Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • ON-DEMAND TRANSPORTATION
    Publication number: 20150324708
    Abstract: A user is detected in a vicinity of a shared transportation vehicle by identifying a user device and determining a location of the user device. Parameters are determined for user travel of a route of the shared transportation vehicle. A message is targeted to a device of the detected user based on a location of the detected user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Skipp, Will Farrelly, Douglas Nicoll, Jonathan Scott, Richard Brown
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SETTING FRONT AXLE LOAD RESTORATION
    Publication number: 20150323376
    Abstract: A system for setting front axle load restoration for a load distributing trailer hitch that is used to hitch a trailer to a motor vehicle may include at least one sensor associated with a wheel of the motor vehicle. The system may further include at least one controller configured to receive signals from the at least one sensor to estimate one or more corner weights of the motor vehicle based on the signals. The at least one controller may be configured to calculate a load restoration that is required at a front axle of the motor vehicle to achieve a recommended load restoration based on the one or more estimated corner weights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: James Gerard CULLEN, Ray Andrew SACKETT, Keith WESTON
  • PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCTION OF DICHLORINE
    Publication number: 20150321915
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a process and a system for producing dichlorine (Cl2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Eric E. Stangland, Daniel A. Hickman, Mark E. Jones, Simon G. Podkolzin, Shawn D. Feist
  • HYBRID COMPOSITE INSTRUMENT PANEL
    Publication number: 20150321560
    Abstract: A vehicular instrument panel having a reinforcement that includes a plurality of chopped carbon fibers within a nylon resin, and a substrate coupled to the reinforcement comprising a plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers within a nylon resin. The plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate are segregated such that the carbon fibers and the glass fibers are each substantially concentrated within respective driver-side and passenger-side portions of the substrate. The substrate can also include a boundary region such that the plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate are substantially mixed in the boundary region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Webb, Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Tim Beard
  • HIGH CAPACITY ALUMINUM SPOT WELD ELECTRODE
    Publication number: 20150321282
    Abstract: A welding electrode assembly is provided including a mounting adapter, a shank and an electrode cap. The electrode assembly includes a shortened shank reinforced over a larger percentage of its length by the mounting adapter and electrode cap. Further, the cap includes a larger or longer working end allowing for the completion for more spot weld operations before requiring replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: William C. Moision, Elizabeth Therese Hetrick
  • IN-VEHICLE MICRO-INTERACTIONS
    Publication number: 20150321604
    Abstract: A message specifying one or more queries to be provided via a human machine interface (HMI) is received in a vehicle computer. A total estimated cognitive load is determined for an operator of the vehicle based on an estimated current cognitive load and an estimated cognitive load associated with the one or more queries. The one or more queries are provided via the HMI if the total estimated cognitive load is at or below a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Perry Robinson MacNeille, Yimin Liu, Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin
  • MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGE FOR BANANAS
    Publication number: 20150321823
    Abstract: There is provided an enclosure comprising: a polymeric film; wherein said polymeric film comprises one or more copolymers of ethylene with a polar monomer; and wherein the oxygen transmission rate of said enclosure is 8,000 to 16,000 cm3/hour. Also provided is a method of handling bananas comprising: (a) harvesting green bananas; (b) then placing said green bananas into such an enclosure; (c) then storing said enclosure at 20° C. or lower for 1 week or longer; (d) then ripening said bananas or allowing said bananas to ripen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicants: ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY, DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Aishwaraya BALASUBRAMANIAN, Nazir MIR, Robert L. MCGEE, Bruce A. MENNING, William JAMES
  • INTERNAL MAP POCKET
    Publication number: 20150321614
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a seatback defining a cavity generally accessible via a slot disposed on a back panel of the seatback. A plurality of cover members extend over the cavity and operate between a flexed position and an unflexed position. The plurality of cover members are substantially flush with a planar portion of the back panel in the unflexed position. An elastic member is disposed on an inner-surface of the back panel proximate the plurality of cover members. The elastic member and the cover members define a pocket. The elastic member is configured to expand into the cavity, thereby expanding the pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Nicholas Alphonse Billardello, Christian J. Hosbach, Mandeep Singh Sidhu
  • EMERGENCY IN-LANE STEERING ASSIST WITH BRAKING
    Publication number: 20150321668
    Abstract: An emergency in-lane steering assist system for use during a braking event comprises an object sensor for detecting the presence of an object in front of a motor vehicle and providing data from which the distance from the object to the motor vehicle is determined and a velocity sensor providing data from which the forward velocity of the motor vehicle is determined. A controller in communication with the object sensor and the velocity sensor calculates a Time to Contact (TTC) with the detected object and a steering system is responsive at least in part to operation by the controller. If the calculated TTC is less than a predetermined TTC, the controller provides a lateral steering input during the braking event to reduce the linear distance traveled by the motor vehicle relative to a predetermined path in the lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shane Elwart, Walter Joseph Talamonti, Doug Scott Rhode
  • SHARED VEHICLE MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20150321672
