Patents by Inventor David Ramiro

David Ramiro 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).

  • Method of controlling electric load shedding in a vehicle
    Patent number: 12065044
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for electrical power distribution. In one example, a system includes plurality of electric consumers comprising one or more operating modes with different levels of power consumption, an energy storage and an electric machine arranged in the vehicle and configured to provide energy to the energy storage device or power to the electric consumers and torque to wheels of the vehicle, a power allocating device coupled to the energy storage device and the plurality of electric consumers, and a controller configured to maintain two indices for allocating power to the plurality of electric consumers, wherein a first index comprises a first power allocation strategy based on power from only the energy storage device and a second index comprises a second power allocation strategy based on power from the energy storage device and the electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Urs Christen, David Ramiro, Handian Chen, Fazal U. Syed, Sassan Farahmand, Brendan Jenkins, Douglas Michael Smith
  • 220-0208 METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRIC LOAD SHEDDING IN A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220332196
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for electrical power distribution. In one example, a system includes plurality of electric consumers comprising one or more operating modes with different levels of power consumption, an energy storage and an electric machine arranged in the vehicle and configured to provide energy to the energy storage device or power to the electric consumers and torque to wheels of the vehicle, a power allocating device coupled to the energy storage device and the plurality of electric consumers, and a controller configured to maintain two indices for allocating power to the plurality of electric consumers, wherein a first index comprises a first power allocation strategy based on power from only the energy storage device and a second index comprises a second power allocation strategy based on power from the energy storage device and the electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Urs Christen, David Ramiro, Handian Chen, Fazal U. Syed, Sassan Farahmand, Brendan Jenkins, Douglas Michael Smith