, a first amount of gaseous fuel may be combusted during a compression stroke of a cylinder combustion event and a second amount of gaseous fuel may be combusted during an exhaust stroke of the combustion event. The second amount may be adjusted based on the increase in torque demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Paul Glugla, John Hedges
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING IGNITION ENERGY DURING EXHAUST STROKE COMBUSTION OF GASEOUS FUEL TO REDUCE TURBO LAG
    Publication number: 20150075487
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adjusting ignition energy of the spark required for combustion of gaseous fuel injected during an exhaust stroke of a cylinder combustion event to reduce turbo lag. In one example, a method includes combusting a first amount of gaseous fuel during a compression stroke of a cylinder combustion event using a first ignition energy and combusting a second amount of gaseous fuel during an exhaust stroke of the cylinder combustion event using a second ignition energy, the second ignition energy lower than the first ignition energy. The second ignition energy may be adjusted based on in-cylinder pressure and cylinder load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Paul Glugla, John Hedges
  • Method and Apparatus for Receiving and Processing Media Recommendations
    Publication number: 20150081671
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to receive a request to assemble a recommended playlist. The processor is also configured to access one or more user-specified social media sites and obtain posted song recommendations from the one or more social media sites. Also, the processor is configured to assemble the song recommendations into a playlist. The processor is further configured to access a song-providing service and request music on the playlist from the song providing service. The processor is additionally configured to play the requested music.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Stefan Bankowski
  • SERVICE PANEL FOR ACCESSING A SERVICEABLE PART
    Publication number: 20150079458
    Abstract: A battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an enclosure assembly defining an interior and a service panel integrally formed in the enclosure assembly. The service panel includes a ductile portion that is removable to access the interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Daniel Maguire
  • ETHYLENE POLYMER CONDUCTOR COATINGS PREPARED WITH POLYBUTADIENE CROSS-LINKING COAGENTS
    Publication number: 20150075839
    Abstract: Processes for producing coated conductors with a polymeric coating composition and a cable resulting therefrom. The polymeric coating composition comprises an ethylene polymer, an organic peroxide, and a polybutadiene. The processes comprise coating conductors with the polymeric coating composition, cross-linking the polymeric coating composition, and degassing the resulting cross-linked polymeric coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yabin Sun, Fanliang Meng, Journey Lu Zhu, Bin Li
  • Multiple speed transmission
    Patent number: 8979701
    Abstract: A multiple speed power transmission comprising: an input shaft, an output shaft, a first epicyclic gearing assembly with five rotating members, a second epicyclic gearing assembly with three rotating members, two clutches, and four brakes capable of producing nine forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio when clutches and brakes are applied in combinations of two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Reid Alan Baldwin
  • Catalyst composition comprising shuttling agent for tactic/ atactic multi-block copolymer formation
    Patent number: 8981028
    Abstract: Copolymers, especially multi-block copolymer containing therein two or more segments or blocks differing in tacticity, are prepared by polymerizing propylene, 4-methyl-1-pentene, or another C4-8 ?-olefin in the presence of a composition comprising the admixture or reaction product resulting from combining: (A) a first metal complex olefin polymerization catalyst, (B) a second metal complex olefin polymerization catalyst capable of preparing polymers differing in tacticity from the polymer prepared by catalyst (A) under equivalent polymerization conditions, and (C) a chain shuttling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Phillip D. Hustad
  • Park brake actuator
    Patent number: 8978862
    Abstract: A park-brake actuator includes a cam including first serrations and an open-ended slot, a piston including second serrations displaceable relative to the cam in response to variable pressure applied to the piston, a spring, and a rod including a pin urged by the spring toward the slot and contact with the first and second serrations, the pin moved by piston displacement from the slot, onto one of the first serrations to a flat-tow position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Bradley R. Heuver
  • Method of controlling the operation of a rear wiper system of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8983721
