Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • Active bolster vent distribution for stress and load management
    Patent number: 9376085
    Abstract: An active bolster mounts at an interior trim surface of a passenger compartment in an automotive vehicle. A plastic-molded front wall deploys in a deployment direction toward a passenger in the passenger compartment. A plastic-molded bladder member is joined along an outer perimeter with the front wall by a hot weld seam to form an inflatable bladder. The bladder member includes at least one substantially circumferential pleated baffle. An inflator couples an inflation gas into the inflatable bladder in response to a crash event of the vehicle. The pleated baffle forms a plurality of at least five vent openings including at least one stress relief vent juxtaposed to a peak stress region of the hot weld seam and a plurality of tuning vents which are concentrated at a lowest restraint-force region of the inflatable bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Kaitlin M. Cischke, Stacey H. Raines, Nicholas A. Mazzocchi
  • Vehicle frame component
    Patent number: 9376073
    Abstract: A vehicle frame component for limiting the movement of the wheel of the vehicle toward the cab of a cab on frame vehicle including a base member welded to openings in the frame side rail and extending outwardly and located proximal the wheel structure. In one embodiment the vehicle frame component is located forward of the wheel and includes a tire puncture device to deflate the tire during an offset front impact and in a second embodiment the vehicle frame component is located rearward of the wheel. The vehicle frame component has particular utility during an offset front impact where the offset is less than approximately twenty-five percent (25%) of the width of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ajay Kumar Gupta, Narayana Venugopal, John Charles Caris, Mark Wlotkowski, Charles Ko, Leonard Anthony Shaner
  • Deflector with frame rail follower and guide on deflector end
    Patent number: 9376143
    Abstract: A deflector assembly for a vehicle having a bumper and a frame rail that are connected by a crush-can. The deflector assembly absorbs impact forces in a small overlap rigid barrier test by directing the impact from the barrier in a lateral direction toward the frame rail. A guide and follower, such as a wheel-shaped roller, a ball-shaped roller, a sliding shoe, or a fastener is received in a guide member that defines a guide surface extending longitudinally to guide a back end of the deflector assembly in a full frontal impact in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bhimaraddi Venkaraddi Alavandi, Jeffrey Lawrence Laya, Matt Alan Niesluchowski, Jeffrey Dan Rupp
  • Epoxy resin composition for marine maintenance and repair coatings with improved overcoatability
    Patent number: 9376588
    Abstract: This invention relates to an epoxy resin composition and its application in marine maintenance and repair coating with improved overcoatability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Amy Song, Hongyu Chen
  • Sorb energy management crossmember
    Patent number: 9376144
    Abstract: An apparatus turns a front wheel of a vehicle inward during an offset frontal impact. The apparatus includes a first frame rail and a second frame rail spaced from each other. A bumper is supported by the first and second frame rails. A beam extends between and engages the first and second frame rails. The beam includes an extension extending from the first frame rail away from the second frame rail to a first end spaced from the first frame rail for being positioned forward of the front wheel and for being forced into the front wheel during the offset frontal impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Leonard Anthony Shaner, Fungtai C. Ko, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Jing Han, Matt Alan Niesluchowski, Yu-Kan Hu, Narayana Venugopal
  • Methods and systems for fuel ethanol content determination via an oxygen sensor
    Patent number: 9376968
    Abstract: Methods are provided for accurately learning part-to-part variability of an intake or exhaust oxygen sensor. A correction factor is learned based on sensor readings at voltages above and below a voltage corresponding to dry air conditions. An ethanol transfer function is then adjusted based on the learned correction factor so as to improve the accuracy of combusted fuel ethanol content estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gopichandra Surnilla, Daniel A. Makled, Richard E. Soltis, Jacobus Hendrik Visser
  • Reduced network flow and computational load using a spatial and temporal variable scheduler
    Patent number: 9377314
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a navigation system and a processing device. The navigation system is configured to identify a current location of the vehicle, a destination location, and a distance between the current location and the destination location. The processing device is configured to identify a task, associate the task to the destination location, and schedule the task according to the distance from the destination location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Fling Tseng, Hsin-hsiang Yang, Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Imad Hassan Makki, William David Treharne, Dimitar Petrov Filev
