Patents by Inventor Hussein Chami
Hussein Chami 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: 12547177Abstract: A method includes obtaining vehicle data associated with the plurality of vehicles, obtaining charging station data associated with the plurality of charging stations, and obtaining robot data associated with the one or more robots. The method includes determining, based on the vehicle data, whether a given vehicle has a given amount of electrical energy that is less than a threshold amount of electrical energy. The method includes, in response to determining that the given amount of electrical energy is less than the threshold amount of electrical energy: selecting a given charging station based on the charging station data and a given robot based on the robot data, instructing the given vehicle and the given robot to navigate to the given charging station, and instructing the given robot to initiate a charging routine when the given vehicle and the given robot are proximate to the given charging station.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2023Date of Patent: February 10, 2026Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jon Zimmerman, Hussein Chami, Brian McIntyre, Francis Maslar, Yifan Chen, Raj Sohmshetty, Smruti Panigrahi
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Publication number: 20240295878Abstract: A method includes obtaining vehicle data associated with the plurality of vehicles, obtaining charging station data associated with the plurality of charging stations, and obtaining robot data associated with the one or more robots. The method includes determining, based on the vehicle data, whether a given vehicle has a given amount of electrical energy that is less than a threshold amount of electrical energy. The method includes, in response to determining that the given amount of electrical energy is less than the threshold amount of electrical energy: selecting a given charging station based on the charging station data and a given robot based on the robot data, instructing the given vehicle and the given robot to navigate to the given charging station, and instructing the given robot to initiate a charging routine when the given vehicle and the given robot are proximate to the given charging station.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jon Zimmerman, Hussein Chami, Brian McIntyre, Francis Maslar, Yifan Chen, Raj Sohmshetty, Smruti Panigrahi
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Publication number: 20240294081Abstract: A system for charging electric vehicles includes a robot, an electric charger, a vehicle localization structure, and a control system. The vehicle localization structure defines a charge zone located at a fixed position. The control system is configured to determine that a corresponding electric vehicle of the electric vehicles is in the charge zone, determine a position of a charge port of the corresponding electric vehicle based on the fixed position of the vehicle localization structure and vehicle parameters of the corresponding electric vehicle, and instruct the robot to move a charger of the electric charger from the electric charger to the charge port of the corresponding electric vehicle such that the charger is electrically coupled to the corresponding electric vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jon Zimmerman, Hussein Chami, Brian McIntyre, Francis Maslar, Yifan Chen, Raj Sohmshetty, Smruti Panigrahi
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Publication number: 20240294082Abstract: A system for charging a plurality of electric vehicles includes a rail structure, a mobile base unit, at least one battery and a controller. The mobile base unit is supported by the rail structure and is configured to move along the rail structure between respective vehicle charging stations. The battery is configured to provide power to the mobile base unit to move along the rail structure. The controller is configured to obtain a charge request from one or more electric vehicles, determine a charging sequence of the electric vehicles based on vehicle parameters and charge parameters of the battery, and move the mobile base unit along the rail structure based on the charging sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Smruti Panigrahi, Yifan Chen, Raj Sohmshetty, Kurt Michael Lundeen, Sanghyun Hong, Sam Hoff, Brian McIntyre, Hussein Chami
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Publication number: 20240294087Abstract: A method includes obtaining parking lot data associated with the parking lot, where the parking lot data indicates an availability of a plurality of parking spaces of the parking lot and obtaining vehicle data associated with the plurality of vehicles, where the vehicle data includes one or more physical characteristics of each of the plurality of vehicles, one or more electrical charging characteristics of each of the plurality of vehicles, or a combination thereof. The method includes dynamically defining one or more parking characteristics of the parking lot based on the vehicle data and the parking lot data and controlling a movement of the plurality of vehicles via the exit lane, the entry lane, and the one or more charging lanes based on the vehicle data and the one or more parking characteristics of the parking lot.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Raj Sohmshetty, Yifan Chen, Smruti Panigrahi, Hussein Chami
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Publication number: 20240293938Abstract: A tool for a robotic arm is configured to move an electric charger to an electric vehicle. The tool includes a base configured to be secured to the robotic arm, a vision sensor disposed on the base, a hook including a proximal end fixed to the base, a distal end having an arcuate shape, and a void defined between the proximal end and the distal end, and a gripper extending below the base. The gripper includes a track, two opposing fingers configured to move along the track, and an actuator configured to retract the two opposing fingers along the track.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jon Zimmerman, Hussein Chami, Brian McIntyre, Francis Maslar, Raj Sohmshetty, Yifan Chen, Smruti Panigrahi
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Patent number: 11603150Abstract: A system for assembling a vehicle platform includes a robotic assembly system having at least two robotic arms, a vision system capturing images of an assembly frame, and a control system configured to control the robotic assembly system to assemble the vehicle platform based on images from the vision system, force feedback from the at least two robotic arms, and a component location model. The control system is further configured to identify assembly features of a first component and a second component of the vehicle platform from the images, operate the robotic arms to orient the first component and the second component to respective nominal positions based on the images and the component location model, and operate the robotic arms to assemble the first component to the second component based on the force feedback.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Hussein Chami, Robert Alan Jones, Alexander Marrocco, Francis Maslar, Arnon Wexler
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Publication number: 20220410995Abstract: A system for assembling a vehicle platform includes a robotic assembly system having at least two robotic arms, a vision system capturing images of an assembly frame, and a control system configured to control the robotic assembly system to assemble the vehicle platform based on images from the vision system, force feedback from the at least two robotic arms, and a component location model. The control system is further configured to identify assembly features of a first component and a second component of the vehicle platform from the images, operate the robotic arms to orient the first component and the second component to respective nominal positions based on the images and the component location model, and operate the robotic arms to assemble the first component to the second component based on the force feedback.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2021Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Hussein Chami, Robert Alan Jones, Alexander Marrocco, Francis Maslar, Arnon Wexler