Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • Water injection for catalyst oxygen reduction and temperature control during transient events
    Patent number: 9169755
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for injecting water based on duration of cylinder deactivation, and exhaust catalyst temperature during an engine cylinder deactivation event so as to reduce an exhaust catalyst regeneration requirement following the cylinder deactivation, and to prevent catalyst degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Norman Ulrey, Thomas G. Leone, Mark Allen Dearth
  • Vehicle engine and electric machine control
    Patent number: 9168914
    Abstract: A vehicle having an engine, an electric machine, a traction battery configured to supply power to the electric machine; and at least one controller is provided. The at least one controller is programmed to apply a filter to a requested engine power. The filter has a filter effect responsive to a difference between an actual and filtered driver demand such that the filter effect increases as the difference decreases to reduce rates of change in engine power output to satisfy the actual driver demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Raymond Martin, Kenneth James Miller
  • Internal combustion engine with oil-cooled cylinder block and method for operating an internal combustion engine of said type
    Patent number: 9169801
    Abstract: Embodiments for selectively filling a cylinder block cooling jacket with oil are provided. In one example, a control unit may be rotated among a plurality of working positions to open up and/or block flow of oil into and out of the cylinder block cooling jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jan Mehring, Thomas Lorenz, Bernd Steiner, Moritz Klaus Springer
  • Long chain branched (LCB), block, or interconnected copolymers of ethylene in combination with one other polymer
    Patent number: 9169343
    Abstract: An ethylenic polymer comprising amyl groups from about 0.1 to about 2.0 units per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and both a peak melting temperature, Tm, in ° C., and a heat of fusion, Hf, in J/g, as determined by DSC Crystallinity, where the numerical values of Tm and Hf correspond to the relationship Tm?(0.2143*Hf)+79.643. An ethylenic polymer comprising at least one preparative TREF fraction that elutes at 95° C. or greater using a Preparative Temperature Rising Elution Fractionation method, where at least one preparative TREF fraction that elutes at 95° C. or greater has a gpcBR value greater than 0.05 and less than 5 as determined by gpcBR Branching Index by 3D-GPC, and where at least 5% of the ethylenic polymer elutes at a temperature of 95° C. or greater based upon the total weight of the ethylenic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Mehmet Demirors, Teresa P. Karjala, Christopher R. Eddy, Lonnie G. Hazlitt, Pak-Meng Cham, Sarat Munjal, Wallace W. Yau
  • Method for enriching the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine with reducing agent and internal combustion engine for performing such a method
    Patent number: 9169754
    Abstract: A method for enriching the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine with a reducing agent is provided, the internal combustion engine including at least one cylinder and having an intake system for admission of charge air, an exhaust gas discharge system for discharging exhaust gases, and at least one exhaust gas aftertreatment system for reducing nitrogen oxides arranged in the exhaust gas discharge system and which is periodically provided with a supply of reducing agent. The method comprises enriching the exhaust gas with the reducing agent in the exhaust gas discharge system upstream of at least the one exhaust gas aftertreatment system when a fuel supply of the at least one cylinder of the internal combustion engine is deactivated due to an absence of load demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Allen Schneider, Kim Ford, Javier Castellano, Dirk Roemer, Frank Linzen, Yasser Mohamed sayed Yacoub
  • Method for controlling the operation of a compressor
    Patent number: 9169790
    Abstract: A method for controlling a compressor of a turbocharger is disclosed. In one example, the method comprises varying a maximum permitted compressor outlet temperature based upon a function of compressor outlet temperature and operating time, and controlling the operation of the compressor so that the maximum permitted compressor outlet temperature is not exceeded. In this way a higher boost pressure can safely be used during the early life of the compressor but excessive coking of the compressor with a resultant loss of efficiency later in the life of the compressor is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Jon Dixon
  • Vapor storage device having a diffuser plate and dome
    Patent number: 9168829
    Abstract: A vapor storage device is provided. The vapor storage device includes a diffuser plate positioned on an axis of an inlet port and comprising one or more openings extending through the plate from a leading edge to a trailing edge and a dome coupled to the inlet port of the device and the diffuser plate, where the dome includes side walls spaced away from the diffuser plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mike Dong, Niels Christopher Kragh, Michael G. Heim, Dhaval P. Vaishnav, Mohammad Usman
