Patents by Inventor Erik DONDZILA

Erik DONDZILA 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 and assembly for heating an engine fluid
    Patent number: 10781731
    Abstract: An exemplary fluid heating method includes, among other things, operating an engine of a vehicle to heat an engine fluid during a drive cycle if the vehicle is in a fluid maintenance mode, and heating the fluid prior to the drive cycle if the vehicle is in the fluid maintenance mode and the vehicle is electrically coupled to a grid power source. An exemplary fluid heating assembly includes, among other things, an engine of an electrified vehicle, and a fluid heater that is activated to heat a fluid of the engine in response to the electrified vehicle being in a fluid maintenance mode when electrically coupled to a grid power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Md Shahnoor Amin, Robert David Hancasky, Erik Dondzila, Ted Haladyna
  • METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR HEATING AN ENGINE FLUID
    Publication number: 20180030865
    Abstract: An exemplary fluid heating method includes, among other things, operating an engine of a vehicle to heat an engine fluid during a drive cycle if the vehicle is in a fluid maintenance mode, and heating the fluid prior to the drive cycle if the vehicle is in the fluid maintenance mode and the vehicle is electrically coupled to a grid power source. An exemplary fluid heating assembly includes, among other things, an engine of an electrified vehicle, and a fluid heater that is activated to heat a fluid of the engine in response to the electrified vehicle being in a fluid maintenance mode when electrically coupled to a grid power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Md Shahnoor Amin, Robert David Hancasky, Erik Dondzila, Ted Haladyna
  • OIL MAINTENANCE STRATEGY FOR ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20170241308
    Abstract: A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, selectively powering a heating device to augment heating of an engine oil associated with an engine of a vehicle in a manner that influences an oil quality value of the engine oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Erik DONDZILA, Ted HALADYNA