  • Fluid level indicator using photoluminescent illumination
    Patent number: 9376058
    Abstract: An illumination system for a vehicle container includes a fluid container, a photoluminescent portion disposed on the container, and a light source located proximate the container. The light source is configured to emit light at a first wavelength directed toward the photoluminescent portion. The photoluminescent portion is configured to convert the first wavelength to at least a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength to illuminate the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Stuart C. Salter
  • Auto-ignition internal combustion engine with partial deactivation and method for the operation of an internal combustion engine of said type
    Patent number: 9376967
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for optimizing the operation of a multi-cylinder auto-ignition internal combustion engine. In one example, cylinders of the auto-ignition internal combustion engine may form two groups of cylinders, where one group of cylinders has a larger compression ratio, smaller width, and smaller volume than the other group of cylinders, and where at least one cylinder of the other group is configured as a switchable cylinder that is deactivated in a load-dependent manner. By configuring the cylinders in multiple groups based on compression ratios, and operating the cylinders in a load-dependent manner, fuel consumption may be optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Moritz Klaus Springer, Albert Breuer, Thomas Lorenz, Helmut Hans Ruhland, Jan Linsel
  • Air intake system hydrocarbon trap purging
    Patent number: 9376969
    Abstract: Methods and systems for passively purging a hydrocarbon trap in an engine intake in a vehicle are disclosed. In one example approach, a method comprises, in response to an ambient temperature decrease during an engine off condition while a fuel tank is sealed from atmosphere, delivering fuel stored in a hydrocarbon trap in an intake of the engine to a fuel vapor canister coupled to the fuel tank in an emission control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Seung-Man Yang, Aed M. Dudar, Mark W. Peters, Robert Roy Jentz
  • Cushion pan for a vehicle seat assembly
    Patent number: 9376043
    Abstract: A cushion pan for a vehicle seating assembly includes a body portion having at least one pocket including a module retention aperture disposed therein. First and second suspension assembly retainers are disposed in the body portion. A peripheral flange extends substantially orthogonal to the planar extent of the body portion and includes a plurality of trim tabs. A plurality of support ribs extend through a midportion of the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Medoro, Majid Arefi, Khaled Ayyash, Johnathan Andrew Line, Michael Kolich, James Patrick Creighton, Robert J. Sack
  • Air-injection system to improve effectiveness of selective catalytic reduction catalyst
    Patent number: 9376949
    Abstract: Embodiments are described to improve the durability of a lean NOx aftertreatment system. According to one embodiment of the present invention an air injection system is used to inject air continuously into the exhaust system between the upstream three-way catalyst and the downstream selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst when the engine is operating at stoichiometric or rich air/fuel ratios and the exhaust temperatures are above a calibratable level (e.g., 700° C.). In another embodiment, an oxidation catalyst is positioned downstream of the air injection point to prevent exothermic reactions from occurring on the SCR. In another embodiment, the reductant for the SCR is generated in-situ. In yet another embodiment, a diverter valve with a reduction catalyst in a bypass arm is utilized to bypass the SCR during high load conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Harendra S. Gandhi, Robert Walter McCabe, Joseph Robert Theis
  • Passive venturi pump for leak diagnostics and refueling
    Patent number: 9376991
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a hybrid electric vehicle with a passive venturi pump are disclosed. In one example approach, a method comprises: during vehicle motion, passing air through a venturi coupled to the vehicle to generate vacuum; storing the generated in an accumulator; and, in response to a condition, discharging the stored vacuum to a vacuum consuming system of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aed M. Dudar, Robert Roy Jentz, Russell Randall Pearce, Scott A. Bohr
  • Fuel tank pressure relief valve cleaning
    Patent number: 9376989
    Abstract: Methods and systems for cleaning a pressure relieve valve for a fuel tank are disclosed. In one example approach a method for cleaning a pressure relief valve that is normally activated at a preset negative pressure in a fuel system comprises, during a test cycle, reducing fuel system pressure to a predetermined pressure which is higher than the preset pressure, and measuring pressure changes in the fuel system; and when not in the test cycle, periodically reducing the fuel system pressure to a third pressure which is less than said preset pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark W. Peters, Robert Roy Jentz, Aed M. Dudar, Matthew Werner
  • ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR DETECTING FUEL MARKERS
    Publication number: 20160178602
    Abstract: A gas chromatographic method for detecting a first marker and a second marker in a fuel in two channels: (i) a first capillary column coated with polysiloxane and a second capillary column coated with polyethylene glycol; and (ii) a third capillary column coated with polymethylphenylsiloxane and a fourth deactivated capillary column. The steps are: (a) introducing a first sample into the first column to produce a first effluent; (b) introducing only a portion of the first effluent into the second column to produce a second effluent; (c) allowing the second effluent to pass through a mass spectrometer; (d) introducing a second sample into the third column to produce a third effluent; (e) introducing only a portion of the third effluent into the fourth column to produce a fourth effluent; (f) allowing the fourth effluent to pass through a mass spectrometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ronda L. Gras, Jim C. Luong, Warren E. Smith
  • ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20160176828
    Abstract: Provided are compounds which are useful for controlling microorganisms in aqueous or water-containing systems or in systems which are exposed to moisture, including at elevated temperature. The antimicrobial compounds are of the formula I: wherein n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and X are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicants: ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY, DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Charles E. Coburn, Thomas Koehler, Heather R. Mcginley, Asghar A. Peera
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING PROPYLENE OXIDE
    Publication number: 20160176835
    Abstract: A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising (i) providing a liquid feed stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide, acetonitrile, water, optionally propane, and at least one dissolved potassium salt; (ii) passing the feed stream provided in (i) into an epoxidation reactor comprising a catalyst comprising a titanium zeolite of structure type MWW, and subjecting the feed stream to epoxidation reaction conditions in the epoxidation reactor, obtaining a reaction mixture comprising propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, the at least one potassium salt, optionally propene, and optionally pane; (iii) removing an effluent stream from the epoxidation reactor, the effluent stream comprising propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, at least a portion of the at least one potassium salt, optionally propene, and optionally propane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicants: BASF SE, DOW Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Dominic RIEDEL, Joaquim Henrique TELES, Ulrike WEGERLE, Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Alexander SCHROEDER, Luise SPISKE, Daniel URBANCZYK, Ulrich MUELLER, Werner WITZL, Meinolf Weidenbach
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING PROPYLENE OXIDE
    Publication number: 20160176834
    Abstract: A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising (i) providing a liquid feed stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide, acetonitrile, water, optionally propane, and at least one dissolved potassium salt of a phosphorus oxyacid wherein the molar ratio of potassium relative to phosphorus in the at least one potassium salt of a phosphorus oxyacid is in the range of from 0.6 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicants: BASF SE, Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique TELES, Bianca SEELIG, Dominic RIEDEL, Philip KAMPE, Daniel URBANCZYK, Markus WEBER, Ulrich MUELLER, Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Kai GUMLICH, Peter BASSLER, Christian BARTOSCH, Richard JACUBINAS, Meinolf WEIDENBACH, Werner WITZL
  • Vehicle panel and emblem
    Patent number: 9371044
    Abstract: An emblem assembly for a vehicle having a number of attachment features such as two locating-pins, two opposing force clips, an orthogonal force clip, and an adhesive. A body panel having an embossed emblem-mating surface defining a number of attachment features such as a 2-way locating-slot, a 4-way locating-hole, a central void with opposing substantially parallel edges, a clip retention slot with an orthogonal edge, and a panel surface area for adhesive contact. The emblem assembly and the emblem-mating surface features combine to provide an effective support for an emblem on a body panel of a vehicle. The emblem may be located on a tailgate of a pickup with an aluminum body panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Hossein Jacob Sadri, Geoffrey John Cooper, Paul Kenneth Dellock
  • THPE ethers
    Patent number: 9371497
    Abstract: A method for marking a petroleum hydrocarbon or a liquid biologically derived fuel. The method comprises adding to a petroleum hydrocarbon or a liquid biologically derived fuel at least one compound having formula (I), wherein R is C1-C12 alkyl, C3-C12 alkenyl or C7-C12 aralkyl; wherein each compound having formula (I) is present at a level from 0.01 ppm to 50 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Raymond J. Swedo