Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING AN INTERACTIVE CLUSTER AND/OR SMART TILE APPROACH TO VEHICLE HEALTH ALERTS
    Publication number: 20230334920
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and methods using an interactive cluster and/or smart tile approach to vehicle health alerts. An example method may include presenting, through a first user interface of a device, an image of a display being presented on a digital vehicle cluster, the image of the display including a first icon corresponding to a first malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) being presented on the digital vehicle cluster. The example method may also include receiving, through the first user interface of the device, a selection of the first icon. The example method may also include presenting a second user interface of the device including information relating to the first MIL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Brewer, Ravikanth Mudduluru, Roy S. McKinstry, Alekhya Santosh Ratnala, Venkat Aekka
  • LIQUEFACTION PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF HOMOGENEOUS LIGNIN
    Publication number: 20230331759
    Abstract: A method for the recovery of lignin includes dissolving black liquor in solvent to form a mixture having a pH greater than or equal to about 12 to less than or equal to about 14. The pH of the mixture is then adjusted to greater than or equal to about 3 to less than or equal to about 7. The mixture is liquefacted, which includes increasing a temperature of the mixture to a target temperature, maintaining the target temperature for a period of time, and cooling the mixture to room temperature. Following liquefaction, the mixture is filtered to separate soluble and insoluble fractions of the mixture. The soluble fraction includes a lignin product having a polydispersity greater than or equal to about 1.78 to less than or equal to about 2.56.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alper Kiziltas, Xinfeng Xie, Peng Quan, Deborah Frances Mielewski
  • BUTADIENE TELOMERIZATION CATALYST PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230331643
    Abstract: Catalyst compositions are prepared by contacting a palladium source and 1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-6-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2,4,8-trioxa-6-phosphaadamantane and a methoxyocta-diene compound, in a primary aliphatic alcohol, under suitable conditions including a ratio of equivalents of palladium to equivalents of 1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-6-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2,4,8-trioxa-6-phosphaadamantane ranging from greater than 1:1 to 1:1.3. The result is a complex of palladium, a 1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-6-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2,4,8-trioxa-6-phosphaada-mantane ligand, and a ligand selected from a methoxyoctadiene ligand, an octadienyl ligand, or a protonated octadienyl. Such complexes may, in solution, exhibit surprising solubility and storage stability and are useful in the telomerization of butadiene, which is a step in the production of 1-octene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jessica L. Klinkenberg, John R. Briggs
  • Vehicle appliques
    Patent number: 11787352
    Abstract: A vehicle applique includes a base structure and a polymeric coating disposed on the base structure. The polymeric coating at least partially covers an outer surface of the base structure. A diffraction grating is integrally defined by the polymeric coating. The diffraction grating has a thickness in a range of from about 100 nm to about 300 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Kenneth Dellock, Richard Gall, David Brian Glickman, Stuart C. Salter, Cornel Lewis Gardner
  • Electrified vehicle control to reduce battery sensor heat generation
    Patent number: 11787306
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle, system, and control method include a traction battery having a first plurality of cells and a second plurality of cell monitoring circuits each having an associated at least one of the first plurality of cells, and a controller configured to control the cell monitoring circuits to measure voltage of the associated cells at an initial frequency until a state of charge (SOC) of the traction battery is established, and to measure voltage of the associated cells at a second frequency based on the SOC after the SOC is established to reduce heat generation of the cell monitoring circuits. The cell monitoring circuits may be controlled to asynchronously measure associated cell voltage and/or to reduce voltage/current conversion time when delta cell voltage and battery pack current are below respective thresholds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Tabatowski-Bush, John Paul Gibeau, Baojin Wang
  • Enhanced power management
    Patent number: 11787357
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive a message sent by a first electronic control unit of a deactivated vehicle via a vehicle network of the deactivated vehicle, the message including a power consumption level indicating a rate of power consumption currently used by the first electronic control unit, send a second message to a user device when the power consumption level of the first electronic control unit exceeds a threshold, the second message including a request to deactivate the first electronic control unit, and deactivate the first electronic control unit upon receiving, in response to the request, user input to deactivate the first electronic control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Enrique Remes
