Patents by Inventor Edward Albert Bos
Edward Albert Bos 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).
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Patent number: 10204024Abstract: A test generator includes a computer programmed to receive at least one input instruction including a message to be transmitted by the test generator and an error command indicating errors to be introduced into the transmission. The computer is further programmed to generate a data frame formatted according to a single-edge-nibble-transmission protocol. The data frame includes the message and the errors. The computer is further programmed to transmit the data frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Edward Albert Bos
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Publication number: 20160371164Abstract: A test generator includes a computer programmed to receive at least one input instruction including a message to be transmitted by the test generator and an error command indicating errors to be introduced into the transmission. The computer is further programmed to generate a data frame formatted according to a single-edge-nibble-transmission protocol. The data frame includes the message and the errors. The computer is further programmed to transmit the data frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Edward Albert Bos
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Patent number: 6557523Abstract: An electronic throttle control system with a plastic composite housing member and injection molded motor assembly. The motor assembly is preassembled with a gear shaft member to a metal mounting plate which in turn is injection molded into the composite housing member. A portion of the motor is secured to the electronic throttle control housing during the injection molding process. The distance between the gear shaft member and motor remains constant.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2000Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Edward Albert Bos, James Richard Rauch
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Patent number: 6286481Abstract: An electronic throttle control system having a housing 22 with a motor 40, throttle valve 60, gear mechanism 100, and failsafe mechanism. A main spring member 130 positioned between the housing 22 and a gear mechanism 104, which in turn is attached to the throttle valve shaft 62, biases the throttle plate 60 towards the closed position. A spring-biased default mechanism 132, 134 biases the throttle plate 60 from its closed position to a default or “limp-home” position.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 1999Date of Patent: September 11, 2001Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Edward Albert Bos, Mark Alan Saunders, Mark Warner Semeyn, Jr.
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Patent number: 6267352Abstract: An electronic throttle control system having a housing 22 with a motor 40, throttle valve 60, gear mechanism 100, and failsafe mechanism 130. A main spring member 150 positioned between the housing 22 and a gear mechanism 104, which in turn is attached to the throttle valve shaft 62, biases the throttle plate 60 towards the closed position. A spring-biased gear backlash sector gear mechanism 130 biases the throttle plate 60 from its closed position to a default or “limp-home” position.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 1999Date of Patent: July 31, 2001Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mark Warner Semeyn, Jr., Edward Albert Bos
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Patent number: 6244565Abstract: An electronic throttle control system with a housing having a motor, throttle valve and gear mechanism. The throttle valve is attached to a throttle body shaft which is mounted in bearings in the housing. An axial spring clip mechanism mounted on the throttle body shaft preloads the bearings and eliminates undesired axial and radial movement of the shaft which could adversely affect the movement of the throttle valve and the sensing of its position.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 1999Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Alex McDonnell, Edward Albert Bos, Mark Warner Semeyn
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Patent number: 6173939Abstract: An electronic throttle control system having a housing 22 with a motor 40, throttle valve 60, gear mechanism 100, and failsafe mechanism 130. A spring member 150 attached between the housing 22 and a gear member 104 attached to the throttle valve shaft 62 biases the throttle plate 60 towards the closed position. A spring-biased plunger member 134 biases the throttle plate 60 from its closed position to a default or “limp-home” position.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1999Date of Patent: January 16, 2001Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James J. Dottavio, Mark Warner Semeyn, Edward Albert Bos, Mark Alan Saunders
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Patent number: 6155533Abstract: An electronic throttle control system having a housing with a motor, throttle valve, gear mechanism, and fail-safe mechanism. A spring member attached to a gear member and default lever, and which is biased when the throttle valve is in its fully open and closed positions, operates to open the throttle valve in the event of an electric failure, thus allowing the vehicle to limp home.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 1999Date of Patent: December 5, 2000Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mark Warner Semeyn, Dean Leigh Arcuri, Edward Albert Bos
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Patent number: 6128436Abstract: A speed monitoring and control method for a brushless motor controlled by a controller which provides switching control signals to a plurality of switching elements includes comparing one line voltage of the motor with a signal representing a voltage at the neutral node of the motor, to generate a comparison signal. The method also includes ANDing the comparison signal with a switching control signal to generate a composite feedback signal representative of a rotational speed of the motor's rotor relative to a speed of a rotating magnetic field generated by the stator.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 1998Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Edward Albert Bos, Robert Duane Gaston
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Patent number: 6095488Abstract: An electronic throttle control system having a housing with a motor, throttle valve, gear mechanism, and fail-safe mechanism. A spring member attached to a gear member and default lever, and which is biased when the throttle valve is in its fully open and closed positions, operates to open the throttle valve in the event of an electric failure, thus allowing the vehicle to limp home. An adjustable pin member is used to adjust the position of the default lever and thus the throttle valve in a fail-safe situation.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 1999Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mark Warner Semeyn, Jr., Alex McDonnell, Edward Albert Bos
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Patent number: 5701869Abstract: A fuel delivery system for delivering fuel from a fuel tank to an internal combustion engine includes a fuel pump disposed within the tank and an accumulator communicating between the fuel pump and the engine for storing a volume of fuel under pressure. The system also includes a fuel pump control means for controlling the output of fuel flow from the fuel pump. The control means selectively causes the fuel pump output flow to either supply fuel to both the engine and the accumulator or bypass fuel at a lower pressure while fuel is supplied by the accumulator alone, thereby reducing the average power demand of the pump.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 1996Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Alan David Richardson, Paul Timothy Early, Larry Thomas Brown, Walter Joseph Ortmann, Edward Albert Bos
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Patent number: 5651343Abstract: A throttle body for use in the air intake system of an internal combustion engine having an idle speed control. The throttle body assembly (10) includes a throttle plate (18) mounted to a throttle shaft (16), which is, in turn, mounted to a throttle control lever (20). A bearing member (30) is coupled to the throttle control lever (20). A motor (32) is mounted relative to the throttle body and includes an idle control cam (36) mounted to the motor shaft (34) so that the bearing (30) rests on the cam (36). A circuit (40) actuates the motor (32). This arrangement provides a variable idle stop for the throttle plate (18) where the cam (36) is directly controlled by the motor (32). The motor size is minimized by providing an overdrive function that overdrives the motor (32) during transitional phases, to obtain fast response time and high resolution of idle control.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1995Date of Patent: July 29, 1997Assignee: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: David Scott Evans, deceased, Edward Albert Bos, Simon Warran-Smith