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting the presence of a carrier mounted on the rear of a motor vehicle or of an object carried by the carrier that may cause damage or a malfunction of a rear wiper system of the motor vehicle. If a potentially obstructing situation is determined to be present, the rear wiper system is deactivated to prevent it malfunctioning or being damaged by the obstruction. A user of the vehicle may be provided with a message that an obstruction has been detected and the user may control whether the wiper system is deactivated. The obstruction may be sensed by monitoring the amount of current drawn by a wiper motor, by an ultrasonic sensor, or by a rear-view camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Themi Philemon Petridis, Nils Schloesser
  • Curable compositions containing cyclic diamine and cured products therefrom
    Patent number: 8980979
    Abstract: A curable composition including (a) at least one cyclic diamine, (b) at least one non-heterocyclic amine that has a pKa value of approximately 9.5 to about 12 at 25° C. for the most basic amine group in the non-heterocyclic amine molecule, (c) at least one epoxy resin, and (d) at least one alkylated phenol; (i) wherein the equivalents of the amine hydrogens from the cyclic diamine compared to the total amine hydrogens from both the cyclic diamine and the non-heterocyclic amine in the composition are greater than about 5%; (ii) wherein the ratio of the equivalents of the total amine hydrogens in the composition to the equivalents of the total epoxies in the composition is greater than or equal to about 1; and (iii) wherein the alkylated phenol is in an amount greater than about 10 wt % of the curable composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Marvin L. Dettloff, James R. Lowrey, Hemant A. Naik, Maurice J. Marks
  • Plating bath and method
    Patent number: 8980077
    Abstract: Silver electroplating baths having certain sulfide compounds and methods of electrodepositing a silver-containing layer using these baths are disclosed. Such electroplating baths are useful to provide silver-containing solder deposits having reduced void formation and improved within-die uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC, Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Duane R. Romer, Elissei Iagodkine, Inho Lee
  • Proximity switch assembly having non-switch contact and method
    Patent number: 8981602
    Abstract: A proximity switch assembly includes first and second proximity switches comprising first and second proximity sensors and a tactile feature disposed between the first and second proximity switches. The assembly also includes controlling circuitry detecting an object on the tactile feature based on sensed signals from the first and second proximity sensors and preventing activation of the first and second switches when an object is detected on the tactile feature. The assembly further includes a resting pad having a third sensor, wherein the control circuitry detects an object with the first sensor and an object on the resting pad and determines activation of the first and second proximity switches based on the detected objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Pietro Buttolo, Cornel Lewis Gardner
  • Method and apparatus for customized vehicle sound-based location
    Patent number: 8981916
    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle-based processor configured to receive a wireless vehicle-locate request from a remote device. The processor is also configured to receive an instruction from the remote device relating to selection of an outputtable tone and output, through use of one or more external vehicle sound systems, a selected tone in accordance with the instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Bruce Kleve, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • Storage stable epoxy resin compositions for electrical laminates
    Patent number: 8980376
    Abstract: Epoxy resin compositions that include an epoxy resin component that includes at least one epoxy resin and a solvent blend that includes methyl ethyl ketone and glycol methyl ether acetate are provided. The compositions are well-suited for use in the fabrication of prepregs and composite electrical laminates made therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Robert L. Hearn, William E. Mercer, II
  • Vehicle camera system operable in off-road mode and method
    Patent number: 8983717
    Abstract: A camera system and method of assisting a driver of vehicle for off-road mode use is provided. The camera system includes one or more cameras located on the vehicle to generate images of ground near the vehicle. The generated images are displayed to the driver when the vehicle is detected to be operating off-road and are prevented from being displayed when not off-road. A steering wheel direction indicator may also be displayed to the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Pupin, Maher Ghneim, Thomas Richard Wroblewski, Hermann J. Salenbauch, Benny Vann, Noah Barlow Mass, Kerry Peter Baldori
  • Pretreated epoxidation catalyst and a process for producing an olefin therewith
    Patent number: 8981132
    Abstract: A pretreated titanium silicalite with MFI structure (TS-1) catalyst which has been pretreated with methanol, and then optionally filtered and optionally air-dried to form a pretreated activated TS-1 catalyst. The activated TS-1 may be used in an epoxidation reaction with no additional methanol added and has equivalent activity to TS-1 used with large excesses of methanol. By removing the need for additional methanol during the reaction, the losses of epichlorohydrin from solvolysis are minimized significantly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Hannah L. Crampton