Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • VEHICLE SEATING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240017644
    Abstract: A vehicle seating system includes a seatback pivotally coupled to a seat base. The seatback is operable between an upright position and a reclined position. A lift assembly is operably coupled to the seat base. The lift assembly is operable between a disengaged position and an engaged position. A position sensor is coupled to the lift assembly via a ball joint, wherein the ball joint and the position sensor adjust with movement of the lift assembly. A seat controller communicatively is coupled to the position sensor, wherein the seat controller determines if the lift assembly is in the disengaged position or has moved to the engaged position based on position data received from the position sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Kulhawik, Antonio Del Puerto, Ryan John Craig
  • Method and system for reactivating a catalyst
    Patent number: 11873774
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for maintaining efficiency of a catalyst that is positioned in an exhaust system downstream of an internal combustion engine. In one example, the catalyst may be heated via supplying fuel to a cylinder that does not combust the fuel. The fuel may be oxidized at the catalyst via excess oxygen in the exhaust system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Chris Glugla
  • Independent conductive tape dispensing system for manufacturing of electrical distribution circuits in vehicles
    Patent number: 11872774
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying individual tapes in layers onto a substrate includes a plurality of reels, applicators, and a guide member. A first reel holds a first tape and a second reel holds a second tape. A first applicator includes a first pressure surface that receives the first tape from the first reel and presses the first tape in a direction toward the substrate to apply the first tape to the substrate. The second applicator includes a second pressure surface that receives the second tape from the second reel. The second pressure surface is aligned to dispense the second tape over a section of the first tape applied to the substrate and to press the second tape toward the substrate to apply the second tape over the first tape. The guide member is disposed between the reels and the applicators and aligns the first and second tapes during application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Jeffeory Berels, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Rajarshi Roychowdhury, Scott Mayberry
  • Bimodal ethylene-based polymers having high molecular weight high density fractions
    Patent number: 11873393
    Abstract: A bimodal ethylene-based polymer, including a high density fraction (HDF) from 3.0% to 25.0%, wherein the high density fraction is measured by crystallization elution fractionation (CEF) integration at temperatures from 93° C. to 119° C., an I10/I2 ratio from 5.5 to 7.5, wherein I2 is the melt index when measured according to ASTM D 1238 at a load of 2.16 kg and temperature of 190° C. and I10 is the melt index when measured according to ASTM D 1238 at a load of 10 kg and temperature of 190° C., and a short chain branching distribution (SCBD) less than or equal to 10° C., wherein the short chain branching distribution is measured by CEF full width at half height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kyle E. Hart, Mehmet Demirors, Timothy W. Gambrel, Philip P. Fontaine, Pradeep Jain
  • Method for the additive manufacturing of a composite component, and composite component
    Patent number: 11872748
    Abstract: A method for the additive manufacturing of a composite component in which a fluid matrix material by way of an additive manufacture is introduced successively into a manufacturing device with the formation of an additively manufactured component. A reinforcing element is at least partly introduced into the fluid matrix material and/or arranged on the fluid matrix material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Baranowski, Maik Broda, Markus Franzen, Pascal Rebmann
  • Supercharger pressure ratio and temperature limiting scheme to protect hardware
    Patent number: 11873770
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for an internal combustion engine with boosted operation. In an example, this includes operating the engine with boosted intake pressure via a supercharger and with supercharger flow regulated by a vacuum actuated bypass valve, and in response to a supercharger outlet temperature greater than a first threshold, increasing a blow through air passing from the engine intake to engine exhaust without combustion in a cylinder of the engine due to engine intake and exhaust valves having positive valve overlap; and then in response to the supercharger outlet temperature greater than a second, higher, threshold, limiting engine airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Mikulski, Michael Simon, Christopher Blanchet, David Bell
  • Systems and methods for adapting pulse width modulation with randomized zero-sequence
    Patent number: 11876470
