Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • VEHICLE STRUCTURAL REINFORCING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160280274
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis having a pair of rails spaced from each other and a deployable reinforcing device extending between the rails. The deployable reinforcing device includes a beam disposed between the pair of rails and including walls and hinges connected in alternating arrangement. The walls are rotatable about the hinges from a collapsed position to an expanded position. The device includes a deployment mechanism disposed between the walls. When a vehicle impact is sensed, the deployment mechanism is deployed to expand the beam to the expanded position to reinforce the rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Saied Nusier, Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, James Chih Cheng, Jamel E. Belwafa
  • Heat activated pressure sensitive adhesive
    Patent number: 9453148
    Abstract: A composition having three components. The first component is from 20 to 80 wt % of a styrene-diene block copolymer having from 10-30 wt % polymerized units of styrene, wherein the block copolymer is present as a dispersion of copolymer in water, and the dispersion contains less than 5 wt % organic solvent based on total dispersion weight. The second component is from 0.5 to 20 wt % of a plasticizer. The third component is from 20 to 80 wt % of a tackifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Melinda L. Einsla, William B. Griffith, Jr., Daniel W. Himmelberger, Melissa Lane, David L. Malotky
  • Method for operating a direct fuel injector
    Patent number: 9453476
    Abstract: A method, comprising: operating an engine cylinder with fuel from a first injector and not a second injector and activating the second injector in response to a rail pressure increase of a fuel rail, the fuel rail coupled to the second injector. In this way, degradation of the second injector may be reduced by activating the second injector and allowing fuel flow through the second injector to reduce the pressure and temperature of the fuel rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Todd Anthony Rumpsa
  • Biocidal compositions and methods of use
    Patent number: 9451768
    Abstract: Provided are biocidal compositions comprising 2,2-dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide and a compound selected from the group consisting of 1-(3-chloroallyl)-3,5,7-triaza-1-azoniaadamantane; tris(hydroxymethyl)-nitromethane; and a hexahydrotriazine compound. The compositions are useful for controlling microorganisms in aqueous or water containing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bei Yin, Michael V. Enzien, Donald J. Love
  • Composite polyamide membrane treated with dihyroxyaryl compounds and nitrous acid
    Patent number: 9452391
    Abstract: A method for making a composite polyamide membrane comprising a porous support and a polyamide layer, including the steps of: i) applying a polar solution including a polyfunctional amine monomer and a non-polar solution including a polyfunctional acyl halide monomer to a surface of a porous support and interfacially polymerizing the monomers to form a polyamide layer; ii) applying a dihydroxyaryl compound to the polyamide layer, wherein the dihydroxyaryl compound is represented by: formula wherein D, D?, D? and D?? are independently selected from: alkyl, alkoxy, hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl and amine, and L is a linking group; and iii) exposing the thin film polyamide layer to nitrous acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Patrick S. Hanley, Mou Paul, Abhishek Roy, Ian A. Tomlinson
  • Compositions and processes for synthesizing cubic mesoporous silicas having “noodle-like” morphology
    Patent number: 9452416
    Abstract: Cubic mesoporous silicas having substantially cylindrical morphology may be prepared using a combination of a first structure-directing template, such as tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide; water; a second structure-directing template, such as cetyltrimethylammonium bromide; a morphology-directing template, such as a poloxamer having a weight average molecular weight ranging from 5,000 to 20,000 Daltons; and a silica source; in the substantial absence of an alcohol solvent. The resulting materials may exhibit a three-dimensional channel structure, a length from 3 to 10 micrometers and a width from 300 nanometers to 10 micrometers, resulting in an aspect ratio from 1 to 300. Further characterization may include a surface area from 1300 to 1500 square meters per gram, an average pore diameter from 20 to 26 angstroms, and an average pore volume ranging from 0.7 to 1.1 cubic centimeters per gram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Deepak Akolekar, Phani Kiran Bollapragada
  • System and method for adjusting engine airflow
    Patent number: 9453470
