Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • Integrated underseat storage
    Patent number: 9090209
    Abstract: A seating assembly for a vehicle including a seat movable between a raised vertical position and a lowered horizontal position. A storage cavity is defined by an underside of the seat. The storage cavity includes a plurality of vehicle emergency items. Retaining features are disposed on the underside of the seat and secure the plurality of vehicle emergency items. An access opening is disposed on the underside of the seat. A door covers the access opening and is pivotally connected to the underside of the seat. The door is maintained in a latched condition until the seat is moved to the raised vertical position. The door moves to an unlatched condition when the seat is in the raised vertical position and access to the access opening is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Adrian Aguirre, Pedro Antonio Romero Oceguera, Alberto Soto Marin
  • Methods and systems for boost control
    Patent number: 9091202
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for varying a proportion of compressed air recirculated to a compressor inlet from a location downstream of the compressor and upstream of a charge air cooler and a location downstream of the charge air cooler. A temperature-controlled compressor recirculation flow is used to reduce condensation from EGR being ingested into the compressor. The temperature-controlled compressor recirculation flow is also used to address compressor surge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Styles, Julia Helen Buckland, Joseph Norman Ulrey, James Leiby, Gregory Patrick McConville
  • Leak detection based on fuel level
    Patent number: 9091227
    Abstract: Methods and systems for fuel system leak detection are disclosed. In one example approach, a method comprises, during an engine-on condition, delivering fuel from a fuel tank to one or more cylinders of the engine while the fuel tank is sealed off from atmosphere, and indicating a leak based on pressure in the fuel tank. For example, a leak may be indicated in response to a pressure decrease in the fuel tank greater than an expected pressure decrease, where the expected pressure decrease is based on a fuel level in the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Russell Randall Pearce, Scott A. Bohr, Aed M. Dudar, Dennis Seung-Man Yang
  • Pinion assembly preloading system
    Patent number: 9091298
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pinion assembly preloading systems. Disclosed are systems including a press actuator configured to apply an axial force against a pinion assembly; a force sensor configured to measure a reaction force at the pinion assembly; and a controller configured to control the press actuator according to a change in the reaction force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Alexander Szpara, Timothy John Reed, Troy Smith, Julie Anne Sunstein, Wayne Uhrick
  • Conductive ink elastomeric molded connector
    Patent number: 9093766
    Abstract: An electronic connector system includes one or more electronic components electronically coupled to one another by an elastomeric connector. The elastomeric connector is disposed in a compressed condition against the one or more electronic components to form a sound electrical connection therebetween. A casing is provided about the elastomeric connector to retain the elastomeric connector in the compressed condition as coupled to the one or more electronic components. The casing may be an overmolded polymer that is injection molded about the electrical connection between the elastomeric connector and the one or more electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Jeffrey Singer, Michael Istok
  • EPOXY RESIN SYSTEM CONTAINING POLYETHYLENE TETRAMINES AND TRIETHYLENE DIAMINE CATALYST FOR RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20150203628
    Abstract: A two-component curable epoxy resin system is disclosed. The resin system includes an epoxy resin component containing at least 80% by weight of a polyglycidyl ether of a polyphenol. The system also includes an hardener mixture containing mainly polyethylene tetraamines. The system include triethylene diamine in specific amounts as a catalyst. The system has beneficial curing characteristics that make it useful for producing fiber-reinforced composites in a resin transfer molding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sergio Grunder, Rainer Koeniger, Timothy A. Morley, Nebjosa Jelic, Sylvie Vervoort, Martin Reimers, Peter Cate
  • ONE DIMENSIONAL THREE WAY CATALYST MODEL FOR CONTROL AND DIAGNOSTICS
    Publication number: 20150204258
    Abstract: A method comprising adjusting a fuel injection amount based on a fractional oxidation state of a catalyst, the fractional oxidation state based on reaction rates of grouped oxidant and reductant exhaust gas species throughout a catalyst and a low-dimensional physics-based model derived from a detailed two-dimensional model to obtain a one-dimensional model averaged over time and space that accounts for diffusion limitations in the washcoat and accurately predicts emissions during cold start.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Pankaj Kumar, Imad Hassan Makki
  • FLEXIBLE BUSBAR HOLDER FOR WELDED CELLS
