Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • Method and Apparatus for Automatic Location Check-In Control in a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20150077275
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to receive information relating to a vehicle state, designated to act as a trigger for a location check-in process. The processor is further configured to evaluate the state to determine if a trigger condition has been met and access a designated check-in site, when the trigger condition has been met. Also, the processor is configured to obtain user location information. The processor is additionally configured to provide the user location information to the check-in site for location updating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Elizabeth Halash
  • FIRE RESISTANT COMPOSITE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20150079367
    Abstract: Fire resistant composite structures. As an example, a fire resistant composite structure can have a foam material, a geopolymer thermal protection layer adhered to the foam material, and a facing adhered to the geopolymer layer. The geopolymer thermal protection layer can be formed by curing geopolymer precursors having a silicon to aluminum ratio in a range of 1.0:0.1 to 1.0:3.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Dongkyu Kim, Chan Han, Robert C. Cieslinski, Giuseppe Vairo, Luigi Bertucelli
  • COKING WASTEWATER TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20150076061
    Abstract: A process for treating coking wastewater contains the steps of passing the coking wastewater in such an order through coagulation, particles removal, and ion-exchange resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicants: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
    Inventors: Chad J. Cai, Jenny Z. Zhang, Zhaohui Yan, Xianrui Wang
  • SELF-ADJUSTING SEAT STIFFNESS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150076879
    Abstract: A self-adjusting seat stiffness system that uses a tension member and tensioning device to maintain or increase tension in a seat component during a perceived vehicle dynamic event. The system may use an inertial latching spool for the tensioning device as an example of a way to maintain tension at a target acceleration of the spool by locking up the tension member, or may have a controller to control the tensioning member to provide variable tensions depending on varying perceived vehicle parameters. The tensioning of the tension member helps to avoid submarining of an occupant under a seatbelt due to unacceptable seat compression during a vehicle dynamic event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Richard Edward Ruthinowski, Edward Joseph DeSmet, Brian Robert Spahn, William Jerome Olsen, Daniel Ferretti
  • INTEGRATED PASSENGER AIRBAG
    Publication number: 20150074969
    Abstract: An integrated airbag in the inflated condition has a main airbag portion defining an upper chamber and a lower extended portion defining a chamber depending from the main airbag portion. The main airbag portion in the inflated condition acts against the head and torso of the occupant so as to generate a restraining force against the occupant, and the lower extended portion in the inflated condition acts against the pair of knees of the occupant so as to mitigate the femur forces on the knees of the motor vehicle occupant generated by contact with the lower portion of the instrument panel during the impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Pardeep Kumar Jindal, Rahul Makwana
  • Hydrocarbon Trap Assembly with Thermoformed Hydrocarbon-Adsorbing Sleeve
    Publication number: 20150075500
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon trap assembly for use in an intake system of a motor vehicle engine includes a first duct having an interior recess adjacent an end thereof, the recess having a blind end; a second duct overlapping the first duct's end and closing off a second end of the recess; and a thermoformed hydrocarbon-adsorbing sleeve inside the recess and having a first edge adjacent the blind end and a second edge adjacent the second end of the recess. One or both ends of the sleeve may engage a hook formed on the respective first and/or second ducts. The second end of the sleeve may have a flange that fits into a gap between the ducts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David S. Moyer, Ha To Chung, Matthew J. Rimmel, Roger Khami, Andrew George Bellis
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN INTAKE OXYGEN SENSOR
    Publication number: 20150075503
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a reference voltage for an intake manifold oxygen sensor based on ingestion of hydrocarbons from a fuel system canister and/or an engine crankcase. During conditions when purge or crankcase ventilation hydrocarbons are ingested in the intake aircharge, the intake oxygen sensor is transitioned from operating at a lower reference voltage to a higher reference voltage where the effects of the ingested hydrocarbons on the sensor output are nullified. An EGR dilution of the intake aircharge is estimated based on the output of the sensor at the higher reference voltage while an amount of hydrocarbons ingested is estimated based on a difference between sensor outputs at the higher and lower reference voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gopichandra Surnilla, Daniel A. Makled, Richard E. Soltis, Stephen B. Smith
  • VEHICLE SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED VIDEO RECORDING
    Publication number: 20150077556
    Abstract: A vehicle system for automated recording may include a controller configured to receive a first sensor input to detect an occupant presence. The controller may communicate with a recording device in response to the sensor input. The recording device may activate in response to a positive occupant presence and deactivate in response to a negative occupant presence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Eric L. Reed
  • LOW VOC GLYCOL ETHER COALESCENTS FOR WATER BASED COATINGS
    Publication number: 20150080512
    Abstract: A coalescent composition comprising at least one glycol ether of the formula R1(0-CH2—CH(CH3))n—OH. The composition can be used to prepare coatings that meet the low VOC requirements of French law decree 2011/321.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Brigitte Emelie, Wilhelm H. Leffers
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING IGNITION ENERGY DURING EXHAUST STROKE COMBUSTION OF GASEOUS FUEL TO REDUCE TURBO LAG
    Publication number: 20150075487
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adjusting ignition energy of the spark required for combustion of gaseous fuel injected during an exhaust stroke of a cylinder combustion event to reduce turbo lag. In one example, a method includes combusting a first amount of gaseous fuel during a compression stroke of a cylinder combustion event using a first ignition energy and combusting a second amount of gaseous fuel during an exhaust stroke of the cylinder combustion event using a second ignition energy, the second ignition energy lower than the first ignition energy. The second ignition energy may be adjusted based on in-cylinder pressure and cylinder load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Paul Glugla, John Hedges