  • Process for making alkoxylated piperazine compounds
    Patent number: 9169222
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for making mono- and di-alkoxylated piperazine compounds especially dihydroxyethylpiperazine. The improvement comprises the addition of an acid to the piperazine compound prior to the addition of an alkylene oxide to a reactor wherein the alkoxylated piperazine compound is prepared. Said improvement reduces the concentration of undesirable glycol ether byproducts which contribute undesirable color and foaming of the alkoxylated piperazine compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Christophe R. Laroche, Daniel A. Aguilar
  • Carboxyl group containing acrylic RDP and dry mix cement formulations containing them
    Patent number: 9169382
    Abstract: The present invention provides water redispersible polymer powder (RDP) compositions that perform well even when redispersibility is fair comprising carboxyl group containing multi-stage acrylic copolymers having an alkali-soluble resin outer stage and one or more inner stage acrylic (co)polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of from ?40 to 50° C., one or more nucleating agent having a boiling point of 150° C. to 500° C., and a water solubility of 3.5% or less, preferably, an alkyl isobutyrate and a branched alkyl isobutyrate, and one or more colloidal stabilizer. Also provided are dry mix cement tile adhesive compositions comprising the water redispersible polymer powder an ordinary Portland cement, an alumina rich cement with an alumina content of from 30 wt. % to 85 wt. %, and calcium sulfate. The invention enables a broad range of the claimed acrylic polymers in useful RDPs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Linda Kim-Habermehl, Mark D. Westmeyer
  • Method for operating an internal combustion engine with a turbocharger arrangement and control unit for an engine with a turbocharger arrangement
    Patent number: 9169796
    Abstract: Methods are provided for controlling an engine. One method may include adjusting airflow to a turbocharger arrangement with a turbine bypass valve bypassing a first turbine from a high-pressure turbocharger and a wastegate bypassing a second turbine from a low-pressure turbocharger; responsive to valve degradation, setting the turbine bypass valve fully open and the wastegate fully closed; and limiting engine torque based on a flow through a compressor of the low pressure turbocharger. In the event of valve degradation, limiting torque may reduce overspeed and surge of the low pressure turbocharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Simon Petrovic, Arno Bartsch, Daniel Roettger, Alain Marie Roger Chevalier, Michael Marbaix
  • Methods and systems for utilizing waste heat for a hybrid vehicle
    Patent number: 9169751
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an engine that includes an exhaust gas heat recovery system are described. The system may reduce engine warm-up time and increase an amount of time an engine of a hybrid vehicle is deactivated while the hybrid vehicle is powered by a motor. In one example, a phase change material selectively stores and releases exhaust gas energy from and engine to improve vehicle operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Quazi Ehtesham Hussain, William Samuel Schwartz, David Richens Brigham, Mark John Jennings, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Michael Levin, Donald Masch, Danrich Henry Demitroff, James Patrick O'Neill
  • Radiation cured membranes derived from polymers that are co-reactive with azide crosslinking agent(s)
    Patent number: 9169367
    Abstract: The present invention appreciates that compounds comprising nitrogen-containing moieties that are at least divalent (e.g., urea, urethane, amide, etc.) can be reacted with azides using at least radiation energy to initiate the reaction between at least a portion of the compounds and the azides to form membranes that have surprisingly high selectivities for acid gases relative to nonpolar gases such as hydrocarbons. The membranes are also resistant to CO2 plasticization and have high acid gas flux characteristics. The resultant membranes can be extremely thin (e.g., 10 micrometers or less), which promotes high permeability for the acid gas and can translate into high productivity on a scaled-up, industrial level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Scott T. Matteucci, Junqiang Liu, Ahmad Madkour, William J. Harris
  • Process and assembly for producing alkylene oxides and glycol ethers
    Patent number: 9169226
    Abstract: There is provided a process for manipulating the amount of alkyl alcohol in a product stream, e.g., such as an alkylene oxide product stream. More particularly, and in contrast to conventional processes wherein substantially all of the alkyl alcohol must be separated and desirably recycled, in the present process, a greater amount of alkyl alcohol may be allowed to remain in a partially refined alkylene oxide product stream. The residual alkyl alcohol is subsequently substantially entirely reacted to form a downstream product, e.g., a glycol ether, which is more easily separated from the alkylene oxide product stream. Indeed, the amount of alkyl alcohol in the partially refined alkylene oxide product stream can be selected based upon the output of glycol ethers, if desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Tina L. Arrowood, Derrick W. Flick, John F. Ackford
