Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • VEHICLE IMAGE DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20160103319
    Abstract: A heads up display system includes a computer that is programmed to receive data from one or more sources in a vehicle. The computer is further programmed to identify respective subsets of the data to be provided to respective ones of a plurality of display devices, and to provide the respective subsets of the data to the respective display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Thomas Remillard, Anthony Gerald King, Jeff Allen Greenberg
  • ADAPTIVE DRIVER IDENTIFICATION FUSION
    Publication number: 20160101783
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a driver identification fusion module programmed to receive a confidence level from a plurality of identification modules. Each confidence level indicates the likelihood that a driver of a vehicle is a particular person. The driver identification fusion module is programmed to aggregate the confidences levels received from the plurality of identification modules and output an aggregated confidence level signal representing an identity of the driver based at least in part on the confidence levels received from the plurality of identification modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mahmoud A. Abou-Nasr, Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Ryan Lee Baker, Timothy Mark Feldkamp, Arun Dutta
  • STRUCTURE FOR POSITIONING A TRIM COMPONENT ON A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160101755
    Abstract: A component positioning device including at least one resilient structure that centers the component. For example, a spring that acts between a grille and a grille opening to center the grille within a grille opening. The spring generating a reaction force sufficient to self-adjust the grille within the grille opening wherein opposing springs are deployed on either side of the grill with the springs exerting a force on and moving the grill until the force exerted by the opposing springs reaches equilibrium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Irfan Sharif, Joseph A. Hickey, Michael Williams, Flondezi Godette, Michael Jon Gutowski, Robert T. Babcock
  • DETECTING LOW-SPEED CLOSE-RANGE VEHICLE CUT-IN
    Publication number: 20160103212
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes an input device interface and a processing device. The input device interface receives a radar signal. The processing device defines a region of interest between a host vehicle and a front vehicle, detects that a potential cut-in vehicle has entered the region of interest, and selects the potential cut-in vehicle as the new front vehicle. The vehicle system may be incorporated into an autonomous or partially autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Nitendra Nath, Aaron L. Mills
  • VEHICLE CUT-IN STRATEGY
    Publication number: 20160104381
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a first sensor configured to output a first signal and a second sensor configured to output a second signal. The first and second signals represent movement of a potential cut-in vehicle. The vehicle system further includes a processing device programmed to compare the movement of the potential cut-in vehicle to at least one threshold. The processing device selects the potential cut-in vehicle as an in-path vehicle if the movement exceeds the at least one threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Nitendra Nath, Aaron L. Mills
  • ROAD EMERGENCY ACTIVATION
    Publication number: 20160104327
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a processing device programmed to monitor an operating state of a vehicle and the operation of at least one subsystem module. Depending on the operating state of the vehicle, the processing device can detect a subsystem module failure. If a failure is detected, the processing device can perform a remedial action. The remedial action taken may be based on the type of failure detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Jayagopal Appukutty, Abraham G. Phillip, David James Tippy
  • PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING LITHIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE
    Publication number: 20160102153
    Abstract: Prepare lithium carboxymethyl cellulose by treating sodium carboxymethyl cellulose with a weak acid to form an acid from of carboxymethyl cellulose and then treating the acid form of the carboxymethyl cellulose with lithium chloride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Alexandra Hild, Hans-Juergen Juhl, Roland Adden
  • DETECTING AND NEGOTIATING A CLIMBABLE OBSTACLE IN A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160102622
    Abstract: Data is collected in a vehicle relating to a potential obstacle. Based at least in part on the collected data, an obstacle is identified. At least one characteristic of the obstacle is determined. At least one torque to be applied in a vehicle powertrain is determined based at least in part on the at least one characteristic of the obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dale Scott Crombez, David Crist Gabriel, Jonathan Andrew Butcher
  • ACOUSTIC IMPULSE RESPONSE SIMULATION
    Publication number: 20160104479
    Abstract: At least one spoken utterance and a stored vehicle acoustic impulse response can be provided to a computing device. The computing device is programmed to provide at least one speech file based at least in part on the spoken utterance and the vehicle acoustic impulse response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Alan Bloomer, Scott Andrew Amman, Brigitte Frances Mora Richardson, Francois Charette, Mark Edward Porter, Gintaras Vincent Puskorius, Anthony Dwayne Cooprider
  • Microbial composition
    Patent number: 9307761
    Abstract: A synergistic microbicidal composition containing: (a) at least one microbicide selected from the group consisting of isopropyl methyl phenols and monosubstituted phenols and (b) at least one microbicide selected from the group consisting of p-menthene alcohols, menthadiene alcohols and other antimicrobial alcohols of a specified structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Cornmell, Megan A. Diehl, Stephen Golding, John R. Harp, Ian P. Stott, Katherine M. Thompson, Carol L. Truslow
  • Battery testing system and method
    Patent number: 9310444
    Abstract: A battery testing system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a penetrating device and an impedance meter electrically connected to the penetrating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Xiao Guang Yang, Renata Michaela Arsenault, Theodore James Miller
  • Apparatus and method for manufacturing a modular battery pack with fluid circulation tube and interleaved fins
    Patent number: 9312582
