Patents by Inventor Erik Biberstein

Erik Biberstein 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: 11814032
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle having an electric machine coupled to a traction battery to selectively propel the vehicle and associated method for the electrified vehicle include receiving trip data from an external server, the trip data including a plurality of road segments of a selected route from a starting location to a destination, each road segment having an associated energy consumption and distance, calculating a distance-to-empty (DTE) based on a remaining trip distance to the destination, available energy of the traction battery, an estimated traction battery energy required for the remaining trip distance, and an overall vehicle efficiency, the estimated traction battery energy being based on a combination of the received segment energy consumption and distance of each remaining segment in the trip, and communicating the DTE to a display within the electrified vehicle to reduce fluctuations in displayed DTE during travel along routes with nonlinear energy consumption (changing energy efficiency).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Poll, Erik Biberstein, Ryan Hunt, Jacob Doan, John William Schmotzer
  • Patent number: 11757145
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a battery thermal management system. In one example, a method includes increasing coolant to a battery above a currently demanded battery cooling in response to a predicted battery temperature exceeding a threshold temperature at an upcoming location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ashley Wiese, Angel Porras, Jordan Mazaira, Julia Helen Buckland Seeds, Hao Wang, Erik Biberstein, Gabrielle Vuylsteke, Ashwin Hariharan, Chenliu Stephen Lu, Ron Razzano
  • Publication number: 20230099486
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a battery thermal management system. In one example, a method includes increasing coolant to a battery above a currently demanded battery cooling in response to a predicted battery temperature exceeding a threshold temperature at an upcoming location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Ashley Wiese, Angel Porras, Jordan Mazaira, Julia Helen Buckland Seeds, Hao Wang, Erik Biberstein, Gabrielle Vuylsteke, Ashwin Hariharan, Chenliu Stephen Lu, Ron Razzano
  • Patent number: 11433778
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an electric machine, a battery, a power takeoff, a display unit, and a controller. The electric machine is configured to propel the vehicle. The battery is configured to provide electrical power to the electric machine. The power takeoff is configured to transfer power from the battery to one or more external devices. The display unit is configured to display a distance-to-empty. The controller is programmed to, adjust the distance-to-empty based on an expected energy use of the one or more external devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Katherine Howard-Cone, Justin Carmen Campanaro, Erik Biberstein, Ryan Hunt
  • Publication number: 20220237952
    Abstract: Systems and methods for modeling electric vehicle towing are disclosed herein. An example method includes determining that a trailer is connected to a vehicle, generating a surface mapping of the trailer based on output of a sensor assembly of the vehicle, predicting a drag coefficient of the trailer based on the surface mapping, estimating a drag force based on the drag coefficient and the surface mapping, calculating an estimated range for the vehicle based on the drag force, and displaying the estimated range on a human machine interface of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Biberstein, Stuart C. Salter, Justin Carmen Campanaro, Katherine Howard-Cone, Jacob Doan
  • Publication number: 20220176939
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle having an electric machine coupled to a traction battery to selectively propel the vehicle and associated method for the electrified vehicle include receiving trip data from an external server, the trip data including a plurality of road segments of a selected route from a starting location to a destination, each road segment having an associated energy consumption and distance, calculating a distance-to-empty (DTE) based on a remaining trip distance to the destination, available energy of the traction battery, an estimated traction battery energy required for the remaining trip distance, and an overall vehicle efficiency, the estimated traction battery energy being based on a combination of the received segment energy consumption and distance of each remaining segment in the trip, and communicating the DTE to a display within the electrified vehicle to reduce fluctuations in displayed DTE during travel along routes with nonlinear energy consumption (changing energy efficiency).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark POLL, Erik BIBERSTEIN, Ryan HUNT, Jacob DOAN, John William SCHMOTZER
  • Publication number: 20220080854
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an electric machine, a battery, a power takeoff, a display unit, and a controller. The electric machine is configured to propel the vehicle. The battery is configured to provide electrical power to the electric machine. The power takeoff is configured to transfer power from the battery to one or more external devices. The display unit is configured to display a distance-to-empty. The controller is programmed to, adjust the distance-to-empty based on an expected energy use of the one or more external devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Katherine Howard-Cone, Justin Carmen Campanaro, Erik Biberstein, Ryan Hunt