    Abstract: A location of a shared vehicle is identified. Shared vehicle usage data is obtained for the location. An instruction is provided to adjust an operating mode of the shared vehicle based at least on the shared vehicle usage data and the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kristin Marie Schondorf, Eric H. Wingfield, Will Farrelly, Nikola Ristivojevich, Kathleen Blackmore, Marcus Mueller
  • VARIABLE RADII FLANGES FOR MECHANICALLY RETAINED CRUSH TUBES
    Publication number: 20150320149
    Abstract: A support assembly for an assembly comprised of an extruded member that defines a cavity, the member including an opening having a plurality of sides, and a crush tube inserted into the cavity of the member and mechanically retained in the member at or near a desired location by flanging the sides of the opening into an open end of the crush tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dragan B. Stojkovic, Colleen Marie Hoffman, Vince Chimento, Matthew Forsyth
  • DUAL FUEL REFUELING
    Publication number: 20150322905
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to refueling a dual fuel internal combustion engine. In one example, a method comprises supplying a liquid fuel to a fuel tank configured to store both the liquid fuel and a gaseous fuel, if a pressure in the fuel tank is less than a threshold pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Allen Dearth
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VACUUM FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150323138
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving generation of vacuum for a vehicle are disclosed. In one example, an air conditioning compressor bypass valve is selectively activated to improve generation of vacuum by an engine. The systems and methods may reduce the possibility of compressor clutch degradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph Wayne Cunningham, Ross Dykstra Pursifull
  • METHOD OF MAKING A HYBRID COMPOSITE INSTRUMENT PANEL
    Publication number: 20150321398
    Abstract: A method of forming a vehicular instrument panel includes the steps: melting a first composite comprising carbon fibers and nylon resin; melting a second composite comprising glass fibers and nylon resin; injecting the melted composites into an instrument panel mold such that the carbon and glass fibers are each substantially concentrated within respective driver-side and passenger-side portions of the mold; and cooling the melted composites to form an instrument panel. The method may also include the step: forming a boundary region between the first and second melted composites in the mold such that the carbon and glass fibers in the mold are substantially mixed within the boundary region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Jeff Webb, Bernard Gerard Marchetti, Tim Beard
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BATTERY POWER MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20150326038
    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: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Tae-Kyung LEE
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PURGE AIR FLOW ROUTING
    Publication number: 20150322901
    Abstract: A method, comprising: purging fuel vapors from a fuel vapor canister and/or a fuel vapor bleed element to an engine intake with air routed through a transmission bellhousing. In this way, purge air may be warmed by heat generated in the transmission bellhousing during engine operation, thereby increasing desorption efficiency and reducing bleed emissions. Further, purge air may be pressurized in the transmission bellhousing to allow purging operations irrespective of intake manifold vacuum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Niels Christopher Kragh, Mark W. Peters, Donald Ignasiak, Mike Dong, Dhaval P. Vaishnav
  • Crankshaft For Engine And Engine Assembly Employing The Same
    Publication number: 20150322889
    Abstract: A crankshaft for an engine, includes: a first number of main journals including a head main journal positioned between one or more first-side main journals and one or more second-side main journals, the head main journal supporting a grooved shell with one or more oil grooves, a second number of pin journals including one or more first-side pin journals and one or more second-side pin journals, the head main journal connected to and being positioned between the first-side and second-side pin journals, a first extended passageway defined by and in communication with the head main journal, the one or more first-side main journals and the one or more first-side pin journals, and a second extended passageway defined by and in communication with the head main journal, the one or more second-side main journals and the one or more second-side pin journals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ben Xuehai Ni, Nathaniel David Hansen, Shaji Mathews
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIRECT INJECTION NOISE MITIGATION
    Publication number: 20150322879
    Abstract: A method is provided which mitigates the noise of a direct injection system in a port fuel injection and direct fuel injection (PFI-DI) engine and reduces NVH hardware. During a cold-start, the engine idle speed may be increased to mitigate the direct injection noise and during a warm idle, the engine cooling fan may be turned on during a direct injector cleanout cycle to mitigate the direct injection noise. This allows the PFI-DI engine to be run more efficiently without concern of the noise produced by the direct injectors and high pressure pump of the direct injection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Zeng, Vince Paul Solferino
  • BICYCLE INCLUDING FRAME WITH INFLATABLE SEGMENTS
    Publication number: 20150321720
    Abstract: A bicycle includes a frame, a front steering assembly rotatably coupled to the frame, a front wheel rotatably coupled to the front steering assembly, and a rear wheel rotatably coupled to the frame. The frame includes an inflatable segment and a valve in communication with the inflatable segment for selectively inflating and deflating the inflatable segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Johannes Huennekens, Lauri Mikael Ohra-aho, Samuel Ellis, Greg Foletta
  • REDISPERSIBLE POLYMER POWDER
    Publication number: 20150322253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water redispersible polymer powder (RDP) which comprises a co-dried admixture of a water-insoluble film forming polymer, a colloidal stabilizer and rubber particles. The presence of rubber within the RDP does not significantly affect redispersibility and may, when incorporated into hydraulically-binding compositions, provide an improvement in the physical properties of the resultant hydraulically bound composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Juergen DOMBROWSKI, Hartmut KUEHN, Margarita PERELLO, Sonja SCHARLEMANN