    Publication number: 20150207126
    Abstract: A traction battery assembly is provided including a support member, two battery cells, a busbar, and a segmented busbar holder. The battery cells include adjacent terminals at differing heights relative to the support member. The busbar is attached to the terminals. The segmented busbar holder includes adjacent panels configured to cover and orient the busbar relative to the terminals. The panels are also configured to move relative to one another such that the holder accommodates the differing heights of the terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Steven F. Chorian, Steven Droste, Debbi Callicoat
  • Method for Making Fire-Resistant Foam Insulation Panels
    Publication number: 20150204065
    Abstract: A continuous process for preparing insulation panels having thick (0.2 mm to 1 mm) metal facing panels and a fiber-reinforced polymer foam core is disclosed. In the process, a bottom metal facing panel (2) is continuously supplied. A mat (10) of reinforcing fibers and a foamable resin composition (19) are applied to the bottom facing panel. A flexible barrier layer (5) is applied atop the foamable resin composition, and the assembly is passed through nip rolls (12,13) to compress the assembly and force the resin composition into the fiber mat. An adhesive layer (4) and top metallic facing layer (1) are then applied on top of the flexible barrier layer, and the resulting assembly is gauged and cured by passing it through a double band laminator (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Luca Lotti, Maurizio Guandalini, Luigi L. Bertucelli, Paolo Golini
  • POWERTRAIN CONTROL OF A HYBRID VEHICLE IN PARK OR NEUTRAL
    Publication number: 20150203091
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine and an electric machine selectively coupled to the engine via a clutch. The engine, electric machine, and clutch are arranged along a common axis. At least one controller is programmed to execute various commands when the vehicle is in park or neutral and the accelerator pedal of the vehicle is depressed. This enhances perceived vehicle reactions in response to accelerator pedal movement. To do so, the controller is programmed to control a rate of speed increase of the electric machine based on a rate of the depression of the accelerator pedal (e.g., “speed control”). Furthermore, the torque output of the engine is controlled to a target value irrespective of engine speed and engine torque is converted into electric energy via the electric machine (e.g., “torque control”). The rate of speed increase of the electric machine is altered when the engine is started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Xiaoyong WANG, Wei LIANG, Rajit JOHRI, Mark Steven YAMAZAKI, Ming Lang KUANG, Ryan Abraham MCGEE
  • MULTI-FUNCTION AUTOMOTIVE TRUNK STORAGE DRAWER
    Publication number: 20150203046
    Abstract: A vehicle storage drawer includes a frame and a housing slidably attached to the frame with a central aperture defining a receptacle. At least one container is selectively engaged with the receptacle. The at least one container is selectively removable from the receptacle when the housing is in an outward position. The container is selectively secured within the receptacle when the housing is in an inward position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Marc David Nedelman
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING AN ESTER OF A CELLULOSE ETHER IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ALKALI METAL CARBOXYLATE
    Publication number: 20150203595
    Abstract: Two or more esters of a cellulose ether, each having the same ether and ester substituents but different weight average molecular weights are prepared in a process which comprises the steps of esterifying a cellulose ether with (i) an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid anhydride or (ii) a dicarboxylic acid anhydride or (iii) a combination of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid anhydride and a dicarboxylic acid anhydride in the presence of an alkali metal carboxylate in two or more separate reactions, wherein in each reaction a different molar ratio [alkali metal carboxylate/anhydroglucose units of cellulose ether] is used to produce esters of the cellulose ether of different weight average molecular weights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Oliver Petermann, Matthias Sprehe
  • Door Closing Apparatus
    Publication number: 20150204130
    Abstract: An apparatus to facilitate vehicle door closing includes a rack gear engaging a pinion gear that are connected between the door and a hinge pillar. A spring is operatively connected to the pinion gear stores energy during a portion of a door opening motion and releases the stored energy to bias the door to close. A damper operatively connects the spring and the door to limit the door closing speed during a portion of the door closing motion. A power cinching mechanism may be operatively coupled to the door closing apparatus to assist in the final closing motion of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark George Vojtisek, John W. Jaranson
  • CONTROLLING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE THROUGH MODELING COMPENSATION OF PCV FUEL FLOW DUE TO OIL DILUTION
