Patents by Inventor Ger Anthony Cronin

Ger Anthony Cronin 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: 11325442
    Abstract: A vehicle and method are provided for monitoring and changing quality of air in a passenger compartment of a vehicle so that the air quality remains above a predeterminable threshold value. The vehicle has an air quality sensing device and an air quality changing device. The method includes sensing the quality of the air in the passenger compartment and in the surroundings of the vehicle with the air quality sensing device; and in the event that the quality of the air in the passenger compartment of the vehicle drops below the predeterminable threshold value, changing the quality of the air in the passenger compartment of the vehicle with the air quality changing device so that the quality of the air in the passenger compartment rises above the predeterminable threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ger Anthony Cronin, Ingo Krolewski, Ulrike Sabrina Vogl, Paul Jamnicki
  • Patent number: 10953729
    Abstract: A device for controlling the air flow from an air outlet of a heating and/or ventilation and/or air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle. The air outlet has an air discharge opening which is for discharging air into an inner vehicle space and over which there extends at least one elongate slat which can be pivoted about a longitudinal axis in order to influence an air flow flowing through the air discharge opening and whose pivot position can be adjusted by at least one adjustment mechanism which is coupled to the slat. At least one actuation mechanism, which is fitted to a vehicle seat when the vehicle seat is mounted in the inner vehicle space, moves into mechanical operational engagement with the adjustment mechanism and brings about an adjustment of the at least one slat in accordance with a position of the vehicle seat with respect to the inner vehicle space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ger Anthony Cronin, Simon Arnold, Gregor Whelan, Peter Durston
  • Publication number: 20190275856
    Abstract: A vehicle and method are provided for monitoring and changing quality of air in a passenger compartment of a vehicle so that the air quality remains above a predeterminable threshold value. The vehicle has an air quality sensing device and an air quality changing device. The method includes sensing the quality of the air in the passenger compartment and in the surroundings of the vehicle with the air quality sensing device; and in the event that the quality of the air in the passenger compartment of the vehicle drops below the predeterminable threshold value, changing the quality of the air in the passenger compartment of the vehicle with the air quality changing device so that the quality of the air in the passenger compartment rises above the predeterminable threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ger Anthony Cronin, Ingo Krolewski, Ulrike Sabrina Vogl, Paul Jamnicki
  • Publication number: 20190092140
    Abstract: A device for controlling the air flow from an air outlet of a heating and/or ventilation and/or air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle. The air outlet has an air discharge opening which is for discharging air into an inner vehicle space and over which there extends at least one elongate slat which can be pivoted about a longitudinal axis in order to influence an air flow flowing through the air discharge opening and whose pivot position can be adjusted by at least one adjustment mechanism which is coupled to the slat. At least one actuation mechanism, which is fitted to a vehicle seat when the vehicle seat is mounted in the inner vehicle space, moves into mechanical operational engagement with the adjustment mechanism and brings about an adjustment of the at least one slat in accordance with a position of the vehicle seat with respect to the inner vehicle space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ger Anthony Cronin, Simon Arnold, Gregor Whelan, Peter Durston
  • Publication number: 20180370328
    Abstract: A method for air-conditioning an interior of a vehicle to prevent fogging of the windows when at least one identifiable user enters the vehicle. The vehicle has a vehicle communication device which communicates with at least one user communication unit, a climate detection device for detecting the climate in the interior of the vehicle or for detecting the climate in the interior and in the area surrounding the vehicle, as well as a climate modification device for changing the climate in the interior of the vehicle. The method comprises steps of: checking by means of whether an identifiable user is approaching the vehicle, testing whether a fogging of at least one of the windows of the vehicle is to be expected when the user enters the vehicle, and air-conditioning the interior of the vehicle in such a way that fogging of the windows of the vehicle is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ingo Krolewski, Ger Anthony Cronin
  • Patent number: 10005341
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air guide nozzle (1) for ventilating the interior of a motor vehicle, the air guide nozzle having an air outlet duct (3) at the first air outlet (4) of which a plurality of pivoted slats (6), which can be pivoted simultaneously about respective longitudinal axes, is arranged in parallel and at a distance from one another, for which purpose said slats are connected by a lever (7) on the side facing away from the air outlet (4), wherein the air guide nozzle (1) has a second, separate air outlet (5) below the first air outlet (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Torsten Voigt, Klaus Schorn, Ger Anthony Cronin
  • Publication number: 20120225617
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air guide nozzle (1) for ventilating the interior of a motor vehicle, having an air outlet duct (3), at the first air outlet (4) of which a plurality of pivoted slats (6), which can be pivoted simultaneously about respective longitudinal axes, is arranged in parallel and at a distance from one another, for which purpose said slats are connected by a lever (7) on the side facing away from the air outlet (4), wherein the air guide nozzle (1) has a second, separate air outlet (5) below the first air outlet (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Torsten Voigt, Klaus Schorn, Ger Anthony Cronin