Patents by Inventor Clay Wesley Maranville

Clay Wesley Maranville 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).

  • Publication number: 20240181838
    Abstract: A fluid connection for a vehicle includes a container selectively coupled with a compartment of the vehicle. The container includes at least one passage in fluid communication with an interior of the container. At least one port is disposed on the compartment and in fluid communication with a climate control system in the vehicle. The at least one passage is in fluid communication with the at least one port when the container is coupled with the compartment. The at least one port has an elongated cross-sectional area at a connection interface between the at least one port and the at least one passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hrecznyj, Michael M. Azzouz, Scott Nydam, Clay Wesley Maranville, Chris Robert Sculthorpe
  • Publication number: 20240183626
    Abstract: A coupling assembly for a vehicle includes a container selectively coupled with a compartment of the vehicle. The container includes at least one first port in fluid communication with an interior of the container. At least one second port is disposed on a wall of the compartment and is in fluid communication with a climate control system in the vehicle. A connection assembly is between the container and the wall. The connection assembly includes a positioning feature configured to align the at least one first port with the at least one second port. The connection assembly further includes a securing feature configured to bias the container toward the wall when the container is coupled with the wall to maintain fluid communication between the interior and the climate control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hrecznyj, Michael M. Azzouz, Scott Nydam, Clay Wesley Maranville, Chris Robert Sculthorpe
  • Publication number: 20240181840
    Abstract: A fluid connection for a vehicle includes a duct extending from a compartment wall of the vehicle. The duct defines a first channel and a second channel each in fluid communication with a climate control system of the vehicle. A container is selectively coupled with the duct and defines a receptacle configured to receive the duct to provide fluid communication between an interior of the container and the climate control system. At least one first aperture and at least one second aperture are each formed on the duct. The at least one first aperture fluidly interposes the interior and the first channel and the at least one second aperture fluidly interposes the interior and the second channel when the container is coupled with the duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hrecznyj, Michael M. Azzouz, Scott Nydam, Clay Wesley Maranville, Chris Robert Sculthorpe, John Wayne Jaranson
  • Patent number: 11896857
    Abstract: A respirator includes a head unit configured to be received on a human head and a purifying unit configured to provide purified air to the head unit. The purifying unit includes a first housing portion having an interior side defining a blower cavity, an exterior side defining a partial filter chamber with a filter sealing surface, and an inlet hole circumscribed by the sealing surface and extending between the interior and exterior sides. A second housing portion has an interior side defining a blower cavity. The first and second housings are attached to each other to form a housing such that the blower cavities are opposite each other to define a blower chamber within the housing. A blower is disposed in the blower chamber. A filter covers over the inlet hole and is disposed against the sealing surface such that air entering the hole passes through the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Manfred Koberstein, Clay Wesley Maranville, William Stewart Johnston, Jennifer A. Herr-Rathke, Nicholas Andrew Mazzocchi
  • Patent number: 11878575
    Abstract: A computing device in a vehicle can determine an occupant type, location and orientation and determine intensity and direction of sunlight. The computing device can tint one or more portions of vehicle windows based on the occupant type, location and orientation and the strength and direction of sunlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Cynthia Mowery Flanigan, Victoria Leigh Schein, Clay Wesley Maranville, Rick H. Wykoff, II, Kenneth Edward Nietering, John Michael Galan Ferrer
  • Patent number: 11865234
    Abstract: A treatment apparatus for a vehicle comprises: a housing with at least one wall and a floor forming a treatment chamber; a source of ultraviolet light configured to emit ultraviolet light into the treatment chamber; and a door connected to the housing, the door having (i) an open position providing access to the treatment chamber and (ii) a closed position denying access to the treatment chamber and, together with the housing, preventing emitted ultraviolet light from irradiating beyond the treatment chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Z. Chen, Anthony Ligi, Jr., John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Michael Hrecznyj, Clay Wesley Maranville, Amy Ellen Langhorst, Rick H. Wykoff
