Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • Expandable roof panel perimeter reinforcement
    Patent number: 9162713
    Abstract: A vehicle roof frame includes an adhering structure having an adhesive carrier and an expanding structural adhesive coupled to at least a portion of an outer surface of the adhesive carrier. The expanding structural adhesive includes an installation state and a structural state, and the structural state has a larger volume than the installation state. The vehicle roof frame also includes a plurality of vehicle frame members that cooperate to form a frame joint and a joint cavity defined within the frame joint. The adhering structure is disposed within the joint cavity and the adhesive carrier and the expanding structural adhesive in the structural state substantially occupies the joint cavity and fixably couples the plurality of framing members such that the frame joint is free of supplemental mechanical connections proximate the joint cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Edgar Edward Donabedian, Darrin Neil Wagner, Mark Keller, Bruno M. Barthelemy
  • Method and apparatus for intelligent street light advertisement delivery
    Patent number: 9165310
    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle processor configured to communicate with an intelligent street light to receive advertisements pertaining to local businesses. The processor is also configured to store a plurality of received advertisements. The processor is further configured to sort the advertisements based on one or more user factors. Also, the processor is configured to determine an appropriate time for advertisement delivery and deliver the advertisements at the appropriate time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Yimin Liu, Perry Robinson MacNeille, Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, David Allen Kowalski
  • Methods and systems for an oxygen sensor
    Patent number: 9163575
    Abstract: Various systems and methods are described for an engine system with an exhaust gas recirculation system and catalyzing and non-catalyzing intake oxygen sensors. In one example, the catalyzing oxygen sensor is utilized to measure and control exhaust gas recirculation while fuel vapor purge is measured and controlled based on the catalyzing and non-catalyzing sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ross Dykstra Pursifull
  • Formation of higher molecular weight cyclic polyamine compounds from cyclic polyamine compounds
    Patent number: 9162995
    Abstract: The present invention provides strategies for making higher weight, cyclic polyamines from lower molecular weight, cyclic polyamine starting compounds via transamination. The higher molecular weight, cyclic polyamines are structurally similar to the lower molecular weight, cyclic polyamine starting compounds. The reactants used in the present invention include a cyclic polyamine component that comprises at least two amine groups separated from one another by at least a binary carbon atom spacing, and that can be transaminated to form a higher molecular weight, cyclic polyamine compound. The higher molecular weight, cyclic polyamine has at least two cyclic rings joined to one another through a nitrogen-containing hydrocarbyl group. Each of the cyclic rings contains two amine groups separated from one another by binary carbon atom spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Stephen W. King
  • Snug-fit item holder
    Patent number: 9162627
    Abstract: An item holder for a vehicle interior includes first and second retention members which are operable between at-rest and recessed positions relative to one another. The first and second retention members have edge portions which are generally arranged in a parallel relationship and define a spacing therebetween for the insertion of an item in use. An item stored in the item holder is retained by the first and second retention members in that the first and second retention members are biased towards the at-rest position for engagement of an item therebetween. The item holder provides ready access to personal items as stored therein by a vehicle occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Josh Greiner, Annette Lynn Huebner, Ryan Welch, Kristin Ann Hellman, Artur Sakarian, Scott H. Dunham
  • Corner closeout member and assembly for pickup truck box
    Patent number: 9162715
    Abstract: A closeout member is provided which may be disposed within an opening partially defined by a corner member and a rail edge of a side panel adjacent to a tailgate and tail lamp of a pickup truck box. The closeout member may include an outboard side secured to the corner member and shaped to substantially match a curvature of the corner member and a forward side secured at the rail edge such that the closeout member reinforces the curvature of the corner member. The closeout member may also include an inboard edge and an extension member extending at a substantially ninety degree angle downwardly from the inboard edge and may be at least partially secured to the corner member. The side panel and closeout member may be five or six thousand series aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jack Marchlewski, John Comiez, Mark Joseph Courtright, Vincent Chimento
  • Moveable vehicle armrest assembly
    Patent number: 9162598
