Patents by Inventor Chris Wolf

Chris Wolf 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: 12427870
    Abstract: Systems and methods for commanding an electric drive system for an electric or hybrid vehicle are described. In one example, the drive system is commanded by a controller that supplies a pulsed torque command that varies in frequency as a function of time when a driver of a vehicle requests a constant driver demand torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Wolf, Michael Degner, Yue Nie
  • Patent number: 12417658
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive time-series data from sensors of a vehicle, determine an efficiency of the vehicle, and determine a probability of a fault occurring in the vehicle based on the time-series data and on the efficiency. The efficiency is energy consumption by the vehicle per distance traveled by the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Wolf, Nicholas B. Chase, Michael W. Degner
  • Patent number: 12409738
    Abstract: Systems and methods for commanding an electric drive system for an electric or hybrid vehicle are described. In one example, the drive system is commanded by a controller that supplies a pulsed torque command that varies in magnitude as a function of time when a driver of a vehicle requests a constant driver demand torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Wolf, Michael W. Degner, Yue Nie, Monty Anderson
  • Publication number: 20250260346
    Abstract: Systems and methods for commanding an electric drive system for an electric or hybrid vehicle are described. In one example, the drive system is commanded by a controller that supplies synchronized pulsed torque commands that vary in magnitude and/or phase as a function of time when a driver of a vehicle requests a constant driver demand torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Yue Nie, Chris Wolf, Michael Degner
  • Publication number: 20250239956
    Abstract: Systems and methods for commanding an electric drive system for an electric or hybrid vehicle are described. In one example, the drive system is commanded by a controller that supplies different D-axis and Q axis command signals. The different D-axis and Q-axis command signals permit adjustments to alter vehicle noise and vibration levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Yue Nie, Chris Wolf, Michael Degner
  • Patent number: 12333735
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an insulation system of a stator. In one example, a method may include receiving images of the stator at a processor of a computing system and feeding the images to a deep learning tool to generate processed images by segmenting and cropping the images according to slots identified in the images. Further, the varnish in the processed images may be quantified based on fluorescence of the varnish, converted into estimated varnish fill percentages, based on an output from analysis of the processed images, and the estimated varnish fill percentages may be displayed in a report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Schroeter, Seth Avery, Chris Wolf, Jackson Lenz, Boratha Tan
  • Patent number: 12293507
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an insulation system of a stator. In one example, a method may include receiving images of the stator at a processor of a computing system and processing the images by converting the images to one or more of cluster-only images and binary masks. The images may be fed to an artificial intelligence (AI) model to obtain one or more of varnish estimates and void estimates to generate a training dataset which may be used to train a deep learning tool to estimate varnish fill percentages from the images and display the varnish fill percentages at a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Schroeter, Seth Avery, Chris Wolf, Jackson Lenz, Boratha Tan
  • Publication number: 20240262215
    Abstract: Systems and methods for commanding an electric drive system for an electric or hybrid vehicle are described. In one example, the drive system is commanded by a controller that supplies a pulsed torque command that varies in frequency as a function of time when a driver of a vehicle requests a constant driver demand torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Chris Wolf, Michael Degner, Yue Nie
  • Publication number: 20240262217
    Abstract: Systems and methods for commanding an electric drive system for an electric or hybrid vehicle are described. In one example, the drive system is commanded by a controller that supplies a pulsed torque command that varies in magnitude as a function of time when a driver of a vehicle requests a constant driver demand torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Chris Wolf, Michael W. Degner, Yue Nie, Monty Anderson
  • Publication number: 20240239328
    Abstract: Systems and methods for commanding an electric drive system for an electric or hybrid vehicle are described. In one example, the drive system is commanded by a controller that supplies a pulsed torque command that varies in frequency as a function of electric machine speed when a driver of a vehicle requests a constant driver demand torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Chris Wolf, Michael W. Degner, Yue Nie
  • Publication number: 20240127642
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive time-series data from sensors of a vehicle, determine an efficiency of the vehicle, and determine a probability of a fault occurring in the vehicle based on the time-series data and on the efficiency. The efficiency is energy consumption by the vehicle per distance traveled by the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Wolf, Nicholas B. Chase, Michael W. Degner
  • Publication number: 20240112351
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an insulation system of a stator. In one example, a method may include receiving images of the stator at a processor of a computing system and feeding the images to a deep learning tool to generate processed images by segmenting and cropping the images according to slots identified in the images. Further, the varnish in the processed images may be quantified based on fluorescence of the varnish, converted into estimated varnish fill percentages, based on an output from analysis of the processed images, and the estimated varnish fill percentages may be displayed in a report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Schroeter, Seth Avery, Chris Wolf, Jackson Lenz, Boratha Tan
