Patents by Inventor Gabriel Jim
Gabriel Jim 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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Publication number: 20230070318Abstract: A vehicle electrical system includes a battery, a customer connection point, a switch electrically connected in series between the battery and the customer connection point, a computer communicatively coupled to the switch, and a transceiver communicatively coupled to the computer. The computer is programmed to instruct the switch to open in response to a state of charge of the battery decreasing below a charge threshold, receive an input selecting a time limit, and instruct the transceiver to transmit a message to a remote server upon determining that the state of charge of the battery will decrease below the charge threshold in less than the time limit from a current time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Alasdair Collins, Yukiyasu Nagata, Gabriel Jim, Malcolm Fry, Kelvin Howard, Hanyang Chen
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Patent number: 11251646Abstract: A power system for a vehicle comprises a first power supply network configured to operate at a first voltage. The first power supply network comprises a first alternator, a starter motor, and a battery conductively connected to the first alternator and the starter motor. The system further comprises a second power supply network configured to operate at a second voltage. The second power supply network comprises a second alternator, a power supply receptacle configured to output power to an external accessory, and a capacitive energy storage device conductively connected to the second alternator and the power supply receptacle. A directional conduction device interconnects the first power supply network and the second power supply network.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Hanyang B. Chen, Michael Irby, Jason Baker, Gabriel Jim, Anthony Thomas Spoto
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Publication number: 20210104905Abstract: A power system for a vehicle comprises a first power supply network configured to operate at a first voltage. The first power supply network comprises a first alternator, a starter motor, and a battery conductively connected to the first alternator and the starter motor. The system further comprises a second power supply network configured to operate at a second voltage. The second power supply network comprises a second alternator, a power supply receptacle configured to output power to an external accessory, and a capacitive energy storage device conductively connected to the second alternator and the power supply receptacle. A directional conduction device interconnects the first power supply network and the second power supply network.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Hanyang B. Chen, Michael Irby, Jason Baker, Gabriel Jim, Anthony Thomas Spoto
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Patent number: 10707788Abstract: A vehicle power system includes a controller that reduces a voltage setpoint of an alternator by a predetermined amount in response to a magnitude of electric charge provided by the alternator during a predetermined time period exceeding a first threshold and a rate of change of power output by the alternator exceeding a second threshold during the time period. The controller also regulates an output voltage of the alternator based on the setpoint.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Todd Ansbacher, Alan Francis Judge, Jeffrey Raymond Mohr, Frederick Shell, Michael J. Irby, Karen Price, Gabriel Jim, Christopher Semanson
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Patent number: 10491147Abstract: System and method are disclosed for power management in a vehicle having two or more alternators. An example vehicle power system includes first and second alternators, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine that a load coupled to the first and second alternators increases at greater than a threshold rate. The processor is also configured to responsively (i) reduce respective voltage setpoints of the first and second alternators, and (ii) turn off the second alternator. And the processor is further configured to, after determining that a voltage transient caused by the load has expired, turn on the second alternator.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Alan Francis Judge, Gabriel Jim, Jeffrey Raymond Mohr, James Brian Keyse, Anthony Thomas Spoto, John G. Fraser
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Publication number: 20190165710Abstract: System and method are disclosed for power management in a vehicle having two or more alternators. An example vehicle power system includes first and second alternators, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine that a load coupled to the first and second alternators increases at greater than a threshold rate. The processor is also configured to responsively (i) reduce respective voltage setpoints of the first and second alternators, and (ii) turn off the second alternator. And the processor is further configured to, after determining that a voltage transient caused by the load has expired, turn on the second alternator.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2017Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Alan Francis Judge, Gabriel Jim, Jeffrey Raymond Mohr, James Brian Keyse, Anthony Thomas Spoto, John G. Fraser
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Patent number: 10293747Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for detecting and mitigating vehicle battery gas emission into the vehicle cabin. An example vehicle includes a battery, a vent tube coupled to the battery for venting gas outside a vehicle cabin, a gas flow sensor for determining a measured flow rate at an end of the vent tube opposite the battery, and a processor. The processor is configured for determining an expected flow rate range based on a battery characteristic, and responsive to determining that the measured flow rate is outside the expected flow rate range, initiating a protective action.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jeff Raymond Mohr, Hanyang B. Chen, Michael J. Irby, Gabriel Jim
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Publication number: 20190092230Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for detecting and mitigating vehicle battery gas emission into the vehicle cabin. An example vehicle includes a battery, a vent tube coupled to the battery for venting gas outside a vehicle cabin, a gas flow sensor for determining a measured flow rate at an end of the vent tube opposite the battery, and a processor. The processor is configured for determining an expected flow rate range based on a battery characteristic, and responsive to determining that the measured flow rate is outside the expected flow rate range, initiating a protective action.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Jeff Raymond Mohr, Hanyang B. Chen, Michael J. Irby, Gabriel Jim
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Publication number: 20180351557Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to receive part identification input identifying a newly installed vehicle part. The processor is also configured to transmit part identification data to a cloud server, responsive to the input and receive electronic control unit (ECU) reconfiguration instructions responsive to the transmission. The processor is further configured to execute the instructions to reconfigure a vehicle ECU identified in the instructions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Gabriel JIM, Jeffrey Raymond MOHR, Yukiyasu NAGATA, Michael J. IRBY, Hanyang B. CHEN, Joseph Carl BEISER
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Publication number: 20170033717Abstract: A vehicle power system includes a controller that reduces a voltage setpoint of an alternator by a predetermined amount in response to a magnitude of electric charge provided by the alternator during a predetermined time period exceeding a first threshold and a rate of change of power output by the alternator exceeding a second threshold during the time period. The controller also regulates an output voltage of the alternator based on the setpoint.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2015Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Todd Ansbacher, Alan Francis Judge, Jeffrey Raymond Mohr, Frederick Shell, Michael J. Irby, Karen Price, Gabriel Jim, Christopher Semanson