Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
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Publication number: 20240010074Abstract: A vehicle configurable to tow a charging trailer having at least one electric outlet configured to charge a battery powered device includes a human-machine interface (HMI), a wireless transceiver, and a controller in communication with the wireless transceiver and the HMI, the controller programmed to, in response to the wireless transceiver receiving signals associated with at least one battery powered device in a connected charging trailer having a battery state of charge (SOC) below a corresponding threshold, signal the HMI to generate an associated output. Input from the HMI may enable or disable regenerative braking of the charging trailer to charge connected battery powered devices to control the associated effect of the charging of devices in the charging trailer on efficiency of the towing vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2022Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. SALTER, Michael KIPLEY, Matthew SIMPSON, Ryan O'GORMAN, Pietro BUTTOLO, Peter PHUNG, William David TREHARNE
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Publication number: 20240010770Abstract: Processes of polymerizing olefin monomers.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Philip P. Fontaine, David M. Pearson, Hien Q. Do, Johnathan E. Delorbe, Rafael Huacuja, Rhett A. Baillie
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Publication number: 20240014496Abstract: A mounting structure for mounting a battery tray to a frame of a vehicle includes a shear plate and a plurality of discrete mounting blocks. The shear plate extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The plurality of discrete mounting blocks are mounted onto the shear plate between the shear plate and a bottom cover of the battery tray. Each mounting block of the plurality of discrete mounting blocks includes a plurality of walls that define one or more cavities. The discrete mounting blocks includes a set of first mounting blocks located proximate a first side of the shear plate and a set of second mounting blocks located proximate a second side of the shear plate that is opposite the first side of the shear plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2022Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Fubang Wu, Mohamed Ridha Baccouche
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Patent number: 11866530Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition. The composition can be formed into a foam composition. In an embodiment, the composition includes a neat ethylene/propylene/nonconjugated polyene interpolymer. The neat ethylene/propylene/nonconjugated polyene interpolymer includes from greater than 6.0 wt % to 15.0 wt % nonconjugated polyene. The neat ethylene/propylene/nonconjugated polyene interpolymer has the following properties: (i) a molecular weight (Mw) from 240,000 to 270,000; (ii) a Mooney viscosity (ML (1+4), 125° C.) from 85 to 95; (iii) a rheology ratio (RR) from 35 to 65; (iv) a Mw/Mn from 2.2 to 3.5; and (v) Mw<1389.6 [g/mole] MV+140,000 g/mol wherein Mw is the weight average molecular weight and MV is the Mooney Viscosity (ML 1+4, 125° C.). MV is the Mooney Viscosity (ML 1+4, 125° C.), and Mw is the weight average molecular weight, as determined by conventional GPC.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Xiaosong Wu, Colin Li Pi Shan, Juan C. Tuberquia, Tao Han, Guangming Li
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Patent number: 11866524Abstract: Water-based pressure sensitive adhesive composition and methods of make the same are provided. The water-based pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprises at least one interpolymer dispersed within an aqueous medium, the interpolymer comprising at least one unsaturated monomer and at least one compound selected from a group consisting of at least one conjugated acid, at least one ester of a conjugated acid, and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Jiguang Zhang, Miao Yang, Shaoguang Feng, Zhaohui Qu
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Patent number: 11865947Abstract: A vehicle includes an electric machine and a controller. The controller is programmed to, in response to releasing an accelerator pedal during a first driving scenario that is based on a first set of navigation data, increase regenerative braking torque of the electric machine to a first value. The controller is further programmed to, in response to releasing the accelerator pedal during a second driving scenario that is based on a second set of navigation data, increase the regenerative braking torque of the electric machine to a second value that is less than the first value.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Walter Joseph Ortmann, Ashish Naidu, Colby Jason Buckman, Mark Anthony Tascillo
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Patent number: 11866106Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine rack force are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a rack to couple to a steering knuckle of a vehicle, a ball nut engaged with the rack, a first ring gear coupled to the ball nut, a first pinion fixed to a motor, the first pinion engaged with the first ring gear, the motor to rotate the ball nut to move the rack, a motor encoder to detect a rotation of the first pinion, a second ring gear coupled to the ball nut, and a sensor fixed to a second pinion, the second pinion engaged with the second ring gear, the second pinion to rotate as the second ring gear rotates, the sensor to detect a rotation of the second pinion, the rotation of the second pinion and the rotation of the first pinion corresponding to a force on the rack.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Joseph Washnock
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Patent number: 11865897Abstract: A vehicle climate system includes a blower and a controller. The controller is configured to, responsive to input of a particular user selected climate setting, operate the blower with an initial power having a predetermined value corresponding to the climate setting provided that cabin temperature is outside a predetermined range. The controller is also configured to operate the blower with an initial power having a value less than the predetermined value provided that the cabin temperature is within the predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Curtis Mark Jones, Manfred Koberstein, Alan Douglas Wallington, Zhengyu Liu
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Patent number: 11865896Abstract: A vehicle air vent system includes a dashboard defining an air vent opening. An air register assembly is disposed within the air vent opening of the dashboard. The air register assembly includes a frame and a vane rotatably coupled to the frame. An imager is coupled to the dashboard. The imager captures data within a field of view. A controller is communicatively coupled to the imager and the air register assembly. The controller receives the data from the imager. The controller determines a position of an object within the field of view in response to the data.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Marcos Ahuizotl Fragoso Iñiguez, Fernando Mayorga Basilio, Juan Pablo Jiménez de la Rosa