  • Publication number: 20240112319
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an insulation system of a stator. In one example, a method may include receiving images of the stator at a processor of a computing system and processing the images by converting the images to one or more of cluster-only images and binary masks. The images may be fed to an artificial intelligence (AI) model to obtain one or more of varnish estimates and void estimates to generate a training dataset which may be used to train a deep learning tool to estimate varnish fill percentages from the images and display the varnish fill percentages at a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Schroeter, Seth Avery, Chris Wolf, Jackson Lenz, Boratha Tan
  • Patent number: 11876470
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adapting pulse width modulation with randomized zero-sequence components for control of an electrified powertrain of a vehicle. In one example, a method may include determining a zero-sequence voltage of an electric machine of the vehicle based on a random distribution, and adjusting a voltage reference signal of the electric machine based on the determined zero-sequence voltage to decrease ambient acoustic noise in the vehicle. In this way, spectral energy dispersion of pulse width modulated control of the electric machine may be increased without affecting torque production of the electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Wolf, Michael Degner, Yue Nie
  • Patent number: 11842223
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is the integration into edge nodes of a telecommunications network system of client computer system and server computer system where the server computer system includes a pool of shareable accelerators and the client computer runs an application program that is assisted by the pool of accelerators. The edge nodes connect to user equipment, and some of the user equipment can themselves act as one of the client computer systems. In some embodiments, the accelerators are GPUs, and in other embodiments, the accelerators are artificial intelligence accelerators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Tiejun Chen, Chris Wolf, Mazhar Memon, Peter Buckingham, Shreekanta Das
  • Publication number: 20230229521
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is the integration into edge nodes of a telecommunications network system of client computer system and server computer system where the server computer system includes a pool of shareable accelerators and the client computer runs an application program that is assisted by the pool of accelerators. The edge nodes connect to user equipment, and some of the user equipment can themselves act as one of the client computer systems. In some embodiments, the accelerators are GPUs, and in other embodiments, the accelerators are artificial intelligence accelerators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Tiejun CHEN, Chris WOLF, Mazhar MEMON, Peter BUCKINGHAM, Shreekanta DAS
  • Publication number: 20220405104
    Abstract: Disclosed are various examples of providing cross platform accelerator remoting between complex instruction set computer (CISC) components and reduced instruction set computer (RISC) components of a computing environment. An accelerator remoting server receives accelerator instructions executable by a locally installed accelerator device and provides the accelerator instructions to the accelerator device. The accelerator remoting server transmits accelerator results to an accelerator remoting client to complete the cross platform or platform agnostic accelerator remoting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Tiejun Chen, Olivier Alain Cremel, Kit Colbert, Chris Wolf, Mazhar Memon, Renu Raman, Peter Buckingham, Shreekanta Das
  • Patent number: 11469702
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adaptive pulse width modulated control of an electrified powertrain of a vehicle. In one example, a method may include perturbing a switching frequency for pulse width modulated control of the electrified powertrain, and, responsive to sound measured in a vehicle cabin indicating a noise improvement after the perturbation, controlling the electrified powertrain with the perturbed switching frequency. In this way, acoustic emissions from an electrified powertrain may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Wolf, Michael Degner
  • Publication number: 20220255487
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adapting pulse width modulation with randomized zero-sequence components for control of an electrified powertrain of a vehicle. In one example, a method may include determining a zero-sequence voltage of an electric machine of the vehicle based on a random distribution, and adjusting a voltage reference signal of the electric machine based on the determined zero-sequence voltage to decrease ambient acoustic noise in the vehicle. In this way, spectral energy dispersion of pulse width modulated control of the electric machine may be increased without affecting torque production of the electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Chris Wolf, Michael Degner, Yue Nie
  • Publication number: 20220216818
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adaptive pulse width modulated control of an electrified powertrain of a vehicle. In one example, a method may include perturbing a switching frequency for pulse width modulated control of the electrified powertrain, and, responsive to sound measured in a vehicle cabin indicating a noise improvement after the perturbation, controlling the electrified powertrain with the perturbed switching frequency. In this way, acoustic emissions from an electrified powertrain may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Chris Wolf, Michael Degner