Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A PARKING ASSISTANT
    Publication number: 20230286584
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle (2) with a parking assistant (4), which is operable in an in-vehicle operating mode (SM) and a remote parking operating mode (RM), with the steps: (S100) reading data (D) indicative of a parking situation of a detected parking space (6), (S200) evaluating the data (D) to determine an output signal (AS) indicative of the in-vehicle operating mode (SM) or the remote parking operating mode (RM), and (S300) outputting the output signal (AS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ahmed Benmimoun, Markus Krekel, Nadja Wysietzki, Andrew Ochmanski, Cinderella Matuk, Lars Kuhnert, Thomas Gerlitz, Erick Michael Lavoie
  • HYDROCARBYL-MODIFIED METHYLALUMINOXANE COCATALYSTS FOR BIS-PHENYLPHENOXY METAL-LIGAND COMPLEXES
    Publication number: 20230287152
    Abstract: Processes of polymerizing olefin monomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Philip P. Fontaine, David M. Pearson, Hien Q. Do, Johnathan E. Delorbe, Rafael Huacuja, Rhett A. Baillie
  • ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED THERMOSET POLYMERS FOR METAL PLATING AND METAL PLATED PARTS FORMED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20230287161
    Abstract: A method of forming an etched part includes forming a substrate including a thermoset resin and etching a surface of the substrate. The thermoset resin includes a vat photopolymerization (VPP) thermoset resin and at least one of an etchable phase and etchable particles disposed within the VPP thermoset resin. The etching removes the etchable phase from the VPP thermoset resin at the surface of the substrate such that a plurality of micro-mechanical bonding sites are formed on an etched surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Xiaojiang Wang, Shannon Christine Bollin, Robert D. Bedard, Matthew Cassoli, Ellen Cheng-chi Lee
  • SPRAY-DRIED CATALYSTS CONTAINING A GERMANIUM-BRIDGED BIS-BIPHENYL-PHENOXY ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND FOR MAKING ETHYLENE-BASED COPOLYMERS
    Publication number: 20230287159
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are directed to procatalysts, and catalyst systems including procatalysts, including a metal-ligand complex having the structure of formula (Ia):
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Rhett A. Baillie, Hien Q. Do, David M. Pearson, Johnathan E. DeLorbe, Andrew M. Camelio, Philip P. Fontaine
  • Induction system including a hydrocarbon trap
    Patent number: 11754024
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a hydrocarbon (HC) trap system in an engine air induction system. In one example, a system may include a pillow-case type HC trap housed in a rectangular opening formed in a wall of an air conduit at the outlet of an air cleaner box. A frame may be integrally formed around the opening to support the HC trap protruding outward from the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Moyer, Jose Quezada, Victor Cisneros, Juan Pablo Salgado, Scott M. Rollins, Roger Khami
  • Modular systems for industrial machinery
    Patent number: 11755001
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for autonomously recovering a machine comprising one or more modules. An error message from the machine is received and, based on the error message, a first module of the one or more modules to replace is determined, wherein the first module has a first type. An autonomous vehicle is instructed to remove, from the machine, the first module. The autonomous vehicle is instructed to install, at the machine, a second module of the first type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Michael Kane, Leigh Canham, Leslie Lee
  • Methods and apparatus for autonomous vehicle scheduling
    Patent number: 11756004
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for autonomous vehicle scheduling are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes memory including machine readable instructions and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to determine that a calendar request for a vehicle is associated with a location or a route previously associated with the vehicle, the calendar request to be generated via a user interface application; generate a predicted request for the vehicle in response to the determination that the calendar request is associated with the location or the route previously associated with the vehicle; and generate a prompt to be presented via the user interface application, the prompt associated with the predicted request for the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Samer Abbas, Scott Lauffer
  • Ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer compositions with improved continuous high temperature resistance
    Patent number: 11753521
    Abstract: A composition comprising at least the following components: A) one or more ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymers, which comprise ?3.5 wt % of a non-conjugated diene, based on the weight of the one or more ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymers; B) an acid acceptor selected from the following: MgO, ZnO, or combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Guang Ming Li, Raymond L. Laakso, Jr., Yuming Lai, Xiaosong Wu
  • Methods and apparatus to dynamically determine brake pad wear
    Patent number: 11754135
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to sense brake pad wear are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory device and at least one processor to execute instructions to, in response to an anti-lock braking system event, determine a volume of brake fluid in a brake piston chamber based on a flow rate of the brake fluid and a pressure within the brake piston chamber, and determine at least one of a thickness of a brake pad or a wear of the brake pad based on the volume of the brake fluid in the brake piston chamber and a volume of the brake piston chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yun Xing, John Erik Mikael Hellstrom
  • Charging system for a vehicle
    Patent number: 11752891
    Abstract: A charging station includes a charging head and a plurality of electrical connectors. The charging head is slidable along a track and rotatable along an axis. The plurality of electrical connectors is secured to the charging head and is disposed radially about the axis. Each of the electrical connectors have a different profile and are configured to engage an electrical port of an electric vehicle having a matching profile to charge the battery of the electric vehicle. The charging head is configured to slide along the track and rotate along the axis to align each of the electrical connectors with a corresponding electrical port. Each of the electrical connectors is configured to advance from and retract to the charging head to engage and disengage the corresponding electrical port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael John Harmon, Tithal Bhandari, Hussain Z Tajmahal, Yejin Han, Ryan Warner, Rachel Williams
  • Off-road clutch control
    Patent number: 11752865
