Patents by Inventor John Budaj
John Budaj 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: 11661493Abstract: A vehicle component includes a polymeric material, a first filler, and a second filler. The polymeric material can be present at a concentration of at least about 35% by weight of the vehicle component. The first filler can be a carbon-containing filler dispersed within the polymeric material. The carbon-containing filler can be present at a concentration of at least about 20% by weight of the vehicle component. The second filler includes a substrate and carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes extend from a surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Richard Gall, Dan Busuioc, John Budaj
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Patent number: 11639155Abstract: A disclosed windshield washer fluid storage system includes a fluid storage container with a thermal interface. The thermal interface provides for the transference of thermal energy into the container from a heat producing electrical component. Thermal energy from the component is communicating into the container to cool the component and heat washer fluid within the container.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman, Phillip Marine, John Budaj
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Publication number: 20230132402Abstract: A vehicle component includes a polymeric material, a first filler, and a second filler. The polymeric material can be present at a concentration of at least about 35% by weight of the vehicle component. The first filler can be a carbon-containing filler dispersed within the polymeric material. The carbon-containing filler can be present at a concentration of at least about 20% by weight of the vehicle component. The second filler includes a substrate and carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes extend from a surface of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Richard Gall, Dan Busuioc, John Budaj
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Patent number: 11560101Abstract: A roof structure of a motor vehicle includes an outer sheet and a headliner below the outer sheet. A telematics control unit (TCU) is disposed in an insulated space of the roof structure. The TCU is configured to provide Wi-Fi within a passenger space of the vehicle above an electrically non-conductive grille extending across an opening in the headliner. The grille permits airflow between the insulated space and a passenger space below the headliner to cool the TCU, without interfering with Wi-Fi signals from the TCU.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati, Paul Kenneth Dellock, John Budaj
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Patent number: 11548379Abstract: This disclosure relates to an electrified vehicle having remote terminals accessible via a charging port door. An example electrified vehicle a charging port configured to couple to a plug to charge the electrified vehicle, and remote terminals. The electrified vehicle can be jump started via the remote terminals. Further, the electrified vehicle includes a charging port door moveable between a closed position, a normal open position in which the charging port is accessible such that a plug may couple to the charging port to charge the electrified vehicle, and an extended open position in which the charging port door has moved beyond the normal open position. The remote terminals are accessible when the charging port door is in the extended open position.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Michael Blischke, David Brian Glickman, John Budaj, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Katherine Howard-Cone
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Patent number: 11505143Abstract: This disclosure is directed to supercapacitor systems for supporting relatively high power transient electrical loads within vehicles. An exemplary supercapacitor system includes a mounting assembly and a supercapacitor housed within the mounting assembly. The mounting assembly may be employed to mount the supercapacitor system within a vehicle, such as within a cowl assembly or cargo space of the vehicle. The mounting assembly may include multiple panels. At least one of the multiple panels may be made of a thermally conductive polymer, and at least one other panel of the multiple panels may be made of a polymer that is reinforced by a structural foam.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman, Zeljko Deljevic, John Budaj
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Publication number: 20220242227Abstract: This disclosure relates to an electrified vehicle having remote terminals accessible via a charging port door. An example electrified vehicle a charging port configured to couple to a plug to charge the electrified vehicle, and remote terminals. The electrified vehicle can be jump started via the remote terminals. Further, the electrified vehicle includes a charging port door moveable between a closed position, a normal open position in which the charging port is accessible such that a plug may couple to the charging port to charge the electrified vehicle, and an extended open position in which the charging port door has moved beyond the normal open position. The remote terminals are accessible when the charging port door is in the extended open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Michael Blischke, David Brian Glickman, John Budaj, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Katherine Howard-Cone