  • Dual mass flywheel coupling member
    Patent number: 11788602
    Abstract: A dual mass flywheel coupling member for selectively coupling a primary mass and a secondary mass of a dual mass flywheel, the coupling member comprising: a central aperture for enabling axial alignment with the primary mass and the secondary mass; at least one resiliently deformable member, the resiliently deformable member comprising a fixing point attachable to the primary mass to rigidly couple one end of the resiliently deformable member to the primary mass; and at least one engagement feature coupled to the coupling member at a point remote from the fixing point, wherein the engagement feature is configured to engage the secondary mass upon deformation of the resiliently deformable member in an installed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Pugh, Aaron John Oakley, Martin Patrick O'Mahony
  • Two-component adhesive compositions and methods of making same
    Patent number: 11787988
    Abstract: A two-component solventless adhesive composition is disclosed. The composition comprises an isocyanate component comprising an isocyanate prepolymer that is the reaction product of a polyisocyanate and an isocyanate reactive component comprising at least 40 wt % of a polyester polyol, based upon the dry weight of the isocyanate reactive component, a polyol component having an average functionality between 2.5 and 4.5 and an average molecular weight between 250 and 1,000, and comprising at least 30 wt % of a polyether polyol, based upon the dry weight of the polyol component, and an adhesion promoter. A method for forming laminates comprising the disclosed adhesive compositions is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Rui Xie
  • System and method for a vehicle network
    Patent number: 11792007
    Abstract: An onboard communication network of a vehicle is monitored to detect a plurality of available messages that include respective cipher-based message authentication codes (CMAC) and that were identified as eligible messages based on having an information entropy greater than a specified threshold. A first message is selected from the plurality of available messages. The CMAC of the selected message is input into a random number generator that outputs a random number seeded by the CMAC of the selected message. Then the random number is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Venkata Kishore Kajuluri, Xin Ye, Bradley Warren Smith, Jacob David Nelson
  • Method and apparatus for identifying and recommending vehicle locations to facilitate data transfer
    Patent number: 11788849
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to determine that a high-speed data transfer is desired for a vehicle. The processor is also configured to identify parking, within a predefined distance from a destination location, which overlaps with identified areas of high-speed coverage meeting a predefined speed and display visual indicators of the identified parking, when a vehicle is within a predefined distance from the identified parking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Oliver Lei, Allen R. Murray
  • Highly soluble alkyl substituted carbenium borate as co-catalysts for olefin polymerizations
    Patent number: 11787880
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to catalyst systems comprising: a procatalyst; and a co-catalyst, the co-catalyst comprising: a non-coordinating borate anion having the formula [B(C6F5)4]1? and a cation according to formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Northwestern University
    Inventors: Tobin J. Marks, Yanshan Gao, Tracy L. Lohr, Matthew D. Christianson, Jerzy Klosin, Edmund M. Carnahan, Andrew J. Young
  • Method and system for starting an engine
    Patent number: 11788483
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cold starting an internal combustion engine are described. In one example, the two amounts of fuel are injected into an engine cylinder during a cycle of the engine cylinder. The first amount of fuel is combusted to generate torque to rotate a crankshaft of the engine and the second amount of fuel is at least partially combusted in an exhaust system of the engine to increase exhaust gas temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Xiaogang Zhang
  • Vehicle exhaust system with silencer having exhaust jet deflector
    Patent number: 11788448
    Abstract: An exhaust silencer includes a housing defining an interior and a tube disposed in the interior and defining an opening. A gas-flow deflector is configured to heat shield an interior wall of the housing from exhaust gases exiting the opening. The deflector has a deflector plate and a riser. The riser has a first portion connected to the interior wall and a second portion connected to a backside of the deflector plate to suspend the deflector plate in the interior such that the backside is completely spaced from the interior wall to form an insulating airgap therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Luis Felipe Blas Martinez, Ricardo Daniel Sanchez Lugo, Miguel Angel Leon Guerrero, Virginia Ortega Conde, Kristian Ulyses Flores Aviña, Lucas Apandi Phan
