Patents by Inventor Jim Stevens

Jim Stevens 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).

  • Publication number: 20240400006
    Abstract: A wheel assembly cleaning system may include a sensor network disposed proximate to the wheel assembly to detect fouling inside the wheel assembly, a controller operably coupled to the sensor network to determine a trigger condition associated with detection of the fouling inside the wheel assembly, and a fluid dispensing assembly disposed proximate to an internal side of the wheel assembly to apply a fluid to the inside of the wheel assembly under control of the controller responsive to the trigger condition. The fluid dispensing assembly may include a reservoir of the fluid, a pump providing motive force for application of the fluid, and a flow controller to direct the fluid to the inside of the wheel assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Jim Stevens, Keith Weston, Brendan Diamond, Matthew Johnson
  • Patent number: 12115880
    Abstract: The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for adaptive prediction of electrified vehicle performance including receiving a set of goal parameters identifying a drivers performance requirements, receiving a set of fixed parameters related to course, vehicle and passenger status, receiving past energy consumption data for the electrified vehicle and the driver, generating an adaptive prediction of a future state of charge (SOC) of one or more electricity sources, and providing a dynamic control alteration based on the adaptive prediction, the dynamic control alteration as a function of the set of goal parameters. The adaptive prediction is based on the set of goal parameters, the set of fixed parameters and the past energy consumption data. The adaptive prediction includes updated parameters based on performance of the electrified vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brendan Diamond, Jim Stevens, Keith Weston, Andrew Denis Lewandowski
  • Publication number: 20240237314
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for cooling an electric energy storage device. In some examples, a system includes an electric energy storage device comprising a plurality of battery cells, and a plurality of busbars coupled to the electric energy storage device, each busbar including a respective busbar cooling channel fluidly coupled to a cooling system including a heat exchanger, wherein coolant in the cooling system is configured to flow through each respective busbar cooling channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jim Stevens, Jeffery Lee, Keith Weston
  • Publication number: 20240227946
    Abstract: A component for a vehicle includes a skid plate configured to attach to an underbody of the vehicle, a plurality of cooling channels extending in a longitudinal direction between the skid plate and the underbody of the vehicle, and a structural reinforcement extending outward from the skid plate. The skid plate, the plurality of cooling channels, and the structural reinforcement are additively manufactured in a unitary construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Keith Weston, Jim Stevens, David D. Friske, Mark Meinhart, Matthew Arthur Titus
  • Publication number: 20240132160
    Abstract: A component for a vehicle includes a skid plate configured to attach to an underbody of the vehicle, a plurality of cooling channels extending in a longitudinal direction between the skid plate and the underbody of the vehicle, and a structural reinforcement extending outward from the skid plate. The skid plate, the plurality of cooling channels, and the structural reinforcement are additively manufactured in a unitary construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Keith Weston, Jim Stevens, David D. Friske, Mark Meinhart, Matthew Arthur Titus
  • Patent number: 11719146
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for routing secondary air to engine an exhaust system during a cold-start condition to reduce tail pipe emissions. In one example, a method may include operating a pump of an evaporative leak check module (ELCM) in a positive pressure mode and routing pressurized air to the exhaust passage upstream of an exhaust catalyst via an air conduit housing a first valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aed Dudar, Keith Weston, Jim Stevens
  • Publication number: 20230150394
    Abstract: The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for adaptive prediction of electrified vehicle performance including receiving a set of goal parameters identifying a drivers performance requirements, receiving a set of fixed parameters related to course, vehicle and passenger status, receiving past energy consumption data for the electrified vehicle and the driver, generating an adaptive prediction of a future state of charge (SOC) of one or more electricity sources, and providing a dynamic control alteration based on the adaptive prediction, the dynamic control alteration as a function of the set of goal parameters. The adaptive prediction is based on the set of goal parameters, the set of fixed parameters and the past energy consumption data. The adaptive prediction includes updated parameters based on performance of the electrified vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brendan Diamond, Jim Stevens, Keith Weston, Andrew Denis Lewandowski
  • Patent number: 11473536
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for reducing evaporative emissions from a vehicle. In one example, the vehicle may include a system for capturing emissions including a plurality of vacuum ports coupled to a vacuum source. The plurality of vacuum ports may be disposed in vehicle components prone to emitting hydrocarbon vapors and activation of the vacuum source draws the vapors from the vehicle components to a fuel canister where the evaporative emissions are stored until the fuel canister is purged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brendan Diamond, Jim Stevens, David Guglielmo, Kenneth Middleton
  • Publication number: 20220298946
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for routing secondary air to engine an exhaust system during a cold-start condition to reduce tail pipe emissions. In one example, a method may include operating a pump of an evaporative leak check module (ELCM) in a positive pressure mode and routing pressurized air to the exhaust passage upstream of an exhaust catalyst via an air conduit housing a first valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Aed Dudar, Keith Weston, Jim Stevens
  • Publication number: 20220090565
