Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
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Publication number: 20230364965Abstract: A vehicle heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit includes a seating assembly that has a seat air duct assembly disposed within an interior of the seating assembly. A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning assembly includes a housing having a first surface and a second surface. The seating assembly is disposed on the first surface of the housing. A seat-directed duct is disposed within the housing. The seat-directed duct is in fluid communication with the seat air duct assembly and an intake defined by the housing. A condenser is disposed within the housing proximate to the intake and an evaporator is disposed within the housing proximate to an inlet of the seat-directed duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael John Harmon, Hussain Zoher Tajmahal, Marielle Beverly Conrad, Yejin Han, David Earl Ooms, Michael Moliterno, Andrew Smith
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Publication number: 20230365085Abstract: A bumper assembly of a vehicle includes a vehicle bumper and a first inflatable device supported by the bumper. The first inflatable device is deployable downwardly from the bumper from an undeployed position to a deployed position. A second inflatable device is supported by the bumper and spaced cross-vehicle from the first inflatable device. The second inflatable device is deployable downwardly from the bumper from an undeployed position to a deployed position. An uninflatable panel is below the bumper 12 and extends from the first inflatable device to the second inflatable device in the deployed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
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Publication number: 20230365771Abstract: According to various embodiments, an extruded foam is formed from a composition comprising from 1 to 99 wt % of a silicone-functionalized polyethylene comprising a reaction product of the polymerization of ethylene and (meth)acrylic ester functionalized polydimethylsiloxane, and a physical blowing agent. The foam has a density of less than or equal to 0.200 g/cm3 as measured in accordance with ASTM D1622-88 at 25° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Bharat I. Chaudhary, Jian Yang, Arkady L. Krasovskiy, Andrew Heitsch, Brian Dorvel
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Publication number: 20230364974Abstract: A vehicle includes a body defining an interior cabin having at least one seat and a tailgate rearward of the at least one seat at a rear end of the cabin interior, a shelf configured to extend between lateral sides of the cabin interior in a region between the at least one seat and the liftgate. The shelf is configured to be arranged in one of a first shelf position, a second shelf position and a seat backrest position, and a heating device operable to heat the shelf. The vehicle also includes an orientation sensor to sense orientation of the shelf in one of the first position, second position and backrest position, and a controller controlling temperature of the heating element based on the sensed orientation of the shelf.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Dustin Shedlarski, Micah R. Jones, David Brian Glickman, Claudia Alejandra Ardura, Adrian Aguirre, Michael John Kipley
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Publication number: 20230366595Abstract: A heat pump includes a refrigerant loop. The refrigerant loop includes a compressor, a first region of a first heat exchanger, a first branching point, a first shutoff valve, a second shutoff valve, and a second heat exchanger. The compressor includes a low-pressure inlet, a mid-pressure inlet, and an outlet. The first heat exchanger is positioned immediately downstream of the outlet of the compressor. The first branching point is positioned immediately downstream of the first region of the first heat exchanger. The refrigerant loop splits into a first path and a second path at the first branching point. The first shutoff valve is positioned along the first path and immediately downstream of the first branching point. The second shutoff valve is positioned along the second path and immediately downstream of the first branching point. The second heat exchanger is downstream of the first heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Rachael E. Shey, Jeffrey Paul Brown, Leyuan Yu, James C. Rollinson
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Publication number: 20230364570Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a chemical feed distributor may include a chemical feed inlet and a body. The chemical feed inlet may pass a chemical feed stream into the chemical feed distributor. The body may comprise one or more walls that may define an elongated chemical feed stream flow path and a plurality of chemical feed outlets. The plurality of chemical feed outlets may be spaced on the walls. The plurality of chemical feed outlets may be operable to pass the chemical feed stream out of the chemical feed distributor. The elongated chemical feed stream flow path may comprise an upstream fluid flow path portion and a downstream fluid flow path portion. The walls may be positioned such that the average cross-sectional area of the upstream fluid flow path portion is greater than the average cross-sectional area of the downstream fluid flow path portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Matthew T. Pretz, Quan Yuan, Pritish M. Kamat, Liwei Li, Lin Luo
