Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • METHOD FOR REDUCING COLOR IN USED LUBRICATING OIL
    Publication number: 20140357538
    Abstract: A method for reducing color in used lubricating oil. The method comprises combining: (i) a used lubricating oil; (ii) an alkali metal borohydride; and (iii) a bisulfite or metabisulfite salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Antjo H. Meijerhof
  • ULTRATHIN PLATINUM FILMS
    Publication number: 20140356765
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a method of forming a platinum thin film is provided, including performing a first atomic layer deposition (ALD) process on a substrate using a first platinum organometallic precursor in a first step and an oxidizing precursor in a second step to form an at least partially coated substrate. A second ALD process is then performed on the at least partially coated substrate using a second platinum organometallic precursor in a first step and a reducing precursor in a second step to form a thin film of platinum on the substrate. The first ALD process may be performed for 5 to 150 cycles to nucleate platinum on the substrate surface and the second ALD process may be performed thereafter to grow the thin film and remove surface oxides. A conformal platinum thin film having a thickness of 1 to 10 monolayers may be deposited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Pietrasz, Jun Yang
  • AMINE POLYETHER POLYOLS AND POLYURETHANE FOAM COMPOSITIONS MADE FROM CYCLIC AMINE COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20140357750
    Abstract: The present invention describes cyclic amine compounds useful for catalysts forpolyurethane form-forming compositions, as well as amine alkoxylates and amine polyether polyols formed form the cyclic amines. The cyclic amine compounds of the invention provide distinct benefits for reaction compositions, methods, and polyurethane foams based on their desirable physical and catalytic properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Stephen W. King, Esther Quintanilla, Jean-Paul Massy, David H. Bank, Erin B. Vogel, Francois Rene Morgan Graf, Adrian J. Birch
  • Method and system for improving engine starting
    Patent number: 8899212
    Abstract: An engine system and method for improving engine starting are disclosed. In one example, engine port throttles are adjusted to improve fuel vaporization of a fuel that includes alcohol. The system and method may improve engine starting and emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas G. Leone, Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Joseph Norman Ulrey, Donald J. Lewis
  • Polymerizable photoacid generators
    Patent number: 8900792
    Abstract: A compound has formula (I): Q-O-(A)-Z?G+??(I) wherein Q is a halogenated or non-halogenated, C2-30 olefin-containing group, A is a fluorine-substituted C1-30 alkylene group, a fluorine-substituted C3-30 cycloalkylene group, a fluorine-substituted C6-30 arylene group, or a fluorine-substituted C7-30 alkylene-arylene group, Z is an anionic group comprising sulfonate, sulfonamide, or sulfonimide, and G+ has formula (II): wherein X is S or I, each R0 is halogenated or non-halogenated and is independently C1-30 alkyl group; a polycyclic or monocyclic C3-30 cycloalkyl group; a polycyclic or monocyclic C4-30 aryl group; or a combination of these, wherein when X is S, one of the R0 groups is optionally attached to one adjacent R0 group by a single bond, and a is 2 or 3, wherein when X is I, a is 2, or when X is S, a is 3. A copolymer, a photoresist, a coated substrate and method of patterning are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignees: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC, Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: James W. Thackeray, Suzanne M. Coley, Vipul Jain, Owendi Ongayi, James F. Cameron, Paul J. Labeaume, Ahmad E. Madkour
  • Method and device for autonomous braking of a vehicle following collision
    Patent number: 8903620
    Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle braking system, includes: (i) detecting whether a collision has occurred; (ii) detecting whether a predetermined condition follows the collision; (iii) determining whether a driver has applied the brakes; and (iv) when a driver has not applied the brakes, autonomously initiating braking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hassen Hammoud, Jianbo Lu, Gilberto Burgio, Todd N. Clark, Otto Hofmann, Mohsen Lakehal-ayat, Shweta M. Farmer, Jason Shomsky, Roland Schaefer
  • Compositions of dibromomalonamide and their use as biocides
    Patent number: 8900613
    Abstract: A biocidal composition comprising 2,2-dibromomalonamide and an aldehyde-based biocidal compound, and its use for the control of microorganisms in aqueous and water-containing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bei Yin, Freddie L. Singleton
  • Hybrid vehicle control utilizing grade data
    Patent number: 8903578
    Abstract: A method of controlling a hybrid vehicle having a step ratio transmission is disclosed. The method utilizes terrain data to reduce the number of shift events. The method comprises receiving data indicative of a grade profile of an anticipated route, identifying a forecast shift sequence comprising a forecast downshift event and an adjacent forecast upshift event, and adjusting the shift criteria based on the time between the forecast shift events, the road grade between the forecast shift events, and the state of a storage battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Steven Yamazaki, Walter Joseph Ortmann, Marvin Paul Kraska, Daniel Scott Colvin
  • Organometallic compound purification and apparatus
    Patent number: 8901335
    Abstract: A method of purifying crude organometallic compounds using a stripping column and a gas stream is provided. This method removes relatively more volatile impurities as compared to the organometallic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Curtis D. Modtland, Chet D. Davidson
  • User override for electric-only operation of a hybrid vehicle
    Patent number: 8903579
    Abstract: A vehicle and a method of controlling the vehicle are provided. The vehicle controller is configured to (i) in response to the user interface receiving input selecting an electric-only operating (EV) mode, disable the engine such that the vehicle is propelled by the electric machine, (ii) in response to the user interface receiving input overriding EV mode, re-enabling the engine for a predetermined time period. A vehicle is provided with a controller. In response to input selecting an electric-only operating (EV) mode, an engine is disabled such that the vehicle is propelled by an electric machine. In response to user power demand being greater than power available during the EV mode, a prompt is generated inquiring whether to override the EV mode. In response to user confirmation to override the EV mode, the engine is re-enabled to satisfy the user power demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William David Treharne, Paul Stephen Bryan