    Abstract: Methods and systems for operating an engine during conditions where ambient humidity changes over time are presented. In one non-limiting example, an engine airflow is adjusted to increase engine airflow during high humidity conditions such that an engine may provide equivalent torque output during the high humidity conditions as compared to when the engine is operated during low humidity conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gopichandra Surnilla, Mohannad Hakeem, Timothy Joseph Clark, Stephen B. Smith
  • Reliable current sensing for inverter-controlled electronic machine
    Patent number: 9455653
    Abstract: Phase currents of an inverter-driven electric machine are measured by mounting phase conductors of each respective phase current into a central passage of a respective flux core. A plurality of current sensors are mounted into a gap of each respective flux core to generate a respective plurality of current signals for each phase current. The Hall-effect devices are connected to a plurality of multi-channel op amp devices for conditioning the current signals such that each set of Hall-effect devices is connected to a different one of the op amp devices and such that each op amp device receives one current signal corresponding to each phase current. Thus, a valid conditioned current signal corresponding to each phase conductor is generated by the op amp devices unless there are multiple simultaneous failures of the Hall-effect devices and the op amp devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Jaswant S. Garcha
  • Method and system for estimating fuel composition
    Patent number: 9453475
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a fuel system configured to deliver a gaseous fuel to an engine. Following tank refilling, the fuel composition is selectively updated based on fuel tank pressure, temperature, and air content data. When the engine is subsequently restarted, the fuel rail is primed for a duration based on the updated composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Nolan, Jamie Terence Slaymaker, Andrew Paul Chee Aun Wong, Phuoc Buiquang
  • Method of controlling a fuel supply system
    Patent number: 9453489
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a fuel supply system of an engine is disclosed in which an engine driven high pressure fuel pump is operated whenever possible at one of an optimum demand level providing optimum pump efficiency for the current engine speed or at a zero demand level to reduce the fuel used by the engine to drive the high pressure fuel pump. The operating mode used is dependent upon at least one of the amount of fuel currently stored in a high pressure fuel accumulator and whether a current fuel demand Fd exceeds an optimum quantity Po of fuel that can be provided by the high pressure fuel pump when operating at the current engine speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Donatus Andreas Josephine Kees, Stuart Anthony Lane
  • Kinematic road gradient estimation
    Patent number: 9454508
    Abstract: A vehicle and a vehicle system are provided with a controller that is configured to generate output indicative of a kinematic road gradient estimation using an extended Kalman filter. The extended Kalman filter includes a system input based on a longitudinal acceleration and an acceleration offset, and a system output based on a predicted vehicle speed. The acceleration offset is based on at least one of a lateral velocity, a lateral offset, and a vehicle pitch angle. The controller is further configured to generate output indicative of a kinematic quality factor corresponding to an availability of the kinematic road gradient estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hai Yu, Jianbo Lu, Mathew Alan Boesch, Ryan Abraham McGee
  • Controlled-viscosity CMP casting method
    Patent number: 9452507
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of manufacturing a polishing pad suitable for planarizing at least one of semiconductor, optical and magnetic substrates. The method obtains a liquid polyurethane material formed from an isocyanate-terminated molecule and a curative agent. The liquid polyurethane material contains 4.2 to 7.5 weight percent fluid-filled polymeric microspheres in the isocyanate-terminated molecule. The fluid-filled polymeric microspheres are a blend of preexpanded and unexpanded fluid-filled polymeric microspheres. The liquid polyurethane material contains a blend of preexpanded and unexpanded fluid-filled polymeric microspheres having a relative viscosity ? ? 0 of 1.1 to 7. Then the liquid polyurethane material solidifies into a polyurethane matrix that contains preexpanded and expanded fluid-filled polymeric microsphere for forming the polishing pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignees: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials CMP Holdings, Inc., Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bainian Qian, George C. Jacob
  • Height determination for two independently suspended wheels using a height sensor for only one wheel
    Patent number: 9452657