    Publication number: 20150204263
    Abstract: A method for controlling an internal combustion engine based on the amount of un-burned fuel dissolved in the engine oil, and returned into the manifold through the PCV valve as the engine oil temperature rises via adjusting fuel injection into a cylinder from a fuel injector, in a fuel delivery system. The fuel dilution in engine oil and the amount of fuel entering the intake manifold through the PCV valve can be determined based on one or more of oil volume, fuel composition (e.g., ethanol content), oil temperature, engine temperature, engine speed, engine load, engine run time, injected fuel mass, and exhaust gas composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Michael DeAngelis, Michael Ryan Scannell, Gregory Blin, Rama Sanghvi, Joseph Lyle Thomas
  • System and Method for Controlling Battery Power Based on Predicted Battery Energy Usage
    Publication number: 20150203096
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling battery power in a hybrid vehicle for a given driver demand that balances battery state of charge and battery capacity limits while operating the engine at a system efficient engine power. Predictive information may be used to predict battery energy usage during a future time window that indicates a charging opportunity (excess power will be absorbed by the battery) or a boosting opportunity (battery power will be discharged). Based on this information and the current state of charge of the battery, an associated battery power for a given driver demand is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Xiaoyong Wang, Wei Liang, Qing Wang, Ryan Abraham McGee, Ming Lang Kuang
  • SUSPENSION SEAT BACK AND CUSHION SYSTEM HAVING AN INNER SUSPENSION PANEL
    Publication number: 20150203010
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a frame and an inner suspension panel coupled to the frame. A plurality of suspension members attach the frame to the inner suspension panel. Each suspension member has a tab that is biased away from the inner suspension panel and is operable between extended and compressed positions. A cushion is coupled to at least one of the tabs. The cushion includes a plurality of comfort positions defined by the position of each of the tabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Michael Kolich, Daniel Ferretti
  • MULTIPLE TAP ASPIRATOR WITH LEAK PASSAGE
    Publication number: 20150204283
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for engine systems including a multiple tap aspirator with a throat tap and a diffuser tap. Suction passages coupled to the throat and diffuser taps, respectively, may fluidly communicate via a leak passage with a flow restriction. During conditions where the pressure at a suction flow source of the diffuser tap is less than the pressure at the diffuser tap, backflow from the diffuser tap may travel through the leak passage into the throat tap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Brad Alan VanDerWege
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENGINE STARTING
    Publication number: 20150204264
    Abstract: A method and system for improving starting of an engine is presented. In one example, the method selects a first cylinder to receive fuel since engine stop based on intake valve closing time. The method also describes selecting the first cylinder to receive fuel since engine stop based on an end of fuel injection time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander O'Connor Gibson, Steven Wooldridge, David Bruce Reiche, Brad Alan VanDerWege, Ethan D. Sanborn
  • NANOCELLULAR THERMOPLASTIC FOAM AND PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150203647
    Abstract: Prepare a thermoplastic polymer foam having a porosity of 70% or more and at least one of: (i) an average cell size of 200 nanometers or less; and (ii) a nucleation density of at least 1×1015 effective nucleation sites per cubic centimeter of foamable polymer composition not including blowing agent using a foamable polymer composition containing a thermoplastic polymer selected from styrenic polymer and (meth)acrylic polymers, a blowing agent comprising at least 20 mole-percent carbon dioxide based on moles of blowing agent and an additive having a Total Hansen Solubility Parameter that differs from that of carbon dioxide by less than 2 and that is present at a concentration of 0.01 to 1.5 weight parts per hundred weight parts thermoplastic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Lingbo Zhu, Stéphane Costeux, Kshitish A. Patankar, Jonathan D. Moore
  • TORQUE BASED ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN HYBRID VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150203092
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a powertrain in a hybrid vehicle having an engine and a traction motor include commanding the engine to provide an engine torque corresponding with a desired performance characteristic at a current engine speed. The method additionally includes commanding the motor to provide a motor torque to compensate a difference between an operator torque request and the engine torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Rajit JOHRI, Wei LIANG, Christopher Alan LEAR, Mark Steven YAMAZAKI, Xiaoyong WANG, Ming Lang KUANG, Ryan Abraham MCGEE