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adapting pulse width modulation with randomized zero-sequence components for control of an electrified powertrain of a vehicle. In one example, a method may include determining a zero-sequence voltage of an electric machine of the vehicle based on a random distribution, and adjusting a voltage reference signal of the electric machine based on the determined zero-sequence voltage to decrease ambient acoustic noise in the vehicle. In this way, spectral energy dispersion of pulse width modulated control of the electric machine may be increased without affecting torque production of the electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Wolf, Michael Degner, Yue Nie
  • Vehicle seat structure hanger bracket
    Patent number: 11872910
    Abstract: A stationary vehicle seating system, including: a hanger bracket assembly configured to engage at least one hinge assembly of a stationary vehicle; and a seat structure that hangs from the hanger bracket assembly when the hanger bracket assembly is engaged with the at least one hinge assembly. A seat structure supporting method includes hanging a seat structure from a hanger bracket assembly that is engaged with at least one hinge assembly of a stationary vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Adrian Aguirre, Dustin Shedlarski, Micah Jones, Hussein H. Berry, David Brian Glickman
  • Belt driven rotary assist apparatus for recirculating ball steering gears
    Patent number: 11873037
    Abstract: Belt driven rotary assist apparatus for recirculating ball steering gears are disclosed. An example motor vehicle steering system includes an input shaft to couple to a steering shaft of a motor vehicle, a worm gear, a first end of the worm gear coupled to the input shaft, a second end of the worm gear fixed to a helical spur gear, a ball nut surrounding a portion of the worm gear, the ball nut including ball bearings and ball guides, a first pulley wheel fixed to a pinion, the first pulley wheel engaged with a belt, the pinion engaged with the helical spur gear, a motor fixed to a second pulley wheel, the second pulley wheel engaged with the belt, the motor to rotate the worm gear to translate the ball nut, and a sector gear engaged with the ball nut, the sector gear to rotate as the ball nut translates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph Washnock
  • System and method for recalibrating a traction battery through bi-directional power transfer
    Patent number: 11872903
    Abstract: Methods and system are described for recalibrating a charge storage capacity value of an electric energy storage device. In one example, the charge electric energy storage device may be a battery. The charge storage capacity value may be recalibrated via discharging and charging a battery via electric vehicle supply equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yuan Zhang, Rui Wang, Xu Wang
  • Production-speed component inspection system and method
    Patent number: 11875502
    Abstract: A component inspection system and method generate a 3D model based on a point cloud and images of an automotive component captured by an imaging system. It is determined whether an anomaly is present based on artificial intelligence driven training and learning. Upon anomaly detection, a type of anomaly is identified and classified. From the 3D model, a type of the automotive component can be identified. The identification of the automotive component and the anomaly detection involve a controller subject to artificial intelligence driven training and learning. The controller determines presence of anomaly and a location of anomaly if any.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brodie Schultz, Elizabeth Bullard, Francis Maslar
  • Motor inverter based converter for charging traction battery
    Patent number: 11876467
    Abstract: An inverter is electrically connected between a traction battery and a switch bank. The inverter includes a plurality of pairs of series connected power semiconductor devices. Each of the pairs is electrically connected in parallel with the traction battery to define a phase leg, and each of the power semiconductor devices has a body diode in parallel therewith. The inverter also includes a plurality of diodes connected in parallel with the power semiconductor devices such that only one of the power semiconductor devices of each of the pairs has one of the diodes connected in parallel therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kun Zhuge, Baoming Ge, Lihua Chen
  • Shelf stable aqueous dispersions suitable for use in food contact applications
    Patent number: 11873400
    Abstract: A composition comprising the following components: A) a metal stearate; B) a secondary alcohol ethoxylate of the formula C12-14H25-29O [CH2CH2O]xH, wherein x=7; C) a secondary alcohol ethoxylate of the formula C12-14H25-29O [CH2CH2O]xH, C wherein x=20; D) octanoic acid; E) sodium lauryl sulfate; F) a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS); and G) water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Nicholas B. Schaffer, Kevin J. Bouck, Sarah E. Decato, Shrikant Dhodapkar, Intan M. Hamdan, Remi A. Trottier, Richard A. Lundgard
  • Blown films comprising bimodal ethylene-based polymers having high molecular weight high density fractions
    Patent number: 11873377