    Abstract: Ride height for use in an adaptive suspension damping system, tiltable headlamp systems, or other systems is determined for first and second wheels which are mounted to first and second suspensions having first and second control arms coupled between the respective wheels and a frame of the vehicle. An anti-roll system is coupled between the control arms. A mechanical height sensor is coupled to the first wheel to directly sense a first height associated with the first wheel. A strain sensor is coupled to the anti-roll system to generate a strain signal in response to a strain in the anti-roll system. A controller converts the strain signal to a second height associated with the second wheel. Thus, ride heights for both wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle are obtained using only one direct height measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin S. Giaier, Edmund S. Anderson
  • Nitrone compounds and their use in personal care
    Patent number: 9452118
    Abstract: Provided are compounds and compositions thereof that are useful as antioxidants in personal care formulations. The compounds are of the formula I: wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Mrunalini S. Dhamdhere, George D. Green, Shao-Ching Hung, Raymond J. Swedo
  • Method for initiating and maintaining a substoichiometric operating mode of an internal combustion engine and internal combustion engine for carrying out a method of this kind
    Patent number: 9452752
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods for recharging a storage catalyst of an internal combustion engine. A method is described, comprising: while operating an engine in a substoichiometric operating mode when the engine is under medium load and responsive to an LNT condition, assisting the engine with an electric machine connected to an engine crankshaft. The electric machine provides an auxiliary drive to assist the engine in maintaining the substantially steady state substoichiometric operating mode which may be used to reduce NOx or SOx build up in a storage catalytic convertor or to assay the condition of a storage catalytic convertor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Yasser Mohamed sayed Yacoub
  • Nitrone compounds and their use in personal care
    Patent number: 9452119
    Abstract: Provided are compounds and compositions thereof that are useful as antioxidants in personal care formulations. The compounds are of the formula I: wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Mrunalini S. Dhamdhere, George D. Green, Shao-Ching Hung, Raymond J. Swedo
  • Headrest electronic device holder
    Patent number: 9452718
    Abstract: An electronic device holder provides a top mounted tablet holder with a thirty degree rotational limit to its rearward swinging motion of a mounting surface. This concept has the dual benefit that the path of the electronic device holder and a viewer's upper body do not intersect during an impact event. Thus, any contact between the viewer and the tablet or device holder will be a glancing impact, as opposed to a perpendicular impact vector. As coupled to a headrest support system, the electronic device holder can move downward along the support system during impact. Further, the mounting surface of the electronic device holder is configured to move away from a potential point of impact while fully retaining an electronic device mounted thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Alan George Dry
  • Method and system for adjusting engine throttles
    Patent number: 9453469
    Abstract: An engine system and method for operating an engine including a central throttle and a port throttle is disclosed. In one example, the central throttle and port throttle are adjusted to improve transitions between throttle control modes. The approach may be particularly beneficial for turbocharged engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Thomas G. Leone
  • Catalysts and methods for alcohol dehydration
    Patent number: 9452420
    Abstract: Provided is a process for preparing a diaryl ether compound through the dehydration of an aromatic alcohol compound in the presence of a dehydration catalyst. The dehydration catalyst is an oxide of a medium rare earth element, wherein the medium rare earth element is samarium, europium, gadolinium, or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: David G. Barton, Adam Chojecki, Paul R. Elowe, Beata A. Kilos
  • Vehicle badge
    Patent number: 9452708
    Abstract: A badge is provided herein. The badge includes a housing attached to a substrate to form a viewable portion, a peripheral portion, and a rear portion. A light source is operably coupled with an optical device. A first photoluminescent structure is disposed between the light source and housing and is configured to emit a first converted light in response to a first excitation light. A second photoluminescent structure is disposed between the first photoluminescent structure and the housing and is configured to emit a second converted light in response to a second excitation light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Pietro Buttolo, James J. Surman, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Michael A. Musleh