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Patent number: 11870047Abstract: A vehicle includes a traction battery having a plurality of cells arranged in arrays and grouped into a plurality of cooling zones. A thermal management system includes a plurality of distinct circuits each associated with one of the zones. The thermal management system is configured to provide individual heating or cooling to each of the circuits to independently control temperatures of the zones. A controller is programmed to, in response to one of the zones exceeding a first threshold temperature and another of the zones being less a second threshold temperature, command the thermal management system to provide cooling to the circuit associated with the one of the zones and command the thermal management system to provide heating to the circuit associated with the another of the zones.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Lars Niklas Pettersson
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Patent number: 11869737Abstract: Systems and methods are described for a push-button switch assembly with the ability to diagnose faults. The push-button switch assembly comprises a first circuit comprising a first resistor arranged in series with a first switch, and a second resistor arranged in parallel with the first resistor and the first switch, and a second circuit comprising a third resistor arranged in series with a second switch, and a fourth resistor arranged in parallel with the third resistor and the second switch, wherein the first switch and the second switch are each closable by displacement of a push-button of the push-button switch assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Paul Braithwaite, Martin Scheck, James Michael Weinfurther, Gabriel Dascalu, Eric L Reed
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Patent number: 11867286Abstract: A vehicle includes a heat exchanger, a transmission, and a controller. The transmission is configured to transfer power within a powertrain. The transmission has a primary fluid circuit, a secondary fluid circuit, and a valve. The secondary fluid circuit is configured to divert the fluid from the primary fluid circuit and deliver the fluid to the heat exchanger. The valve is configured to control diverting fluid from the primary fluid circuit to the secondary fluid circuit. The controller is programmed to, in response to a temperature of the fluid being outside of a desired range, open the valve to direct the fluid toward the heat exchanger via the secondary fluid circuit. The controller is further programmed to, in response to the temperature of the fluid being within the desired range, close the valve to isolate the fluid from the secondary fluid circuit and the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Raymond Theodore Gage, Derek Kinch, Sylvia Chen
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Patent number: 11866567Abstract: The present disclosure provides a foam bead. The foam bead is formed from a composition containing (A) a silane-functionalized ethylene/?-olefin multi-block interpolymer. The present disclosure also provides a sintered foam structure. The sintered foam structure is formed from foam beads that are formed from a composition containing (A) a silane-functionalized ethylene/?-olefin multi-block interpolymer.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Haiyang Yu, Jozef J I Van Dun, Yunfeng Yang
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Patent number: 11866049Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, a transmission, and a controller. The transmission is configured to transfer power from the engine to at least one drive wheel to propel the vehicle. The controller programmed to, in response to a command to shift the transmission, reduce a torque of the engine from a desired engine torque to a reduced value based on a flare at an input to the transmission during the shift. The controller is further programmed to, in response to the reduced value exceeding a threshold, retard an engine spark and maintain operation of all cylinders of the engine to reduce the torque of the engine during the shift. The controller is further programmed to, in response to the reduced value being less than the threshold, retard the engine spark and shutdown at least one cylinder of the engine to reduce the torque of the engine during the shift.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Cory Benson LaRoche, Bradley Dean Riedle, Stephen Michael Cicala, Jianping Zhang, Eric Frank Banners, Mehran Namazkar
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Patent number: 11866095Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for multi-position wheel assembly mounts. An example vehicle frame disclosed herein includes apertures adjacent to each of a plurality of wheel assembly locations on the vehicle frame, and a wheel assembly mount at each of the wheel assembly locations, the wheel assembly mount having protrusions extending toward the vehicle frame and positionable in the apertures in a first position to provide a first ride height of the vehicle frame and a second position to provide a second ride height of the vehicle frame, the first ride height less than the second ride height.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael John Harmon, Hussain Z. Tajmahal, Marielle Conrad, Benjamin Jordan Curtis, David Earl Ooms, Yejin Han
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Patent number: 11865938Abstract: A charging system for a battery powered vehicle may include a memory configured to maintain customer accounts, and a processor configured to receive requests from a first customer at a charging station for an increased rate of charge, transmit the request to at least one other customer at the charging station in response to verification of the customer account associated with the first customer; and instruct the charging station to increase the rate of charge for the first customer and decrease the rate of charge for the at least one other customer in response to the at least one other customer accepting the request.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Sujitha Krishna Devaraj, Josh Fodale, Robert Hinh, Adrian Kalinowski, Rafi Odisho
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Patent number: 11868909Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to predict a time to failure of a vehicle component according to a damage model generated from vehicle operating data, based on the predicted time to failure, retrieve a schematic of the vehicle component and input the schematic to an additive printer to manufacture a replacement vehicle component, and replace the vehicle component with the replacement vehicle component according to maintenance instructions that, based at least in part on the predicted time to failure, specify a time and location to replace the vehicle component.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Yu-Ning Liu, Eduardo Andres Garcia Magraner, Jing Chen, William Finkenstaedt
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Patent number: D1010524Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Todd Willing, Max Wolff, Max Tran, Leigh H. Cosentino, Tae Hoon Kang
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Patent number: D1010525Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Todd Willing, Max Wolff, Max Tran, Leigh H. Cosentino, Tae Hoon Kang
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Patent number: D1010526Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Todd Willing, Max Wolff, Max Tran, Benjamin Eyers, Leigh H. Cosentino, Tae Hoon Kang