    Abstract: A battery pack includes at least one serpentine fluid circulation tube that extends around part of the periphery of a plurality of electric cells. First and second segments of the tube are disposed adjacent a first and a second edge of a first set of the plurality of electric cells. The sets of electric cells are disposed in an alternating arrangement. A first fin and a second fin are provided between each of the electric cells. The fins have a reverse turn wrapped around the segments of the tube. The fins have internal ends that are disposed between the electric cells and the tube segments. The battery pack may be assembled by folding the fins around the electric cells and the tube or by preforming folded sheets that define thermal fins and assembling the folded sheets over segments of the tube from opposite sides of the electric cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Hornblower Meyer, Robert Alex Mitchell, Neil Robert Burrows, Valerie Jean Allan, Jeffrey Paul Luther, Michael Thomas Kramer, Patrick Michael Brennan
  • Method and apparatus for vehicle-based data gathering
    Patent number: 9310216
    Abstract: A computer implemented method includes accessing a list containing one or more items for purchase. The method further includes receiving a vehicle location. The method also includes searching for one or more stores within a predefined distance of the vehicle location, which sell at least one item from the list, and the prices those stores offer. Additionally, the method includes recommending a stop at at least one of the one or more stores, and providing directions to a store for which a stop was recommended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Perry Robinson MacNeille, Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Yimin Liu, Mark Schunder
  • System and method for battery power management
    Patent number: 9312722
    Abstract: A battery management system includes a battery pack and a controller. The controller is configured to receive pack terminal voltage and current data. In response, the controller may estimate battery model parameters in an equivalent circuit model and output state variable values indicative of fast and slow dynamics of the voltage responses. The controller may also output parameter values indicative of feedback gains to compute a current limit in a state feedback structure. The controller may further estimate battery current limits based on the state variable values and the feedback gains to control operation of the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Tae-Kyung Lee
  • Methods and systems for EGR control
    Patent number: 9309837
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for using compressor recirculation flow via a venturi to enhance low pressure EGR flow. The opening of a compressor recirculation valve can be adjusted based on EGR flow demand to recirculate cooled compressed air through a venturi while generating vacuum for drawing EGR. The approach allows for concurrent EGR control and surge control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Norman Ulrey, Gregory Patrick McConville, Daniel Joseph Styles, Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Michael Howard Shelby
  • Traction battery thermal plate with flexible bladder
    Patent number: 9312571
    Abstract: A traction battery thermal plate assembly may include a structure having edge portions defining a cavity and configured to support a battery cell array. A flexible bladder may be disposed within the cavity between the structure and array. The flexible bladder may be configured to be filled with a fluid such that the bladder contacts the array to transfer heat between the array and fluid. The assembly may include a frame sized to receive the flexible bladder and configured to support the flexible bladder. An inlet port may be in fluid communication with the flexible bladder and a pump, and may be configured to deliver fluid to the flexible bladder at a pump output rate. The flexible bladder may include ribs defining channels therebetween. The channels may be configured to direct fluid flow along the at least one surface of the battery cell array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yongcai Wang, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Brian Utley
  • System and method for monitoring engine oil pressure
    Patent number: 9309794
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the oil pressure of an internal combustion engine is disclosed herein. The system and/or method may estimate the oil pressure using the response of two variable camshaft timing actuators having respective phase angle change control signals. Specifically, the signals may be used to determine whether the oil pressure is below a low oil pressure threshold value. The rate of response of the actuators may also be used to determine a current engine oil pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Eastwood, Simon Cowling
  • Thermoplastic vulcanizate composition, method of producing the same, and articles made therefrom
    Patent number: 9309396
    Abstract: A thermoplastic vulcanizate composition comprising from 5 wt % to 95 wt %, based on the total weight of the thermoplastic vulcanizate composition, of a first component comprising a first propylene-based polymer selected from the group consisting of (i) propylene/?-olefin copolymers comprising from 1 to 20 wt % ?-olefin and characterized by a g? ratio of less than 1, measured at interpolymer number average molecular weight (Mn), an MFR (2.16 kg @ 230° C.) greater than or equal to 0.01, a density greater than or equal to 0.850 g/cc, and a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, less than or equal to 3.5, and (ii) combinations thereof; and from 5 wt % to 95 wt %, based on the total weight of the thermoplastic vulcanizate composition, of a second component selected from the group consisting of curable or vulcanizable rubbers, having a density from 0.85 to 0.88 g/cc, I2 from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yabin Sun, Morgan M. Hughes, Xiangyang Tai, Arnis U. Paeglis, Gary R. Marchand
  • Methods and systems for indicating water at an oxygen sensor based on sensor heater power consumption
    Patent number: 9309838
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for indicating water at an oxygen sensor based on power consumption of a heating element of the oxygen sensor. In one example, water may be indicated at an oxygen sensor positioned in an intake of an engine responsive to power consumption of the heating element of the oxygen sensor increasing above a baseline level. Engine operating parameters may then be adjusted based on the water indication and the power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gopichandra Surnilla, Richard E. Soltis, Dan A. Makled, Timothy Joseph Clark
  • Engine cooling system motor driven vacuum pump
    Patent number: 9309840
    Abstract: Embodiments for monitoring fuel system degradation are provided. In one example, a method comprises driving a cooling fan with an electric motor in a vehicle, and during selected conditions, also driving a vacuum pump with the electric motor through a clutch. In this way, fuel system degradation may be indicated without use of a separate motor to drive a pressure building device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Roy Jentz, Aed M. Dudar