Patents by Inventor Ian Kenneth McEACHERN

Ian Kenneth McEACHERN 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).

  • Electric vehicle charging scheduler
    Patent number: 11001161
    Abstract: A vehicle includes one or more controllers, programmed to responsive to receiving an indication of a destination, select a charger within a predefined geofence from the destination; responsive to detecting the vehicle becoming less than a predefined distance from the charger, calculate a proposed charging schedule based on a current state-of-charge (SOC) and a desired SOC; and join a queue for the charger with the proposed charging schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Leo Joseph Rosene, Ameen Al-Khafaji, Courtney L'Arrivée, Ian Kenneth McEachern, Benjamin Schoenleber, Scott Scheraga
  • ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING SCHEDULER
    Publication number: 20200262307
    Abstract: A vehicle includes one or more controllers, programmed to responsive to receiving an indication of a destination, select a charger within a predefined geofence from the destination; responsive to detecting the vehicle becoming less than a predefined distance from the charger, calculate a proposed charging schedule based on a current state-of-charge (SOC) and a desired SOC; and join a queue for the charger with the proposed charging schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Leo Joseph ROSENE, Ameen AL-KHAFAJI, Courtney L'ARRIVÉE, Ian Kenneth McEACHERN, Benjamin SCHOENLEBER, Scott SCHERAGA