  • Publication number: 20230414820
    Abstract: A sanitization apparatus of a vehicle includes (i) surfaces defining a chamber configured to accept an object to be sterilized with ultraviolet light and (ii) a first light emitting diode (LED) including a die that is configured to emit ultraviolet light. The die has a primary surface that defines a plane that extends through the chamber. The sanitization apparatus further includes a first reflective surface that is reflective of ultraviolet light disposed adjacent to the first LED. At least a portion of the ultraviolet light that the die emits reflects off of the first reflective surface and into the chamber. The first reflective surface defines a plane that intersects with the plane that the primary surface of the die defines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Z. Chen, Nicholas Andrew Mazzocchi, Jeffrey William DeMunnik, Clay Wesley Maranville, John Wayne Jaranson, Pramita Mitra
  • Patent number: 11731482
    Abstract: This disclosure details integrated thermal management systems for thermally managing electrified vehicle components. Exemplary integrated thermal management systems may include a thermal module assembly that may be integrated into a front end structure of a flexible modular platform of the electrified vehicle. The integrated thermal management systems may be controlled in a plurality of distinct thermal control modes for thermal managing various subcomponents and for addressing various vehicle auxiliary loads (e.g., passenger cabin heating loads, passenger cabin cooling loads, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel C. Huang, Sunil Katragadda, Ravi Gopal, Clay Wesley Maranville, Christopher Mark Greiner
  • Publication number: 20230158854
    Abstract: This disclosure details integrated thermal management systems for thermally managing electrified vehicle components. Exemplary integrated thermal management systems may include a thermal module assembly that may be integrated into a front end structure of a flexible modular platform of the electrified vehicle. The integrated thermal management systems may be controlled in a plurality of distinct thermal control modes for thermal managing various subcomponents and for addressing various vehicle auxiliary loads (e.g., passenger cabin heating loads, passenger cabin cooling loads, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel HUANG, Sunil KATRAGADDA, Ravi GOPAL, Clay Wesley MARANVILLE, Christopher Mark GREINER
  • Patent number: 11541715
    Abstract: This disclosure details integrated thermal management systems for thermally managing electrified vehicle components. Exemplary integrated thermal management systems may include a thermal module assembly that may be integrated into a front end structure of a flexible modular platform of the electrified vehicle. The integrated thermal management systems may be controlled in a plurality of distinct thermal control modes for thermal managing various subcomponents and for addressing various vehicle auxiliary loads (e.g., passenger cabin heating loads, passenger cabin cooling loads, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel C. Huang, Sunil Katragadda, Ravi Gopal, Clay Wesley Maranville, Christopher Mark Greiner
  • Publication number: 20220347497
    Abstract: A method of assembling a personal air purifying respirator includes assembling a housing including a blower disposed therein, a filter cavity, and an outlet manifold; installing a filter on the housing; attaching a filter cover to the housing with the filter cover disposed over the filter, wherein the filter cover defines an air inlet; and testing the filter including energizing the blower, introducing a testing aerosol into the air inlet, and measuring air exiting the outlet manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: John Wesley Wilds, Manfred Koberstein, Clay Wesley Maranville, William S. Johnston, James Allan Birley, Scott Allan Hanson, John Martin Salens, Blake Gecse, Ryan M. VanBelle, Meghan Christine Shinska, Mark William Miller, Jennifer A. Herr-Rathke, Daniel Heilman
  • Patent number: 11433733
    Abstract: A vehicle heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system including a cabin air filter, a sensor for providing a sensor reading, and a controller for determining a feedback signal from the sensor reading, wherein the controller determines a cabin air filter expected blockage level from the feedback signal. The feedback signal relates to a usage modifier of the cabin air filter, wherein the controller at east partially adjusts the estimated usage the cabin air filter from the usage modifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Craig Reed, Imad Hassan Makki, Hadi Abbas, Alan Gutowski, Clay Wesley Maranville, Volker Scheer
  • Publication number: 20220219023
