Patents by Inventor James Neugebauer
James Neugebauer 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: 20160031524Abstract: An electric bicycle includes a motor and a controller. A heart rate monitor is programmed to communicate a heart rate signal representing a heart rate of an occupant to the controller. The controller is programmed to receive a destination distance of the electric bicycle relative to a predetermined destination. The controller is programmed to provide instruction to adjust power to the motor based at least on the heart rate signal and the destination distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Torsten Gerhardt, Jonathan Mundy, James Lloyd, James Neugebauer, Simon Potticary, Richard Craven, Bruce Southey
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Publication number: 20160031513Abstract: A bicycle includes a handlebar and a vibration generator supported on the handlebar. A sensor is configured to detect an overcoming vehicle. A controller is configured to activate the vibration generator when the sensor detects an overcoming vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: James Neugebauer, Bruce Southey, James Lloyd, Torsten Gerhardt, Richard Craven, Simon Potticary, Jonathan Mundy
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Publication number: 20160031506Abstract: An apparatus includes a bicycle frame defining a bore, and a bicycle seat assembly including a post received in the bore. An indicating unit is configured to indicate a first position of the post along the bore for a first user and a second position of the post along the bore for a second user. An identification unit is configured to identify the first user and the second user. A computing device includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instruction such that the processor is programmed to instruct the indicating unit to indicate the first position when the identification unit identifies the first user and to instruct the indicating unit to indicate the second position when the identification unit identifies the second user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: James Lloyd, Jonathan Mundy, Bruce Southey, Simon Potticary, James Neugebauer, Torsten Gerhardt, Richard Craven
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Publication number: 20160031525Abstract: An electric bicycle includes a crank, a driving gear and a driven gear spaced from each other, and a belt engaged with the driving gear and the driven gear. An electric motor is coupled to the driving gear. A freewheel is disposed between the crank and the driving gear. At least a portion of the motor is concentric about the freewheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Richard Craven, Simon Potticary, Torsten Gerhardt, James Lloyd, Jonathan Mundy, Bruce Southey, James Neugebauer
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Publication number: 20160031507Abstract: A bicycle includes a frame and a seat post removably engaged with the frame. A light source is supported by the seat post. A power source is supported by the seat post. A switch is disposed between the light source and the power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: James Neugebauer, Torsten Gerhardt, Bruce Southey, Simon Potticary, James Lloyd, Richard Craven, Jonathan Mundy
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Publication number: 20160031517Abstract: A bicycle includes a frame including first and second segments pivotable relative to each other between a folded position and an unfolded position. The first segment has a first face and the second segment has a second face facing the first face in the unfolded position. A hinge is disposed between the first and second faces. A locking device extends through at least one of the first and second faces.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: James Neugebauer, Bruce Southey, James Lloyd, Richard Craven, Torsten Gerhardt, Simon Potticary, Jonathan Mundy
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Publication number: 20160031514Abstract: A bicycle includes a computing device including a processor and a memory. The processor is programmed to communicate with a user input device of a vehicle when the bicycle is docked to the vehicle. The processor is programmed to communicate with a mobile device when the bicycle is undocked from the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Torsten Gerhardt, James Lloyd, Jonathan Mundy, Bruce Southey, James Neugebauer, Simon Potticary, Richard Craven
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Publication number: 20160031516Abstract: A bicycle includes a frame including first and second segments pivotable relative to each other between a folded position and an unfolded position. A magnet is fixed relative to the first segment. An electromagnet is fixed relative to the second segment and disposed in a magnetic field of the magnet when the frame is in the folded position. A controller is configured to power the electromagnet to repel the magnet to unfold the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Bruce Southey, Simon Potticary, James Neugebauer, Torsten Gerhardt, Richard Craven, Lloyd James, Jonathan Mundy
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Publication number: 20160023586Abstract: A lift assembly for a vehicle includes a bracket configured to be fixed to the vehicle. A lift arm is pivotally coupled to the bracket. A mating structure is supported by the lift arm. The mating structure is configured to lift a personal mobility device and includes an electrical connector for electrically mating to an electrical connector of the personal mobility device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2014Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Simon Potticary, Richard Craven, James Neugebauer, Bruce Southey, Jonathan Mundy, James Lloyd, Andy Murray
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Patent number: 9211848Abstract: A storage assembly for use in a motor vehicle for transporting objects is disclosed. The storage assembly includes upper and lower cover parts that are hingedly connected together and also hingedly connected, via the lower cover part, to an interior panel of the motor vehicle, such as a sidewall of a center console. When the storage assembly is in a stowed configuration, the two upper and lower cover parts are aligned with one another so as to lie substantially flush against the sidewall of the center console. When the storage assembly is in a fully deployed configuration, the upper and lower cover parts are arranged to form a substantially L-shaped support for transporting one or more objects.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Andrew John Murray, Bruce Southey, James Neugebauer
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Publication number: 20150251606Abstract: A storage assembly for use in a motor vehicle for transporting objects is disclosed. The storage assembly includes upper and lower cover parts that are hingedly connected together and also hingedly connected, via the lower cover part, to an interior panel of the motor vehicle, such as a sidewall of a center console. When the storage assembly is in a stowed configuration, the two upper and lower cover parts are aligned with one another so as to lie substantially flush against the sidewall of the center console. When the storage assembly is in a fully deployed configuration, the upper and lower cover parts are arranged to form a substantially L-shaped support for transporting one or more objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: Andrew John Murray, Bruce Southey, James Neugebauer
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Publication number: 20150203044Abstract: A roll cover assembly for covering a cargo space of a vehicle includes a cassette housing an extendable/retractable roll cover, a first receptacle adjacent a first side wall of the cargo space and having a channel configured to slidably guide a first end of the cassette during insertion or removal, a second receptacle adjacent a second side wall of the cargo space and having an opening configured to receive a second end of the cassette and permit pivoting of the cassette about the second end during removal of the first end from the first receptacle, a locking mechanism releasably locking the first end of the cassette into the first receptacle, and a release device actuatable to release the locking mechanism by pulling along a line-of-action parallel with a direction in which the first end of the cassette moves during removal from the first receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Andrew John MURRAY, Richard CRAVEN, Daniel BERRY, James NEUGEBAUER
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Publication number: 20140306477Abstract: A center console for a motor vehicle is disclosed in which the center console includes a front portion and a rear storage box portion defined by a pair of side walls, a rear wall, a floor, an armrest and a front wall. The front wall of the storage box is moveable between substantially upright and substantially horizontal positions so as to define two distinct storage configurations. When the front wall is in the upright position a single large closed storage box is defined by the pair of side walls, the rear wall, the floor, the armrest and the front wall. When the front wall is in the horizontal position a first large open storage area is defined by the pair of side walls, the rear wall, the armrest and the front wall. A reconfigurable storage facility is thereby provided in a cost effective and simple manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: James Neugebauer, Andrew John Murray, Ed Stubbs, Torsten Gerhardt, Will Farrelly
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Patent number: D758242Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2015Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Richard Craven, Torsten Gerhardt, James Lloyd, Jonathan Mundy, James Neugebauer, Simon Potticary, Bruce Southey