Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • Systems and methods for remote storage of information associated with a distributed ledger network
    Patent number: 11748303
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to, among other things, systems and methods for remote storage of information associated with a node of a distributed ledger network. In some embodiments, the systems and methods described herein may involve providing, by a first node of a distributed ledger network of nodes and to a first server, first information associated with the first node, wherein the network of nodes includes a network of vehicles. The systems and methods may also involve receiving, by a ledger of the first node and from the first server, a pointer to the first information that is stored at the first server, wherein the pointer is stored in the ledger, and wherein the ledger is a distributed ledger included in all of the nodes of the network of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Abraham Mezaael
  • Polyurethane-based insulation board
    Patent number: 11745465
    Abstract: External thermal insulation composite systems described herein include a concrete or masonry wall and a multilayer thermal insulation board disposed on the concrete or masonry wall. The multilayer thermal insulation board includes at least one closed cell foam layer comprising polyurethane and polyisocyanurate having an open cell volume of less than 20% by volume according to ASTM D 6226 and at least one open cell foam layer comprising polyurethane and polyisocyanurate having an open cell volume of greater than 80% by volume according to ASTM D 6226.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Giuseppe Vairo, Elena Ferrari, Luigi Bertucelli, Alberto Fangareggi
  • Polymer blends for use in multilayer structure and multilayer structures comprising the same
    Patent number: 11746222
    Abstract: The present invention provides polymer blends that can be used in a multilayer structure and to multilayer structures comprising one or more layers formed from such blends. In one aspect, a polymer blend comprises a copolymer comprising ethylene and at least one of methyl acrylate and ethyl acrylate having an acrylate content of 5 to 40 weight percent based on the weight of the copolymer and having a melt index (I2) of 1 to 60 g/10 minutes, wherein the total amount of ethylene methyl acrylate copolymer and ethylene ethyl acrylate copolymer comprises 45 to 99 weight percent of the blend based on the total weight of the blend, and a polyolefin having a density of 0.870 g/cm3 or more and having a melt index (I2) of 20 g/10 minutes or less, wherein the polyolefin comprises 1 to 55 weight percent of the blend based on the total weight of the blend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Carmelo Declet Perez, Brian W. Walther, James L. Cooper, Hayley A. Brown
  • Electric vehicle battery tray bracket
    Patent number: 11745574
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rodrigo Alberto Marginet, James Brian Goff, Anuj Deshpande, Ohster Zapata, Corey John Jarocki, Jeffrey A. Walesch, Patrick W. Bain, Felicia Paluzzi, Peter Simeon Lazarevski
  • Polyether polymerization process
    Patent number: 11745174
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a method of producing a modified double metal cyanide complex, a method of producing a monol or polyol that includes providing the modified double metal cyanide complex, an alkylene oxide polymerization process that includes providing the modified double metal cyanide complex, a batch, semi-batch, or continuous manufacturing process that includes providing the modified double metal cyanide complex, and a polyether polyol prepared using the batch, semi-batch, or continuous manufacturing process that includes providing the modified double metal cyanide complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: David K. Steelman, David A. Babb, Joost Depicker, Jasmijn Kuijper, Mari S. Rosen
  • System and method for isolating motor vehicle interior from poor outdoor air quality
    Patent number: 11745559
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method for isolating an interior of a motor vehicle from poor outdoor air quality. More particularly, this disclosure relates to a system and method configured to identify conditions associated with poor outdoor air quality and to respond to those conditions by isolating the interior of the motor vehicle from the outdoor environment. An example system includes a selector configured to permit a user to select a drive mode of the motor vehicle, a location system configured to detect a location of the motor vehicle, and a controller configured to issue one or more commands to isolate an interior of the motor vehicle from an environment outside the motor vehicle based on either a selected drive mode or a detected location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Keith Weston, Brendan Diamond, Michael Alan McNees
  • Vehicle seating method with ventilated cooling
    Patent number: 11745631
    Abstract: A vehicle ventilation system includes a seating assembly including a seat blower. The seat blower pulls air away from a seating surface. A cabin blower is configured to circulate air in a cabin. A controller is configured to monitor a flow rate of the cabin blower. The controller is also configured to control a seat blower flow rate as a function of a cabin blower flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gabriella Almasi, William J. Wamsley, Michael Steven Medoro, Lawrence C. Karas
  • Assembly for sensor cleaning with solenoid
    Patent number: 11745703
    Abstract: An assembly includes an inlet tube and an outlet tube. The assembly includes a solenoid assembly having a plunger movable between an open position in which fluid is permitted to flow from the inlet tube to the outlet tube and a closed position in which fluid is inhibited from flowing from the inlet tube to the outlet tube. The solenoid assembly has a spring urging the plunger to the closed position. The assembly includes a first pressure sensor positioned to be compressed when the plunger is moved toward the open position. Pressure detected by the first pressure sensor indicates whether the plunger is at the open position. The assembly includes a second pressure sensor positioned to be compressed when the plunger is moved toward the closed position. Pressure detected by the second pressure sensor indicates whether the plunger is at the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkatesh Krishnan, Segundo Baldovino, Ashwin Arunmozhi, Charles Prain, Michael Whitney, William S. Smith, Theophile Jullien, Denis Thebault, Jean Baptiste Lahilaire
  • Integrated frame and battery pack structure for electric vehicles
    Patent number: 11745573
    Abstract: Integrated frame and battery pack structure for electric vehicles are disclosed. An example electric vehicle includes a frame of the electric vehicle to which a body of the electric vehicle is coupled, the frame including longitudinal frame rails, a mid-section of the frame not including frame cross-members. The example electric vehicle includes a battery pack mounted in the mid-section of the frame, the battery pack including battery pack cross-members, each of the battery pack cross-members connected to a top surface of the longitudinal frame rails and a bottom surface of the longitudinal frame rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ari Garo Caliskan, Kevin Mackenzie, Kyle Gary Mattinson, Jude Berthault
  • Resolving incompatible computing systems
    Patent number: 11748347
    Abstract: Source data rendered as a string of hexadecimal data representing a set of Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC) data, and a data layout description defining a record in the source data that includes a plurality of fields, are obtained. Respective hexadecimal lengths of the fields based on a source data length of each field and a source datatype of each field are determined. Hexadecimal sub-strings are extracted from the hexadecimal string based on the hexadecimal lengths and source datatypes of the fields. At least some of the hexadecimal sub-strings are converted to a target format. The sub-strings are output in the target format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Vijetha Senigaram
  • Trail sight
    Patent number: 11745805
    Abstract: A trail sight, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a body configured to extend in a longitudinal direction along a length of a vehicle, at least one first attachment interface associated with the body, and at least one second attachment interface associated with the body. The at least one first attachment interface is used to mount the body to a vehicle structure. The at least one second attachment interface is configurable to provide an accessory mount interface and/or a tie down mount interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Jonathan Alexander Wraith, Dong Hoon Park, Todd Bucher, James Antime Marleau, Jr., Martin B. Coons
  • Methods and systems for turbine outlet temperature control
    Patent number: 11746716
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling a catalyst temperature. In one example, a method includes throttling in response to the catalyst temperature exceeding a threshold temperature. The throttling includes adjusting an intake throttle position to a more closed position. The throttling further includes increasing a turbine work extraction via adjusting a position of a plurality of turbine vanes to decrease a turbine outlet temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Martz, Waheed Alashe, Eric Matthew Kurtz, Paul Joseph Tennison
  • System and method for adapting driveline disconnect clutch operation
    Patent number: 11746838
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a driveline disconnect clutch of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, a time duration of a boost phase of a driveline disconnect clutch closing sequence is adjusted in response to one or more error values. The error values may include pressure error, integrated pressure error, and electric machine speed error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Akshay Bichkar, Corey James Blue, Samuel Melville Glauber, Joseph F. Kucharski, Jason Meyer, Bradley Dean Riedle
  • Portable high-voltage vehicle charging system
    Patent number: 11745614
    Abstract: A high-voltage portable charging system for remote recharging of an electric vehicle includes a housing, an array of battery cells forming a high-voltage battery disposed in the housing, and a low-voltage battery disposed in the housing. A coupler assembly has a cord and a vehicle connector configured to connect to a vehicle charge port. A switching arrangement is powered by the low-voltage battery and is configured to electrically connect the high-voltage battery to the cord when in a first condition and to de-energize the cord when in a second condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael John O'Connor, Timothy Harris
  • Secure broadcast delivery and verification
    Patent number: 11750393
    Abstract: A vehicle receives a first portion of content via ATSC broadcast, generates a random nonce, responsive to receiving the content, and sends the nonce and a request for content verification to a remote server. The vehicle receives a message from the remote server indicating whether the first portion of content is likely valid, the message including a second portion of content and a hash value when the content is likely valid. The vehicle then calculates a second hash value, using the random nonce and the first portion of content. The vehicle compares the second hash value to the first hash value, and responsive to the second hash value matching the first hash value, combines the second portion of content and the first portion of content to create combined content. The vehicle then uses a security strategy to convert the combined content into utilizable content, and utilizes the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Oliver Lei, Vladyslav Slyusar, Jayanthi Rao, Somak Datta Gupta
  • Unseen environment classification
    Patent number: 11745766
    Abstract: A system comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions such that the processor is programmed to: process vehicle sensor data with a deep neural network to generate a prediction indicative of one or more objects based on the data and determine an object uncertainty corresponding to the prediction and when the object uncertainty is greater than an uncertainty threshold, segment the vehicle sensor data into a foreground portion and a background portion. Classify the foreground portion as including an unseen object class when a foreground uncertainty is greater than a foreground uncertainty threshold; classify the background portion as including unseen background when a background uncertainty is greater than a background uncertainty threshold; and transmit the data and a data classification to a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gautham Sholingar, Sowndarya Sundar, Jinesh Jain, Shreyasha Paudel
  • Exhaust restriction device for improved sensor signal
    Patent number: 11746685
    Abstract: An engine exhaust system includes a catalytic converter, an exhaust conduit connected upstream of the catalytic converter, and an oxygen sensor extending into the exhaust conduit at a first axial position of the exhaust conduit. A valve is located within the exhaust conduit at the first axial position. The valve includes a movable throttle plate having a bypass notch formed on a periphery of the plate. The valve has an open position, and a closed position in which the bypass notch is placed adjacent to the oxygen sensor to guide exhaust over the oxygen sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rani Kiwan, Raymond Host
  • Rear face of a motor vehicle, toy replica, and/or other replica
    Patent number: D997797
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Melvin Betancourt, Eric Stoddard, Daniel J. Kangas, Darrell P. Behmer, Craig S. Metros, Christopher Svensson
  • Vehicle front bumper cover
    Patent number: D997801
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Willing, Max Wolff, Max Tran, Leigh H. Cosentino, Thomas Marminc, Benjamin Eyers
  • Tail pipe
    Patent number: D997807
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yahong Zhang, Erich J. Nowka, Eric Hupfel, Elisangela Po Previte, Ian McLaughlin