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Publication number: 20230364575Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a chemical feed distributor may include a chemical feed inlet, a body, a plurality of primary chemical feed outlets, and a secondary chemical feed outlet. The chemical feed inlet may pass a chemical feed stream into the chemical feed distributor. One or more walls of the body may define an elongated chemical feed stream flow path. The plurality of primary chemical feed outlets may be spaced along at least a portion of the length of the elongated chemical feed stream flow path and may be operable to pass a first portion of the chemical feed stream out of the feed distributor and into a vessel. The secondary chemical feed outlet may be downstream of the plurality of primary chemical feed outlets and may be operable to pass a second portion of the chemical feed stream out of the chemical feed distributor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Matthew T. Pretz, Quan Yuan, Pritish M. Kamat, Liwei Li, Lin Luo
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Publication number: 20230365210Abstract: A manufacturing system includes a plurality of first autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), a plurality of second AMRs, and a central management system. Each first AMR transports a body from among multiple bodies for multiple vehicles, and each second AMR transports a chassis from multiple chassis for the multiple vehicles. The central management system is configured to direct the plurality of the first AMRs into a first assembly line process, direct the plurality of the second AMRs into a second assembly line process, and direct an identified second AMR of the plurality of the second AMRs to move behind an identified first AMR of the plurality of the first AMRs. The identified second AMR is transporting a selected chassis from among the plurality of chassis, the identified first AMR is transporting a selected body from among the plurality of bodies, and the selected body is associated with the selected chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Kerry Lance Paskell
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Publication number: 20230364983Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly for a motor vehicle includes a heat exchanger formed by additive manufacturing. The heat exchanger includes two end tanks and a plurality of exchanger tubes. The plurality of exchanger tubes extend in a transverse direction relative to a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle and connects the two end tanks to each other such that fluid is allowed to flow between the two end tanks by the plurality of exchanger tubes. The heat exchanger has a recess formed therein. A first exchanger tube of the plurality of exchanger tubes has at least one change of direction such that the first exchanger tube bypasses the recess at an angle to the transverse direction and runs along a side of the recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Tobias Duffe, Maximilian Klein, Christian Jolk, Morten Pyroth, Thomas Nitsche
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Publication number: 20230365792Abstract: Various embodiments described herein are directed to a polymer composition comprising polyethylene and a reaction product of the copolymerization of the ethylene and (meth)acrylic ester functionalized polysiloxane, and optionally one or more units derived from a termonomer. Articles made from the polymer composition and methods of making the polymer composition are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicants: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Dow Silicones CorporationInventors: Arkady L. Krasovskiy, John O. Osby, Andrew Heitsch, Eric Joffre, Nanguo Liu, Brian Dorvel, Alexandra Frankel
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Publication number: 20230370278Abstract: A vehicle system includes a vehicle network and a core electronic control unit communicatively coupled to the vehicle network. The core electronic control unit is programmed to generate an initial hash based on a first event on the vehicle network, the initial hash designated as a current hash; and recursively generate a next hash based on a time associated with a next event on the vehicle network and based on the current hash. The next event occurs after the first event. The next hash is designated as the current hash for a next recursion of generating the next hash.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Andrew Kamal
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Publication number: 20230368541Abstract: A computer that includes a processor and a memory can predict future status of one or more moving objects by acquiring a plurality of video frames with a sensor included in a device, inputting the plurality of video frames to a first deep neural network to determine one or more objects included in the plurality of video frames, and inputting the objects to a second deep neural network to determine object features and full frame features.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Daniel Goodman, Sandhya Bhaskar, Nikita Jaipuria, Jinesh Jain, Vidya Nariyambut Murali