    Abstract: A blown film having a bimodal ethylene-based polymer including a high density fraction (HDF) from 3.0% to 25.0%, an I10/I2 ratio from 5.5 to 7.5, a short chain branching distribution (SCBD) less than or equal to 10 C, a zero shear viscosity ratio from 1.0 to 2.5, a density from 0.902 g/cc to 0.925 g/cc, and a melt index (I2) from 0.5 g/10 mins to 2.0 g/10 mins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kyle E. Hart, Mehmet Demirors, Timothy W. Gambrel, Philip P. Fontaine, Vivek Kalihari, Francis O. Olajide, Jr., Rajen M. Patel
  • Baggage transportation using autonomous vehicle
    Patent number: 11875422
    Abstract: Techniques and examples pertaining to baggage transportation in a vehicle-sharing environment are described. An automotive vehicle may have a plurality of baggage compartments each respectively having a size capacity and a weight capacity. The vehicle may also have a plurality of sensors capable of monitoring a loading situation of the plurality of baggage compartments. The vehicle may further have a memory element capable of storing capacity data representing the loading situation, as well as a processor capable of updating the capacity data in an event that the loading situation is changed due to a baggage having been loaded to, or unloaded from, a baggage compartment of the plurality of the baggage compartment. The automotive vehicle may be an autonomous ride-sharing vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vivekananda Krishnamurthy, Kathryn Hamilton, Ray Siciak, Mahrdad Damsaz
  • Automated cross-node communication in distributed directed acyclic graph
    Patent number: 11875261
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for automated cross-node communication in a distributed directed acyclic graph. The method can include identifying a directed acyclic graph (“DAG”) overlaying a plurality of nodes and identifying the nodes underlying the DAG. A subordinate DAG can be generated in an entry vertex of the DAG. The subordinate DAG can include a vertex for each of the nodes underlying the DAG. Data and metadata can be received at the entry vertex. The data can be delivered to a next vertex in the DAG, and the metadata can be communicated to nodes underlying the DAG via the subordinate DAG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Bradley David Safnuk
  • Fuel level sensor with spring-loaded wiper contacts
    Patent number: 11874154
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a fuel delivery system and a fuel level sensor assembly thereof. In one example, a fuel level sensor includes a wiper assembly with spring-loaded wiper contacts. Cylindrical springs are provided between a wiper housing and the contacts to bias the wiper contacts into contact with a resistive card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: José David Mondragón Avelar, Sebastian Rosas Contreras, Miguel Angel Benitez Torreblanca, Tanya Stephany Soriano Canchola
  • Multi-chamber curtain airbag
    Patent number: 11872948
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a roof and a headliner. The vehicle includes a seat having an occupant seating area. The vehicle includes a curtain airbag. The curtain airbag includes an extension. The curtain airbag is inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The curtain airbag is between the roof and the headliner in the uninflated position. The curtain airbag is inflatable downwardly from the headliner to the inflated position. In the inflated position, the curtain airbag has a main chamber and the extension extending cross-vehicle from the main chamber and vehicle-forward of the occupant seating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • HYDROCARBYL-MODIFIED METHYLALUMINOXANE COCATALYST FOR BIS-PHENYLPHENOXY METAL-LIGAND COMPLEXES
    Publication number: 20240010771
    Abstract: Processes of polymerizing olefin monomers. The process includes reacting ethylene and optionally one or more olefin monomers in the presence of a catalyst system, wherein the catalyst system comprises: modified-hydrocarbyl methylaluminoxane having less than 50 mole percent AlRA1RB1RC1 based on the total moles of aluminum, where RA1, RB1, and RC1 are independently is linear (C1-C40)alkyl, branched (C1-C40)alkyl, or (C6-C40)aryl; and one or more metal-ligand complexes according to formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Philip P. Fontaine, David M. Pearson, Hien Q. Do, Johnathan E. Delorbe, Rafael Huacuja, Rhett A. Baillie, Rongjuan Cong
  • BATTERY MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20240014495
    Abstract: A battery mounting structure includes a shear plate and a plurality of separate reinforcement plates. The shear plate extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and includes a first thickness. The reinforcement plates are configured to be disposed between the shear plate and the battery housing assembly and are mounted on an upper surface of the shear plate. The reinforcement plates are spaced apart from each other and include a second thickness. The second thickness is greater than the first thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Horst Heribert Lanzerath, Robert Reiners, Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Fubang Wu, Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk