Patents Assigned to IS Technologies, LLC
  • Liftgate lighting system
    Patent number: 11440462
    Abstract: A liftgate lighting system for a vehicle includes a liftgate assembly having a first liftgate panel and a second liftgate panel. Each of the first liftgate panel and the second liftgate panel is operable between an opened position and a closed position. The second liftgate panel has a proximal end and a distal end. A sensor proximate to the proximal end of the second liftgate panel. The sensor defines a sensor field. A lamp assembly is coupled to the second liftgate panel. A controller is communicatively coupled to the lamp assembly. The controller activates the lamp assembly and the lamp assembly directs light to a ground area proximate to the second liftgate panel when the lower liftgate panel is in the opened position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Peter Phung, Clayton Benjamin Ford, David M. Diamond, Aaron Bradley Johnson
  • Traction battery securing assembly and method
    Patent number: 11444352
    Abstract: An exemplary traction battery assembly includes, among other things, a battery pack and a securing assembly. The securing assembly secures the battery pack to a structure of the vehicle. The securing assembly is disposed along a horizontally facing side of the battery pack and is configured to move from a first position to a second position in response to a load to permit movement of the battery pack relative to the vehicle structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Donald P. Iacovoni, Paul L. Heirtzler, Jr., Hassen Hammoud, Randall Ray Roth, Brent Zapczynski, Michael E. Reibling, Christian Johan Owen Handley
  • Material spectroscopy
    Patent number: 11443527
    Abstract: A computer, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to acquire a first image by illuminating a first object with a first light beam, determine a first measure based on a first number of pixels corresponding to the first object in the first image and determine a relative distance measure by comparing the first measure based on the first number of pixels corresponding to the first object to a second measure based on a second number of pixels corresponding to a second object in the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, Hamid M. Golgiri, Jonathan Diedrich, Hemanth Yadav Aradhyula
  • High efficiency, high output transmission having improvements to support bearing reliability and efficiency
    Patent number: 11441651
    Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. An integrated actuator housing is operationally coupled to the shift actuator and a linear clutch actuator. The linear clutch actuator is a self-adjusting actuator, and the transmission includes a self-adjusting clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Peterson, Graeme Andrew Jackson, Timothy Scott Smith, Paul Wilson, Christian Chimner, Andrzej Wota, Kirk Strehlow
  • Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011152
    Patent number: 11439081
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011152. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011152, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011152 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011152.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Bhatnagar, Gregory J. Holland, Gary R. Stangland
  • Asynchronous framework
    Patent number: 11442715
    Abstract: A framework, method, and system for generating asynchronous code from state machines coded in a synchronous manner are described. The code is pre-processed into asynchronous code based on the framework prior to compilation thereof. The framework may include various structures and functions such as a save structure, a reentry function, a block wrapping function and a yield identification function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventor: Anatolii Bilenko
  • Motor for horizontal directional drilling systems
    Patent number: 11441417
    Abstract: Provided herein is a motor or mud lubricated motor for use with horizontal directional drilling equipment as part of a trenchless drilling system. The motor has a hollow body with proximal and distal open ends and a compartment recessed into a top surface thereof between the proximal open end and the distal open end. A sonde housing with a removable cap secured to the housing is disposed within the compartment and contains a sonde transmitter and a battery operably connected to the sonde transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: Quality Drilling Technology, LLC, Horizontal Drilling Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: James Ward, Shu Wang, Li Li, Clemente Lopez Arias, Yan Wang, Robert Folkins
  • Method of producing a glueless dustless composite flooring material system
    Patent number: 11440232
    Abstract: A method of producing a glueless dustless composite flooring material system providing PVC-based flooring having waterproof layers providing different qualities of hardness, wear-resistance, sound deadening, and decorative patterns, avoiding the use of moisture-susceptible compressed cellulose-based filler, with layers fused together, avoiding the manufacturing complexity and delamination risks of using glue or adhesive, with a quickly-cured, UV-cured top coating providing long-lasting high performance and shortening and simplifying the manufacturing, which can be done in a sheet-form, essentially continuous-run manner, with an ability to quickly and simply change the optional design printing and texturing produced, and having an optional underlayment layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SUNRISE SPC TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventor: John B. Troendle
  • Air register having a vane linking member coupled to a grommet for use in effort generation
    Patent number: 11440377
    Abstract: An air register having a plurality of pivotable vanes, including at least two horizontal vanes, each horizontal vane having an outer section and an inner section, and a linking member connecting the inner sections together. The outer sections of the horizontal vanes are each pivotably connected to a housing of the air register, and at least one of the inner sections includes an inner pivot pin connected to a annular grommet, which is in turn, connected to the linking member. The annular grommet is disposed within a cavity of the linking member and contributes to generating effort felt by a user when adjusting a pivot position of the horizontal vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Prashanth Ganapathi Pai, Steven Nicholas Fidh, John Robert Tresh
  • Electrified vehicle torque transfer system and method
    Patent number: 11440395
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle torque transfer system includes, among other things, an engine having an engine shaft, an electric machine having an electric machine shaft, a first clutch that is selectively engaged to rotatably couple together the engine shaft and the electric machine shaft such that the engine can drive rotation of the electric machine, and a second clutch that is selectively engaged to rotatably couple together the engine shaft and the electric machine shaft such that the electric machine can drive rotation of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Guopeng Hu, Zhengyu Dai, Michael Tekletsion Berhan
  • Popcorn maker
    Patent number: 11439165