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for reducing evaporative emissions from a vehicle. In one example, the vehicle may include a system for capturing emissions including a plurality of vacuum ports coupled to a vacuum source. The plurality of vacuum ports may be disposed in vehicle components prone to emitting hydrocarbon vapors and activation of the vacuum source draws the vapors from the vehicle components to a fuel canister where the evaporative emissions are stored until the fuel canister is purged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Brendan Diamond, Jim Stevens, David Guglielmo, Kenneth Middleton
  • Publication number: 20210332540
    Abstract: This invention relates to portable signs used to display a signal or message. In embodiments, the invention includes a sign, a stator, and a rotor. The sign has a display surface for displaying information and is mounted to a vehicle. The stator has a central axis, and the rotor may be coupled to the sign and rotatably coupled to the stator. The rotor may be configured to rotate about the central axis so that rotation of the rotor with respect to the stator may align the display surface in a selected orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventor: Jim Steven Flores
  • Patent number: 9154379
    Abstract: A security system is provided. The security system comprises a plurality of hardware device modules and a plurality of sensor detection devices. At least one hardware device module has a microcontroller coupled to a memory element that stores a configuration map for remote configuration comprising configuration option information available for the hardware device module. The plurality of sensor detection devices are capable of sending a signal to one or more of the hardware device modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: SERCOMM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ted Nesse, Jim Stevens
  • Publication number: 20140000479
    Abstract: Methods of reducing toxic emissions from coal tar or asphalt compositions. The methods include providing an initial composition including coal tar, a coal tar emulsion, or asphalt and adding a rheological modifier to the initial composition to form a reduced emission composition, wherein the rheological modifier includes a tall oil saponified in an anhydrous strong base and wherein the reduced emission composition releases less toxic emissions into the atmosphere than the initial composition itself would otherwise release. Further, reduced emission compositions for reducing toxic emissions that would otherwise occur in coal tar compositions or asphalt compositions. The reduced emission compositions include an initial composition including coal tar, a coal tar emulsion, or asphalt; and a chemical rheological modifier including a tall oil saponified in an anhydrous strong base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Jim Stevens, Bart Lungren
  • Patent number: 8412922
    Abstract: A security system is provided. The security system comprises a plurality of hardware device modules and a plurality of sensor detection devices. At least one of the hardware device modules has a microcontroller coupled to a memory element that stores a configuration map for on-site configuration comprising configuration option information available for the at least one hardware device module. The plurality of sensor detection devices are capable of sending at least a signal to one or more of the hardware device modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Sercomm Corporation
    Inventors: Ted Nesse, Jim Stevens
  • Publication number: 20090113193
    Abstract: A security system is provided. The security system comprises a plurality of hardware device modules and a plurality of sensor detection devices. At least one of the hardware device modules has a microcontroller coupled to a memory element that stores a configuration map for on-site configuration comprising configuration option information available for the at least one hardware device module. The plurality of sensor detection devices are capable of sending at least a signal to one or more of the hardware device modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: SEQUEL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ted Nesse, Jim Stevens
  • Publication number: 20090113344
    Abstract: A security system is provided. The security system comprises a plurality of hardware device modules and a plurality of sensor detection devices. At least one hardware device module has a microcontroller coupled to a memory element that stores a configuration map for remote configuration comprising configuration option information available for the hardware device module. The plurality of sensor detection devices are capable of sending a signal to one or more of the hardware device modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: SEQUEL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ted Nesse, Jim Stevens
  • Patent number: 5288433
    Abstract: Electrochromic optical device and method to produce the same. The device includes first substrate (1) on the one side of the substrate a first transparent conductor (2) on the conductor a first electrochromic layer (3), a second substrate (4), on the one side of the second substrate a second transparent conductor (5), on the second transparent conductor, a second electrochromic layer (6), the two substrates are laminated to each other by means of a solid state polymer with their sides carrying the respective transparent conductor and electrochromic layer facing each other. The polymer work as an ion conductor and is based on methylacrylate and poly(propyleneglycol) doped with a metal salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Inventor: Jim Stevens
  • Patent number: 4248461
    Abstract: A sliding door locking apparatus in which ratchet shaped catches project vertically from a housing and are depressible to a lowered position. The housing is horizontally mounted to the base of the door frame. One of the catches prevents the opening of the door by making contact with a blocking member that is attached to the slidable door panel. However, the door can be quickly closed because contact between the blocking member and the catch in the opposite direction depresses the catch, owing to its ratchet shape. When the catch is depressed to a lower position, the door can move freely in either direction. An alarm is provided which is responsive to an attempt to open the door when the catch is not depressed to a lowered position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1981
    Inventor: C. Jim Stevens