  • FUEL TANK PRESSURE SENSOR RATIONALITY TEST FOR A PHEV
    Publication number: 20150075501
    Abstract: A method for verifying the reliable operation of a fuel tank pressure transducer positioned within a fuel tank of a PHEV. The method detects the initiation of a refueling cycle, which leads to opening a system vent valve positioned between a carbon canister and a system vent, and opening a fuel tank isolation valve. A controller monitors fuel system pressure within the fuel tank and at the vent valve, and that device determines rates of change of the fuel system pressure within the fuel tank and at the outlet vent. Reliable operation of the fuel tank pressure transducer is indicated upon a determination that the rates of change of the fuel system pressure in the fuel tank and at the outlet vent are uniform within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: MARK W PETERS, ROBERT ROY JENTZ, AED M DUDAR, ROMAN SCHESNUK, JACK MARSHALL
  • ROAD TRIP VEHICLE TO VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150081157
    Abstract: A method of coordinating a plurality of road vehicles includes obtaining information related to a first vehicle that is relevant to a road trip with which the first vehicle and at least a second vehicle are involved, uploading the information to a server wirelessly, and downloading the information from the server wirelessly to at least one of the first vehicle and the second vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence Banasky, JR., Thomas Joseph Hermann, Mark Wisnewski
  • EXTENDABLE JACK TOOL
    Publication number: 20150078815
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a jack tool includes an inserting end, the inserting end including a connection insert positioned within the inserting end, the connection insert including first and second protrusions linked to be movable together. The inserting end may include a pair of spaced apart first apertures to receive the first and second protrusions, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Wendy Ge, Brenna Liu, Jack Xu
  • SERVICE PANEL FOR ACCESSING A SERVICEABLE PART
    Publication number: 20150079458
    Abstract: A battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an enclosure assembly defining an interior and a service panel integrally formed in the enclosure assembly. The service panel includes a ductile portion that is removable to access the interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Daniel Maguire
  • SINGLE PLANE SEALED ENCLOSURE
    Publication number: 20150079454
    Abstract: A battery assembly for an electrified vehicle is disclosed, the battery assembly includes a battery cover and a battery tray that join at a single continuous planar sealing surface around a perimeter of the assembly. The continuous planar sealing surface is disposed at an angle relative to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Maguire, Kanchana Pentapati
  • TORSION BEAM AXLE FOR A VEHICLE, AND BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR A TORSION BEAM AXLE
    Publication number: 20150076782
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a torsion beam axle for a vehicle. The torsion beam axle comprises two longitudinal swing arms connected by a torsion profile and two bearing arrangements. Each bearing arrangement is configured to attach a respective longitudinal swing arm to a body of the vehicle. Each bearing arrangement has a rotational axis, and the rotational axes of the bearing arrangements run in parallel to or are aligned with one another. Each of the bearing arrangements has a bearing core, which is connected to one of the longitudinal swing arms, and at least one bearing arm which is coupled to the bearing core. The bearing arm comprises a supporting section, which is coupled to the bearing core, and an elastic bending section with a connecting region, via which the bearing arm can be at least indirectly attached to the body of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas CARLITZ, Eric Leonard BRANGER, Gunter WUERSIG, Thomas SCHMITZ
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN INTAKE OXYGEN SENSOR
    Publication number: 20150075502
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a reference voltage for an intake manifold oxygen sensor based on ingestion of hydrocarbons from a fuel system canister and/or an engine crankcase. During conditions when purge or crankcase ventilation hydrocarbons are ingested in the intake aircharge, the intake oxygen sensor is transitioned from operating at a lower reference voltage to a higher reference voltage where the effects of the ingested hydrocarbons on the sensor output are nullified. An EGR dilution of the intake aircharge is estimated based on the output of the sensor at the higher reference voltage while an amount of hydrocarbons ingested is estimated based on a difference between sensor outputs at the higher and lower reference voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gopichandra Surnilla, Daniel A. Makled, James Alfred Hilditch, Richard E. Soltis, Michael Howard Shelby, Daniel Joseph Styles
  • Method and Apparatus for Receiving and Processing Media Recommendations
    Publication number: 20150081671
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to receive a request to assemble a recommended playlist. The processor is also configured to access one or more user-specified social media sites and obtain posted song recommendations from the one or more social media sites. Also, the processor is configured to assemble the song recommendations into a playlist. The processor is further configured to access a song-providing service and request music on the playlist from the song providing service. The processor is additionally configured to play the requested music.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Stefan Bankowski
  • ETHYLENE POLYMER CONDUCTOR COATINGS PREPARED WITH POLYBUTADIENE CROSS-LINKING COAGENTS
    Publication number: 20150075839
    Abstract: Processes for producing coated conductors with a polymeric coating composition and a cable resulting therefrom. The polymeric coating composition comprises an ethylene polymer, an organic peroxide, and a polybutadiene. The processes comprise coating conductors with the polymeric coating composition, cross-linking the polymeric coating composition, and degassing the resulting cross-linked polymeric coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yabin Sun, Fanliang Meng, Journey Lu Zhu, Bin Li
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INJECTING GASEOUS FUEL DURING AN EXHAUST STROKE TO REDUCE TURBO LAG
    Publication number: 20150075492
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for injecting and combusting an amount of gaseous fuel during an exhaust stroke of a cylinder combustion event in order to reduce turbo lag and reduce a duration of time required for an exhaust catalyst to light-off during transient events. In one example, when an increase in torque demand is greater than a threshold, a first amount of gaseous fuel may be combusted during a compression stroke of a cylinder combustion event and a second amount of gaseous fuel may be combusted during an exhaust stroke of the combustion event. The second amount may be adjusted based on the increase in torque demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Paul Glugla, John Hedges