    Abstract: A system for popping popcorn includes a housing, a container positioned in the housing, a cooking vessel removably supported in the housing and containing unpopped popcorn kernels, wherein the cooking vessel comprises a ferromagnetic material, a coil that creates an oscillating magnetic field that interacts with the ferromagnetic material of the cooking vessel and generates an amount of heat in the cooking vessel, and a separate receiving vessel for receiving popped popcorn positioned adjacent the cooking vessel, wherein the receiving vessel is configured to move relative the cooking vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Keyyon Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Reischmann
  • E-Reader interface system with audio and highlighting synchronization for digital books
    Patent number: 11443646
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for providing an improved interactive and educational eBook platform through an improved eReader. The system provides a platform through which a book is transformed into an interactive, multi-language, assisted reading, read-aloud eBook and is displayed in an eReader with an improved graphical user interface that provides features which enhance the effectiveness of eBook learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: FATHOM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Lee B. German
  • Method and system for controlling vehicle engine pull-down
    Patent number: 11440532
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, a wireless transceiver that receives attribute data, and a controller. The controller selectively shuts down the engine responsive to such requests based on whether a predicted fuel savings associated with a predicted engine off duration is greater than a predicted fuel usage to restart the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Walter Joseph Ortmann, Ashish Kumar Naidu, Thomas William Megli, Mrudula Uday Orpe
  • Adjustable sleeping system with massage function
    Patent number: 11439248
    Abstract: Adjustable sleeping system with massage function. At least one example embodiment is a method of operating a sleeping system, the method including massaging a person residing on a sleeping surface of the sleeping system, the massaging by driving a plurality of adjustable spring assemblies, the plurality of adjustable spring assemblies part of an array of adjustable spring assemblies arranged such that a top of each adjustable spring assembly defines an upper surface parallel to the sleeping surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SLEEP TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert B Duncan, Matthew Hayward, Heather D. Benoit, Mark W. Foohey, J. Kevin Gentry
  • Axle assembly having a lubricant reservoir
    Patent number: 11440348
    Abstract: An axle assembly that has a lubricant reservoir. The lubricant reservoir may be disposed above a differential assembly and may capture lubricant that is splashed by the differential assembly. The lubricant reservoir may have at least one tank. The lubricant reservoir may optionally provide lubricant to a lubricant distribution trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Bodary, Dale Kwasniewski, Tim Mann, Leo Wenstrup
  • Real-time feedback for message composition in a communication platform
    Patent number: 11444896
    Abstract: Utilizing real-time feedback for message composition in a communication platform is described. Server(s) associated with a group-based communication platform can receive, from a client of a user associated with the group-based communication platform, a request to generate a new message and based at least in part on a determination of a recipient of the new message and communication data associated with the group-based communication platform or the recipient, can generate a recommendation associated with an aspect of the new message to optimize the new message for the recipient. In an example, the server(s) can cause a user interface element associated with the recommendation to be presented via a group-based communication user interface of the group-based communication platform in association with the new message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Slack Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ohjoong Kwon, Deani Hansen
  • Vehicle head restraint with tuned damper
    Patent number: 11440453
    Abstract: An article, such as a vehicle seat, includes a one-piece vehicle head restraint structure that defines a frame and a plurality of receptacles. There are metallic resonators disposed in the receptacles. Polymeric dampers line the receptacles and circumscribe the metallic resonators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Sangram Tamhankar, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Chaitanya Nimmagadda, Cindy Sofia Barrera-Martinez, John Edward Huber
  • Vehicle chassis for an electrically powered vehicle
    Patent number: 11440588
    Abstract: A chassis for an electrically powered vehicle, including a front wheel suspension and a rear wheel suspension, each having longitudinal control arms arranged on both sides and a torsion spring actively connected to the longitudinal control arms. The chassis includes a battery housing receiving a propulsion battery. A front transverse carrier extends between the respective longitudinal control arms of the front wheel suspension, and a rear transverse carrier extends between the respective longitudinal control arms of the rear wheel suspension. The respective transverse carriers are rigidly connected to the battery housing and couple the longitudinal control arms and the torsion spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Gerhards, Ralf Hintzen, Daniel Mainz, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim
  • Method and apparatus for automated maintenance assistance
    Patent number: 11443270
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to detect a condition corresponding to low vehicle fluid. The processor is further configured to determine whether replacement fluid is available for on-site delivery to a vehicle location within a predefined time period. The processor is additionally configured to offer the fluid for sale to a user through a vehicle HMI, responsive to on-site delivery availability and, responsive to the user agreeing to purchase the fluid, instructing dispatch of a delivery entity to deliver the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: John Naum Vangelov
  • Storage system for a vehicle wall
    Patent number: 11440479
    Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a wall of a cargo bed, and a storage system. The wall has an inner panel spaced from an outer panel to provide a cavity. The storage system has a first bin and a second bin that are each at least partially disposed within the cavity when in an installed position. The first bin provides a first cargo area within the cavity when in the installed position. The first bin is configured to be moved to the installed position through an aperture in the inner panel. The second bin provides a second cargo area within the cavity when in the installed position. The second bin is configured to be moved to the installed position without moving through the aperture in the inner panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Hussein H. Berry, Aaron Halonen, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Annette Lynn Huebner, Sarah A. Ripley