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an armrest and a hinge assembly. The hinge assembly supports the armrest and is rotatable between extended and collapsed positions. The hinge assembly includes a pin configured to move between locked and released positions. When the pin is in the locked position, the hinge assembly is locked in the extended position. When the pin is in the released position, the pin is configured to permit rotation of the hinge assembly toward the collapsed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammed Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Coated substrates and packages prepared therefrom
    Patent number: 9162430
    Abstract: The invention provides a coated substrate comprising at least the following: i) a first layer formed from a first composition that has a melting point, Tm1, and comprising at least one ethylene-based interpolymer; ii) a second layer formed from a second composition comprising the following: a) at least one propylene-based polymer, and b) at least one ethylene-based polymer, and iii) a woven web formed from at least one olefin-based polymer with a melting point of Tm2a and/a or nonwoven web formed from at least one olefin-based polymer with a melting point of Tm2b; and wherein and Tm1 is less than, or equal to, “Tm2a ?20° C.”, and/or less than, or equal to, “Tm2b ?20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Maria Isabel Arroyo Villan, Angels Domenech, Karl Zuercher
  • CONVERTIBLE VANITY MIRROR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20150291098
    Abstract: In a convertible mirror assembly for a vehicle visor, a flexible mirror is operably coupled to a housing and is operable between first and second display states. A slider mechanism is slidably supported on the housing and operably coupled to the flexible mirror. The slider mechanism is adapted to move along the housing between retracted and extended positions, whereby the flexible mirror is in the first display state when the slider mechanism is in the retracted position, and in the second display state when the slider mechanism is in the extended position. When moved to the extended position, the slider mechanism urges the flexible mirror to an outwardly curved or convex configuration to define a conversation mirror configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Jon Robert Pendlebury
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING EGR BASED ON AN IMPACT OF PCV HYDROCARBONS ON AN INTAKE OXYGEN SENSOR
    Publication number: 20150292429
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for estimating an impact of PCV hydrocarbons on an output of an intake oxygen sensor. In one example, a method may include disabling EGR flow when the impact of PCV hydrocarbons on the output of the intake oxygen sensor is above a threshold. The impact of the PCV hydrocarbons on the output of the intake oxygen sensor may be based on a difference between the output of the intake oxygen sensor and a DPOV sensor when EGR is flow and a difference between the output of the intake oxygen sensor and expected blow-by when EGR is not flowing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gopichandra Surnilla, James Alfred Hilditch, Stephen B. Smith, Michael Howard Shelby, Todd Anthony Rumpsa, Mohannad Hakeem
  • PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYURETHANE FOAM USING TETRAALKYLSTANNOXY BASED CATALYST
    Publication number: 20150291723
    Abstract: A process for the production of a polyurethane foam product includes reacting a polyisocyanate component and a polyol component in the presence of a tetraalkylstannoxy based catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicants: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Silvia Scussolin, Manfred Etzelstorfer, Cord Manegold
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A FUEL CONCENTRATION IN ENGINE OIL USING AN INTAKE OXYGEN SENSOR
    Publication number: 20150292428
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for estimating a fuel concentration in engine oil in an engine crankcase. In one example, an engine controller may adjust engine operation such as EGR flow and engine fueling based on the estimated fuel concentration in engine oil. The fuel concentration may be based on an output of an intake oxygen sensor when purge and EGR flow are disabled, engine oil temperature, and fuel composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohannad Hakeem, Gopichandra Surnilla, James Eric Anderson
  • POLYETHYLENE BLEND-COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR BLOWN FILMS, AND FILMS MADE THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20150291783
    Abstract: The instant invention provides a polyethylene blend-composition suitable for blown films, and films made therefrom. The polyethylene blend-composition suitable for blown films according to the present invention comprises the melt blending product of: (a) from 0.5 to 6 percent by weight of a bimodal linear low density polyethylene having a density in the range of from 0.935 to 0.970 g/cm3, and a melt index (I2) in the range of from 0.3 to 5 g/10 minutes; (b) 90 percent or greater by weight of a monomodal linear low density polyethylene having a density in the range of from 0.910 to 0.950 g/cm3, and a melt index (I2) in the range of from 0.1 to less than or equal to 5 g/10 minutes; (c) optionally from 0.5 to 4 percent by weight of a low density polyethylene having a density in the range of from 0.915 to 0.935 g/cm3, and a melt index (I2) in the range of from greater than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jian Wang, Nilesh R. Savargaonkar, Mehmet Demirors, John W. Garnett, IV, Ayush A. Bafna