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, a primary axle drivably connected to the engine, and a secondary axle drivably connected to the engine by a clutch. A controller is programmed to, in response to map data indicating that the vehicle is off-road, enable an off-road transfer torque control mode in which temperatures of the clutch are compared to a lower threshold. The controller is further programmed to, in response to the temperature of the clutch exceeding the lower threshold, display a message to a driver indicative of rising temperatures of the clutch, and, in response to a temperature of the clutch exceeding an upper limit, enable a power limiting mode in which torque of the engine is limited to a predefined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Guopeng Hu, Ashok Eugene Rodrigues, Zhengyu Dai, Peter James Barrette
  • Trailer hitch assembly
    Patent number: 11752816
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle frame. The vehicle frame includes a frame rail elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis that defines a hole. The vehicle includes a trailer hitch mount supported by the frame rail. The vehicle includes a face plate supported by the trailer hitch mount that defines an opening extending through the face plate that is aligned with the hole of the frame rail. The trailer hitch mount extends through the opening and is completely surrounded by the face plate. The trailer hitch mount extends into the hole of the frame rail along the vehicle-longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Derek Matthew Poston, Kevin A. Gustafson, Vishnuvarthan Murugesan Moongilpatti, Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk, Conor Daniel Hennessey
  • Lubrication and cooling oil distribution system for a vehicle transaxle
    Patent number: 11754169
    Abstract: A vehicle transaxle includes a housing, an electric machine, and rotating components. The housing defines an internal cavity, a first channel, and a second channel. The first and second channels branch from a common inlet. The electric machine and rotating components are disposed within the internal cavity. The first channel is configured to deliver fluid to the electric machine for cooling. The second channel is configured to deliver the fluid to the rotating components for lubrication. The cooling channel is sized relative to the lubrication channel such that the fluid is biased from the inlet and toward the second channel in response to a temperature of the fluid being less than a threshold and is biased from the inlet and toward the first channel in response to the temperature of the fluid being greater than the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William David Guarino, Bharath Madduri, Derek Kinch, Kyle Ogrodzinski
  • Vehicle steering
    Patent number: 11753067
    Abstract: Vehicle steering systems are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a first gear, a first pinion engaged with the first gear, a second pinion fixed to the first gear, a second gear engaged with the second pinion, and a third pinion fixed to the second gear, the third pinion to engage with a steering rack of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Washnock, Jack E. Barry, Soungjin Wou, Garry Robert Smith, Jennifer Laz, James Philip Cooper, Daniel Steven Payne, Rohit Kadam
  • Systems and methods for providing predictive distance-to-empty for vehicles
    Patent number: 11756341
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing predictive distance-to-empty (DTE) assessments for vehicles that can include electric, gas, or hybrid vehicles. An example method includes determining a plurality of learned parameters of vehicle operation of a vehicle based on a plurality of energy consumption parameters of the vehicle; determining a plurality of predictive parameters of vehicle operation of the vehicle selected from any combination of weather data or navigation data, the navigation data being determined relative to a planned route and applying a DTE function for the energy source, the DTE function utilizing the plurality of learned parameters of vehicle operation, and the plurality of predictive parameters of vehicle operation of the vehicle, based on a current capacity of the energy source to determine a DTE for the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Xiangrui Zeng, John Schmotzer, Mark Poll, Suhag Raval, Praveen Bandi
  • Single-perspective image relighting
    Patent number: 11756261
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive a first image of a scene in a first lighting condition, generate a three-dimensional representation of the scene based on the first image, and generate a second image of the scene in a second lighting condition based on the three-dimensional representation and on the first image. The first image is an only image of the scene used for generating the three-dimensional representation. The first image is an only image of the scene used for generating the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Tseng, Nikita Jaipuria, Xianling Zhang, Rohan Bhasin
  • Method and system for capturing and measuring the position of a component with respect to a reference position and the translation and rotation of a component moving relative to a reference system
    Patent number: 11754386
    Abstract: A method for capturing and measuring translation and/or rotation of a component moving relative to a reference system includes providing a marker on the component and providing a measurement system having a camera arranged in the reference system. The marker has at least three points which do not lie on a straight line on an upper side of the marker and the camera has an evaluation unit and memory that stores a geometry of the upper side including the at least three points. The camera is aligned with the at least three points and a first image of the marker located in a first portion is captured and stored and a second image of the marker in a second position that is different than the first position is stored. Also, translation and/or rotation of the component in three-dimensional space between the first position and the second position is calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Arne Heymer
  • Air-induction system with hydrocarbon emissions valve
    Patent number: 11754025
    Abstract: An engine includes an intake manifold and an air-induction system configured to deliver air to the intake manifold. The air-induction system includes a throttle attached to the intake manifold, an air cleaner, conduit connecting between the air cleaner and the throttle to create a flow path therebetween, and a valve disposed in the flow path to be upstream of the throttle and downstream the air cleaner. The valve has a closed position in which the flow path is blocked to hold hydrocarbons within the intake manifold and inhibit emission therefrom and has an open position in which the flow path is unimpeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Stevens, Brendan F. Diamond, David Guglielmo
  • Methods and systems for battery temperature management
    Patent number: 11757145
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a battery thermal management system. In one example, a method includes increasing coolant to a battery above a currently demanded battery cooling in response to a predicted battery temperature exceeding a threshold temperature at an upcoming location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ashley Wiese, Angel Porras, Jordan Mazaira, Julia Helen Buckland Seeds, Hao Wang, Erik Biberstein, Gabrielle Vuylsteke, Ashwin Hariharan, Chenliu Stephen Lu, Ron Razzano
  • Vehicle headlight
    Patent number: D998838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Willing, Max Wolff, Max Tran, Benjamin Eyers, Leigh H. Cosentino, Tae Hoon Kang, Lee P. Imrie