Patents by Inventor Allan Alimario

Allan Alimario has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Hybrid vehicle and powertrain
    Patent number: 10696290
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a controller that is configured to, while a battery temperature exceeds a threshold and state of charge (SOC) is above an SOC threshold, enable an electric machine to provide torque assistance at a power limit, and responsive to the temperature dropping below the threshold, increase the power limit and enable the electric machine to provide torque assistance while the SOC is above a cold SOC threshold less than the SOC threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Satish B. Chikkannanavar, Cheng Tan, Jonathan Tao, Allan Alimario, Debborah Callicoat, Robert K. Taenaka, Donatus Andreas Josephine Kees
  • Battery system
    Patent number: 10576840
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle battery system that comprises a plurality of cells that are electrically coupled to an electric motor of the vehicle is provided, the electric motor being mechanically coupled to a drive system of the vehicle. The battery system is configured to: determine a voltage requirement of the battery system at least partially based on a current operating mode or an anticipated operating mode; and adjust the configuration of the cells in order to increase or decrease the voltage of the battery system according to the requirement. A method of operating a hybrid vehicle is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paspuleti Ashish Kumar Naidu, Allan Alimario, Peter George Brittle, Benjamin A. Tabatowski-Bush
  • HYBRID VEHICLE AND POWERTRAIN
    Publication number: 20190263379
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a controller that is configured to, while a battery temperature exceeds a threshold and state of charge (SOC) is above an SOC threshold, enable an electric machine to provide torque assistance at a power limit, and responsive to the temperature dropping below the threshold, increase the power limit and enable the electric machine to provide torque assistance while the SOC is above a cold SOC threshold less than the SOC threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Satish B. Chikkannanavar, Cheng Tan, Jonathan Tao, Allan Alimario, Debborah Callicoat, Robert K. Taenaka, Donatus Andreas Josephine Kees
  • BATTERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180029588
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle battery system that comprises a plurality of cells that are electrically coupled to an electric motor of the vehicle is provided, the electric motor being mechanically coupled to a drive system of the vehicle. The battery system is configured to: determine a voltage requirement of the battery system at least partially based on a current operating mode or an anticipated operating mode; and adjust the configuration of the cells in order to increase or decrease the voltage of the battery system according to the requirement. A method of operating a hybrid vehicle is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Paspuleti Ashish Kumar Naidu, Allan Alimario, Peter George Brittle, Benjamin A. Tabatowski-Bush
  • Thermal gap pad for a prismatic battery pack
    Patent number: 9450276
    Abstract: A battery pack includes at least one voltaic cell module. A substrate is mechanically coupled to the module and configured to receive excess heat therefrom. A section of an electrically insulating thermal gap pad is arranged between the module and the substrate. The pad includes a dielectric sheet supporting a deformable layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: A123 Systems LLC
    Inventors: Allan Alimario, Jason R. Davis, Chad Allison, Jonathan Hostler, David Allen
  • Thermal Gap Pad for a Prismatic Battery Pack
    Publication number: 20140038012
    Abstract: A battery pack includes at least one voltaic cell module. A substrate is mechanically coupled to the module and configured to receive excess heat therefrom. A section of an electrically insulating thermal gap pad is arranged between the module and the substrate. The pad includes a dielectric sheet supporting a deformable layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: A 123 Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Alimario, Jason R. Davis, Chad Allison, Jonathan Hostler, David Allen