    Abstract: A respirator includes a head unit configured to be received on a human head and a purifying unit configured to provide purified air to the head unit. The purifying unit includes a first housing portion having an interior side defining a blower cavity, an exterior side defining a partial filter chamber with a filter sealing surface, and an inlet hole circumscribed by the sealing surface and extending between the interior and exterior sides. A second housing portion has an interior side defining a blower cavity. The first and second housings are attached to each other to form a housing such that the blower cavities are opposite each other to define a blower chamber within the housing. A blower is disposed in the blower chamber. A filter covers over the inlet hole and is disposed against the sealing surface such that air entering the hole passes through the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Manfred Koberstein, Clay Wesley Maranville, William Stewart Johnston, Jennifer A. Herr-Rathke, Nicholas Andrew Mazzocchi
  • Patent number: 11331982
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for purifying air for breathing. The apparatus includes an armrest having a receiver and an air purification module releasably received in the receiver. The air purification module is portable and displaceable between a first operating position held in the receiver and a second operating position remote from the armrest and the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel C. Huang, Kevin Michael Swenskowski, John Craig Elson, Clay Wesley Maranville, Lawrence C. Karas
  • Publication number: 20220097475
    Abstract: This disclosure details integrated thermal management systems for thermally managing electrified vehicle components. Exemplary integrated thermal management systems may include a thermal module assembly that may be integrated into a front end structure of a flexible modular platform of the electrified vehicle. The integrated thermal management systems may be controlled in a plurality of distinct thermal control modes for thermal managing various subcomponents and for addressing various vehicle auxiliary loads (e.g., passenger cabin heating loads, passenger cabin cooling loads, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel C. HUANG, Sunil KATRAGADDA, Ravi GOPAL, Clay Wesley MARANVILLE, Christopher Mark GREINER
  • Publication number: 20210308317
    Abstract: A treatment apparatus for a vehicle comprises: a housing with at least one wall and a floor forming a treatment chamber; a source of ultraviolet light configured to emit ultraviolet light into the treatment chamber; and a door connected to the housing, the door having (i) an open position providing access to the treatment chamber and (ii) a closed position denying access to the treatment chamber and, together with the housing, preventing emitted ultraviolet light from irradiating beyond the treatment chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Z. Chen, Anthony Ligi, JR., John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Michael Hrecznyj, Clay Wesley Maranville, Amy Ellen Langhorst, Rick H. Wykoff
  • Publication number: 20210260957
    Abstract: A vehicle heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system including a cabin air filter, a sensor for providing a sensor reading, and a controller for determining a feedback signal from the sensor reading, wherein the feedback signal relates to a usage modifier of the cabin air filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Craig Reed, Imad Hassan Makki, Hadi Abbas, Alan Gutowski, Clay Wesley Maranville, Volker Scheer
  • Publication number: 20210188051
    Abstract: A method for mitigating odor includes detecting a known smell using on one or more odor sensors in a vehicle. The method includes determining whether the known smell is agreeable to one or more passengers of the vehicle. The method includes mitigating the known smell using one or more odor control devices if the known smell is not agreeable to the one or more passengers of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Perry Robinson MACNEILLE, Victoria Leigh SCHEIN, Jeffrey Brian YEUNG, Clay Wesley MARANVILLE, Kerrie Kathleen GATH, Daniel BOCCUCCIA
  • Patent number: 10866019
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing control of a heat pump of a motor vehicle are presented. In one operating mode, speed of a heat pump compressor is controlled responsive to an outlet pressure of the heat pump compressor. In a second operating mode, speed of the heat pump compressor is controlled responsive to a pressure ratio between an inlet and an outlet of the heat pump compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Noah Blatchley, James George Gebbie, Clay Wesley Maranville, Angel Fernando Porras
  • Publication number: 20200307359
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for purifying air for breathing. The apparatus includes an armrest having a receiver and an air purification module releasably received in the receiver. The air purification module is portable and displaceable between a first operating position held in the receiver and a second operating position remote from the armrest and the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel C. Huang, Kevin Michael Swenskowski, John Craig Elson, Clay Wesley Maranville, Lawrence C. Karas