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Publication number: 20230366631Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly for a motor vehicle includes a heat exchanger having at least one inlet tank, at least one outlet tank, and a plurality of exchanger tubes of an exchanger core. The exchanger tubes connect the inlet tank and the outlet tank and extend along a transverse axis that extends perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle. Each exchanger tube defines a fluid passage path for fluid. A first pair of adjacent exchanger tubes form a first air passage path therebetween for ambient air and a second pair of adjacent exchanger tubes form a second air passage path therebetween for ambient air. The first air passage path has an air flow resistance that is different from an air flow resistance of the second air passage path.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Tobias Duffe, Morten Pyroth, Christian Jolk, Maximilian Klein, Thomas Nitsche
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Publication number: 20230366591Abstract: A heat pump includes a refrigerant loop. The refrigerant loop can include a compressor, a first region of a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a bypass branch. The compressor includes a low-pressure inlet, a mid-pressure inlet, and an outlet. The first heat exchanger is positioned downstream of the outlet of the compressor. The second heat exchanger is positioned downstream of the first heat exchanger. The bypass branch includes an entrance and an exit. The entrance to the bypass branch is positioned downstream of the outlet of the compressor and upstream of the first region of the first heat exchanger. The exit of the bypass branch is positioned upstream of the second heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Rachael E. Shey, Jeffrey Paul Brown, Leyuan Yu, James C. Rollinson
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Publication number: 20230364977Abstract: An electric vehicle includes an electric-vehicle battery tray including a frame member elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. The electric vehicle includes a rocker rail elongated along the vehicle-longitudinal axis. The electric vehicle includes a subframe. The electric vehicle includes a bracket connecting the battery tray, the rocker rail, and the subframe.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Rodrigo Alberto Marginet, James Brian Goff, Anuj Deshpande, Ohster Zapata, Corey John Jarocki, Jeffrey A. Walesch, Patrick W. Bain, Felicia Paluzzi, Peter Simeon Lazarevski
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Patent number: 11813831Abstract: A method of forming an electric machine lamination includes punching a sheet having a first composition to form a cavity and a compressed region at a perimeter of the cavity. The method further includes depositing, within the cavity and on the compressed region, a deposit material having a second composition different than the first composition. The method further includes scanning a beam along the deposit material to form a bound material within the cavity and on the compressed region.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Leyi Zhu, Michael W. Degner, Feng Liang
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Patent number: 11815614Abstract: A system includes a plurality of wireless transmitters and a processor configured to: receive, from a mobile device, signal strengths of signals from the wireless transmitters as detected by the mobile device. The processor is also configured to determine a location of the mobile device in a vehicle, based on a distance from the mobile device to each of the wireless transmitters, as indicated by the received signal strengths and store the location of the mobile device as an occupant location.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mark A. Cuddihy, Eric L. Reed, Manoharprasad K Rao, Thomas Lee Miller
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Patent number: 11813963Abstract: Methods and systems for cooling an electric energy storage device are described. In one example, a temperature set point of a cooling system is reduced before a vehicle reaches a location along a travel route where load on the electric energy storage device is expected to be greater than a threshold load. By lowering the temperature set point, it may be possible to maintain a temperature of the electric energy storage device below a threshold temperature.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ashwin Hariharan, Hamish Lewis, Ron Razzano
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Patent number: 11813835Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a flexible pouch. In an embodiment, a flexible pouch is provided and includes opposing flexible laminates sealed along a common peripheral edge to form a storage compartment. Each flexible laminate has at least three layers comprising (A) a seal layer, (B) an outermost layer, and (C) an adhesive layer between the seal layer and the outer layer. The adhesive layer comprises a solvent-free polyurethane adhesive composition. An alcoholic beverage is present in the storage compartment. The flexible pouch has a solvent residue less than 1.0 mg/m2, and a bond strength greater than 200 gm/15 mm after a 60-day liquor resistance test.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventor: Shailendra Ashok Nagotkar
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Patent number: D1004498Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Todd Willing, Max Wolff, Max Tran, Leigh H. Cosentino, Tae Hoon Kang