  • Dendrimers and methods for their preparation
    Patent number: 8901355
    Abstract: Provided are new dendrimers and processes for making them. The dendrimers are derived from a nitroalkyloxirane compound of formula (III): wherein R1, R2, and R3 are as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, ANGUS Chemical Company
    Inventors: Ian A. Tomlinson, Asghar A. Peera
  • Process for separating copper and/or nickel from cobalt containing solutions
    Patent number: 8900342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the recovery of cobalt comprising: (i) providing a high tenor cobalt solution wherein the high tenor cobalt solution comprises cobalt and nickel; (ii) contacting the high tenor cobalt solution with an N-(2-hydroxypropyl)picolylamine resin to load the N-(2-hydroxypropyl)picolylamine resin with cobalt and nickel; (iii) eluting the cobalt from the loaded N-(2-hydroxypropyl)picolylamine resin; and (iv) eluting the nickel from the loaded N-(2-hydroxypropyl)picolylamine resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Charles R. Marston, Matthew Rodgers
  • Modified geopolymer compositions, processes and uses
    Patent number: 8901230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modified geopolymer compositions, geopolymer-coated organic polymer substrates, and methods of manufacturing and articles comprising same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Chan Han, Aleksander J. Pyzik, Jia Liu
  • Devices, systems and methods for reducing an emission from a combustion reaction
    Patent number: 8899025
    Abstract: The invention is directed at systems and process for reducing or eliminating the emissions of one or more undesirable substances. The systems include a heat storage device an emission reduction device, one or more valves, and one or more exit points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Andrey N. Soukhojak, David H. Bank
  • Method and system for emergency call arbitration
    Patent number: 8903354
    Abstract: A method of call arbitration includes connecting a vehicle computing system to a remote phone system. The vehicle computing system is used to transmit a pre-recorded or dynamically generated message to the remote phone system. The vehicle computing system also receives an outgoing message spoken in the vehicle to the remote phone system. The pre-recorded or dynamically generated message and the outgoing message are combined into a first signal for relay to the remote phone system as a single message. The vehicle computing system receives an incoming spoken message from the remote phone system. Finally, the received incoming message and the pre-recorded or dynamically generated message are combined into a second signal for playback as a single message through a vehicle audio system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: David Anthony Hatton
  • Method and system for engine control
    Patent number: 8903630
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for fuel systems including a gaseous fuel. Temporary flow restrictions in the fuel line of a first gaseous fuel may be addressed by temporarily shifting to cylinder operation with a second liquid fuel. Upon resumption of first fuel operation, if the flow restriction persists, a diagnostic code may be set and cylinder operation with the second fuel may be restarted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ross Dykstra Pursifull
  • Apparatus, systems, and methods for purification of isocyanate mixtures
    Patent number: 8901346
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to apparatus, systems, and/or methods for fractionating a feed mixture comprising, for example, one or more isocyanates, light components, solvents and/or heavier components. In some embodiments, fractionating an isocyanate feed mixture may comprise distilling the feed mixture in a non-adiabatic fractionating apparatus comprising a prefractionating section and/or column and a main section and/or column, which comprises a rectification section, a side section, and a stripping section. For example, isocyanates may be separated from light component(s), solvent(s) and/or heavier component(s). A fractionating apparatus may be configured and arranged, in some embodiments, as a dividing wall column. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, apparatus, systems, and/or methods may be energy efficient and/or may have a broad operating range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Andrei S. Merenov, Luca Balbo, Douglas A. Stallard, John G. Pendergrast, Jr., Joerg-Peter Gehrke, Amilcar R. Collado, David D. Hibbitts
  • Aqueous coating compositions including phenylphenol ethoxylate surfactants
    Patent number: 8901213
    Abstract: An aqueous coating composition including an aqueous polymeric dispersion and from 0.1% to 40% by weight, based on the weight of the aqueous polymeric dispersion solids, Phenylphenol-(CH2CH2O)2-50H, isomers thereof, aromatic ring substituted analogs thereof, and mixtures thereof is provided. Also provided are a method for forming a coating therefrom, a method for improving the freeze-thaw stability of an aqueous coating including a polymeric dispersion and alternative uses for Phenylphenol-(CH2CH2O)2-50H, isomers thereof, aromatic ring substituted analogs thereof, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Irina V. Graf, Arkady L. Krasovskiy, Cynthia L. Rand
  • System and method for compensating cetane
    Patent number: 8899209
    Abstract: Methods and systems for adjusting a plurality of fuel injections supplied to a cylinder during a cycle of the cylinder are described. In one example, fuel amounts are moved between fuel injections in response to combustion phase. Engine feedgas hydrocarbons and/or carbonaceous particulate matter may be reduced when cetane of combusted fuel changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Kurtz, Douglas Kuhel
  • Lighting device and method of transitioning color outputs
    Patent number: 8901844
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting device and method of transitioning color output by a vehicle lighting device are provided. The method includes activating the lighting device to output a first color light, and deactivating the first color light. The method also includes the steps of generating an intermediate color light with the lighting device for a short time period. The method further includes the step of generating a second color light with the lighting device. Accordingly, the intermediate color light prevents the apparent generation of an undesirable intermediate color light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Bob Miller