  • ELECTRIC ACTUATOR TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION
    Publication number: 20150292420
    Abstract: Various methods for estimating electric actuator temperature during certain operational windows are provided. In one example, a method comprises adjusting an electric motor to position a wastegate at a desired wastegate position, while during selected conditions, deviating from the desired position by at least one full half-turn of the motor and indicating motor temperature based on winding resistance averaged over the full half-turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yan Wang, Baitao Xiao
  • IRON AND COPPER-CONTAINING CHABAZITE ZEOLITE CATALYST FOR USE IN NOx REDUCTION
    Publication number: 20150290632
    Abstract: A chabazite (CHA) zeolite catalyst containing iron and copper is provided as an SCR catalyst for reducing nitrogen oxides (NOx) from vehicle engine exhausts. The catalyst is formed by incorporating iron during synthesis of the chabazite zeolite, followed by incorporating copper in an ion-exchange step. The resulting catalyst reduces nitrogen oxides over a wide range of temperatures from about 200° C. to about 700° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christine Kay Lambert, Clifford Norman Montreuil
  • Process For Joining Carbon Fiber Composite Materials Using Self-Piercing Rivets
    Publication number: 20150290914
    Abstract: A joint and related method. The joint includes bottom and top layers contacted to form first and second contacting portions. The bottom layer is a fiber composite material that is non-ductile at room temperature. A joint member joins the bottom and top layers such that the joint and the top layer are unexposed through the bottom layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aindrea McKelvey Campbell, Garret Sankey Huff, Amanda Kay Freis
  • PRESTROKING ENGINE DISCONNECT CLUTCH IN A HYBRID VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150291144
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine and an electric machine selectively coupled to one another via a clutch. In one mode of operation, the vehicle can be propelled by only the electric machine while the engine is off. When additional torque is required from the engine, at least one controller transmits an engine start request. In order to start the engine, the clutch can be prestroked such that it fills with pressure prior to the engine to start the engine. While the vehicle is on, at least one controller is programmed to prestroke the clutch prior to the engine start request based at least upon the electric machine and the engine generating substantially zero torque. This increases the overall engine start time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Walter Joseph ORTMANN, Francis Thomas CONNOLLY, Todd MCCULLOUGH, Brandon R. MASTERSON
  • STAND ALONE PUSH IN COAT HOOK
    Publication number: 20150291105
    Abstract: An accessory attachment assembly for a vehicle interior includes a mounting bracket having a mounting aperture and first and second retention tabs pivotally coupled to the mounting bracket at the mounting aperture. A hook member includes a hook portion and an open frame portion. The open frame portion is releasably received in the mounting aperture of the mounting bracket in assembly. The first and second retention tabs are operably coupled to the open frame portion of the hook member as the open frame portion is received in the mounting aperture. A release aperture is disposed on one of either the first and second retention tabs and is configured to receive a tool for releasing the first and second retention tabs from the open frame portion of the hook member to release the hook member from the mounting bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Huelke, Keith William Jenkins
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FUEL VAPOR MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20150292421
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for improving the efficiency of canister purge completion. Based on engine operating conditions, a canister is purged to a compressor inlet or a throttle outlet. During purging conditions, as canister loads change, a purge flow through the canister is varied so that a fixed preselected portion of total engine fueling is delivered as fuel vapors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Niels Christopher Kragh
  • COMPENSATOR ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE FRAME
    Publication number: 20150291224
    Abstract: A compensator assembly for a vehicle frame includes a base member having a clip engaging a first frame component spaced from a second frame component. An extension member is threadably coupled with the base member. A fastener extends coaxially through the base and the extension members to engage the first and second frame components. Rotation of the fastener unthreads the extension member until it contacts the second frame component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jaspinder S. Sahi, John T. Reed