  • Methods and systems for controlling engine idle-stop
    Patent number: 11787390
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling an engine idle-stop based on upcoming traffic and road conditions. In one example, a method may include receiving data including traffic information and road characteristics immediately ahead of a vehicle from one or more remote sources, and adjusting one or more vehicle thresholds based on the received data. A duration of a prospective engine idle-stop may be estimated based on the received data and an engine idle-stop may be initiated based on the duration of the prospective engine idle-stop and the adjusted one or more vehicle threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas G. Leone, Alexander O'Connor Gibson, Kenneth James Miller
  • Structural assembly for vehicle components having continuously formed composite reinforcement
    Patent number: 11787484
    Abstract: A hybrid structural assembly includes a vehicle structural member extending from a first end to a second end, and a composite reinforcement member attached to the vehicle structural member between the first and second ends of the vehicle structural member. The composite reinforcement member being formed by a continuous method and cut to a predetermined length extending from the first end to the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rohit Telukunta, Steven Frank, Leonard Anthony Shaner, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Sankarsh Kanth Aekbote Vishnukanth
  • Method of storing, processing, and transmitting digital twins for flexible module platforms and vehicles
    Patent number: 11789430
    Abstract: A method for creating a digital twin for a vehicle assembled on at least one assembly line includes assembly of a modular vehicle subassembly (MVS) in a plurality of MVS assembly zones by assembling at least one component at each MVS assembly zone, scanning the at least one component at each MVS assembly zone and acquiring scanned data, and storing the scanned data in a MVS temporary digital file assigned to the pre-assembled MVS. The method also includes updating a MVS permanently digital file assigned to the pre-assembled MVS after the at least one component at each of the MVS assembly zones has been assembled and storing the MVS permanent digital file when assembly of the MVS is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Galen Keith Thomas, Kerry Lance Paskell
  • Vehicle electronic control unit authentication
    Patent number: 11791999
    Abstract: A vehicle communication network is monitored to detect a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs). Upon identifying a new ECU in the plurality of ECUs, a highest ECU trip counter is determined from the plurality of ECUs. A global trip counter stored in the memory is updated based on the highest ECU trip counter. The updated trip global trip counter is greater than the highest ECU trip counter. Then a replacement synchronization message is provided to the plurality of ECUs on the vehicle communication network. The replacement synchronization message includes the updated global trip counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Venkata Kishore Kajuluri, Xin Ye, Bradley Warren Smith
  • Projection on a vehicle window
    Patent number: 11787290
    Abstract: A system includes a camera aimed externally to a vehicle, a window of the vehicle, a projector positioned to project on the window, and a computer communicatively coupled to the camera and the projector. The computer is programmed to, upon receiving data from the camera indicating a first person outside the vehicle, instruct the projector to project an image on the window depicting a second person inside the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Kristopher Karl Brown, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Hussein H. Berry
  • Selectively inflatable airbag side chambers
    Patent number: 11787361
    Abstract: An assembly includes a vehicle seat. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the vehicle seat and inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag includes a main chamber, a first side chamber, and second side chamber spaced downwardly from the first side chamber. The assembly includes a computer including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine a size of an occupant seated in the vehicle seat and, based on the size of the occupant, selectively inflate one of the first side chamber from an uninflated position to an inflated position or the second side chamber from an uninflated position to an inflated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Deepak Patel, Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk
  • System and method for deactivating engine cylinders
    Patent number: 11788480
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining which of an intake valve and an exhaust valve is to be deactivated first when an engine is operated in a variable displacement mode. In one example, an exhaust valve of the cylinder is deactivated before an intake valve of the cylinder when the engine is operated in a static variable displacement operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Rollinger, Adam Krach