Patents by Inventor Chad Esselink

Chad Esselink 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).

  • Patent number: 11610489
    Abstract: Example embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to systems and methods for preventing vehicle mishaps. In an example method, a vehicle receives an alert signal from a personal transportation device. A driver of the vehicle may be made aware of the alert by a sound that is produced through a speaker system of the vehicle (for example, a ringing sound produced by a bicycle bell or a beep of a motorcycle horn). In some cases, an intensity and/or a directionality of the sound produced through the speaker system may provide location and/or distance information of the personal transportation device with respect to the vehicle. The vehicle may transmit an acknowledge signal to the personal transportation device. A rider of the personal transportation device may be informed of the acknowledgement via an audio announcement through a speaker mounted on the personal transportation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Esselink, Shabnam Hosseini, Wojciek Szumowski, Chiamin Lin, Eric Marsman, Peter Treman, Rhett Tracy Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20220223046
    Abstract: Example embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to systems and methods for preventing vehicle mishaps. In an example method, a vehicle receives an alert signal from a personal transportation device. A driver of the vehicle may be made aware of the alert by a sound that is produced through a speaker system of the vehicle (for example, a ringing sound produced by a bicycle bell or a beep of a motorcycle horn). In some cases, an intensity and/or a directionality of the sound produced through the speaker system may provide location and/or distance information of the personal transportation device with respect to the vehicle. The vehicle may transmit an acknowledge signal to the personal transportation device. A rider of the personal transportation device may be informed of the acknowledgement via an audio announcement through a speaker mounted on the personal transportation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Esselink, Shabnam Hosseini, Wojciek Szumowski, Chiamin Lin, Eric Marsman, Peter Treman, Rhett Tracy Schaefer
  • Patent number: 11189173
    Abstract: Example embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to systems and methods for preventing vehicle mishaps. In an example method, a vehicle receives an alert signal from a personal transportation device. A driver of the vehicle may be made aware of the alert by a sound that is produced through a speaker system of the vehicle (for example, a ringing sound produced by a bicycle bell or a beep of a motorcycle horn). In some cases, an intensity and/or a directionality of the sound produced through the speaker system may provide location and/or distance information of the personal transportation device with respect to the vehicle. The vehicle may transmit an acknowledge signal to the personal transportation device. A rider of the personal transportation device may be informed of the acknowledgement via an audio announcement through a speaker mounted on the personal transportation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Esselink, Shabnam Hosseini, Wojciek Szumowski, Chiamin Lin, Eric Marsman, Peter Treman, Rhett Tracy Schaefer
  • Patent number: 10496394
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle comprises a processor, programmed to responsive to receiving a manifest from a server, perform an over-the-air (OTA) software update while traveling along a route, wherein the manifest is generated remotely by the server using business rules designated by a manufacturer, predicted network connectivity speeds along the route, and estimated time to download the OTA software update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William Lawrence Frantz, Daniel Madrid, Chad Esselink
  • Publication number: 20190258467
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle comprises a processor, programmed to responsive to receiving a manifest from a server, perform an over-the-air (OTA) software update while traveling along a route, wherein the manifest is generated remotely by the server using business rules designated by a manufacturer, predicted network connectivity speeds along the route, and estimated time to download the OTA software update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: William Lawrence FRANTZ, Daniel MADRID, Chad ESSELINK