  • Methods and systems for variable displacement engine control
    Patent number: 9169788
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for selecting a group of cylinders for selective deactivation, in a variable displacement engine system, based at least on a regeneration state of an exhaust catalyst. The position of one or more valves and throttles may be adjusted based on the selective deactivation to reduce back-flow through the disabled cylinders while also maintaining conditions of a downstream exhaust catalyst. Pre-ignition and knock detection windows and thresholds may also be adjusted based on the deactivation to improve the efficiency of knock and pre-ignition detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen B. Smith, Michael James Uhrich, James Michael Kerns, Adam Nathan Banker
  • System and method for improving fuel economy of a vehicle powertrain
    Patent number: 9169922
    Abstract: A controller for a vehicle may include communication channels and control logic. The communication channels may be configured to receive distance data from a proximity sensor disposed on a vehicle and to send shift commands to a transmission. The control logic may be configured to respond to distance data indicating a second vehicle disposed at a distance closer than a threshold distance while the vehicle is moving at or below a threshold speed by sending a shift command to the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Enrique Remes
  • Seat belt retractor with wedge clamp and load limiter
    Patent number: 9168890
    Abstract: A seat belt system includes a spool, a harness, a wedge clamp, and a load limiting plate. The harness is at least partially wound about the spool. The wedge clamp selectively engages the harness. The load limiting plate, which has deformable teeth, is operably attached to the spool. The teeth engage a pin. The pin deforms the teeth after a vehicle impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Iskander Farooq
  • Fuel pump with metering valve
    Patent number: 9169817
    Abstract: A method for operating a fuel pump is provided. The method may include decreasing a pump chamber pressure, passively opening a metering valve coupled to a pump chamber in response to the decreasing, and while the metering valve is open, generating a rotational output via a motor, transferring the rotational output into an actuation force applied to the metering valve via a metering valve actuation device, and inhibiting the metering valve from closing via sustaining application of the actuation force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Zeng, Vince Paul Solferino, Patrick Brostrom, Kyi Shiah, Joseph F. Basmaji, Scott Lehto
  • Disengageable coolant pump for engine
    Patent number: 9169834
    Abstract: A coolant pump includes a drive wheel, a driven wheel, and a coupling-control pump. The driven wheel is connected to a coolant impeller and coupled by a variable degree to the drive wheel, the degree of coupling responsive to an amount of fluid confined between the drive wheel and the driven wheel. The coupling-control pump is configured to change the amount of fluid confined between the drive wheel and the driven wheel based on a variable control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Tobergte, Bert Pingen, Bernd Schumacher, Jan Mehring, Kay Hohenboeken
  • Electro-hydraulic rivet and method of riveting and welding parts
    Patent number: 9168581
    Abstract: A method of riveting two metal parts through a hole with an electro-hydraulic riveting tool. The electro-hydraulic riveting tool includes a tube that is inserted in the hole and an electrode that is inserted within the tube. A liquid is contained within the tube and the electrode is immersed in the liquid. A stored charge is discharged through the electrode to create a shockwave within the fluid that forms the tube into a rivet structure and creates solid state weld between the rivet flanges and the parts that are joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Sergey Fedorovich Golovashchenko
  • Multiple speed transmission with integrated low range
    Patent number: 9169901
    Abstract: A transmission gearing arrangement includes four simple planetary gear sets, a range selection clutch, and five other clutches including one brake. The transmission is operated in high range by engaging the range selection clutch and in low range by disengaging the range selection clutch. In high range, the transmission produces eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio by selective engagement of various combinations of three of the five other clutches. In low range, the transmission produces five forward speed ratios by selective engagement of various combinations of two of the other five clutches. The transmission can shift from the fourth low range ratio to the third high range ratio while the vehicle is in motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Scott Lippert