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Publication number: 20220153206Abstract: A roof structure of a motor vehicle includes an outer sheet and a headliner below the outer sheet. A telematics control unit (TCU) is disposed in an insulated space of the roof structure. The TCU is configured to provide Wi-Fi within a passenger space of the vehicle above an electrically non-conductive grille extending across an opening in the headliner. The grille permits airflow between the insulated space and a passenger space below the headliner to cool the TCU, without interfering with Wi-Fi signals from the TCU.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati, Paul Kenneth Dellock, John Budaj
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Publication number: 20220105781Abstract: The disclosure describes systems and methods for controlling a heating element of a window of a vehicle. The systems and methods include capturing an image of the window with a camera of the vehicle. The image is analyzed to determine a state of the window and the heating element is controlled based on the state of the window.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Katherine Howard-Cone, John Robert Van Wiermeersch, Hussein Berry, John Budaj
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Publication number: 20220098385Abstract: A vehicle component includes a polymeric material, a first filler, and a second filler. The polymeric material can be present at a concentration of at least about 35% by weight of the vehicle component. The first filler can be a carbon-containing filler dispersed within the polymeric material. The carbon-containing filler can be present at a concentration of at least about 20% by weight of the vehicle component. The second filler includes a substrate and carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes extend from a surface of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Richard Gall, Dan Busuioc, John Budaj
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Patent number: 11272641Abstract: Example embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to a mounting bracket for deployment in a vehicle. In one embodiment, a multilayer mounting bracket includes a first layer made of a dual-conductive polymer and a second layer made of a polymer that includes an endothermic blowing agent. The dual-conductive polymer includes carbon material that renders the first layer electrically conductive and also includes graphite material that renders the first layer thermally conductive. The endothermic blowing agent renders the second layer thermally insulative. An electronic module such as an engine controller can be mounted upon the first layer, which operates as a heat sink to dissipate heat generated by the electronic module and also operates as an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield. The second layer prevents heat from being transferred from the first layer into another electronic module that may be mounted upon the mounting bracket.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, John Budaj, Estefania Rojas Silva, Marko Escalante
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Publication number: 20210298204Abstract: Example embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to a mounting bracket for deployment in a vehicle. In one embodiment, a multilayer mounting bracket includes a first layer made of a dual-conductive polymer and a second layer made of a polymer that includes an endothermic blowing agent. The dual-conductive polymer includes carbon material that renders the first layer electrically conductive and also includes graphite material that renders the first layer thermally conductive. The endothermic blowing agent renders the second layer thermally insulative. An electronic module such as an engine controller can be mounted upon the first layer, which operates as a heat sink to dissipate heat generated by the electronic module and also operates as an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield. The second layer prevents heat from being transferred from the first layer into another electronic module that may be mounted upon the mounting bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, John Budaj, Estefania Rojas Silva, Marko Escalante
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Publication number: 20210176092Abstract: A vehicle communication system includes a first vehicle gateway controller that selects a first subset of signals generated using a first protocol by a first plurality of vehicle controllers. The first vehicle gateway controller also translates the first subset of signals from the first protocol to a second protocol indecipherable by the first plurality of vehicle controllers, and sends the translated first subset of signals to a second vehicle gateway controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Florian Frischmuth, D. David Cantrell, JR., Zeljko Deljevic, Brij Datta, Lawrence Queener, John Budaj
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Publication number: 20210061232Abstract: A disclosed windshield washer fluid storage system includes a fluid storage container with a thermal interface. The thermal interface provides for the transference of thermal energy into the container from a heat producing electrical component. Thermal energy from the component is communicating into the container to cool the component and heat washer fluid within the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman, Phillip Marine, John Budaj
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Publication number: 20200269785Abstract: This disclosure is directed to supercapacitor systems for supporting relatively high power transient electrical loads within vehicles. An exemplary supercapacitor system includes a mounting assembly and a supercapacitor housed within the mounting assembly. The mounting assembly may be employed to mount the supercapacitor system within a vehicle, such as within a cowl assembly or cargo space of the vehicle. The mounting assembly may include multiple panels. At least one of the multiple panels may be made of a thermally conductive polymer, and at least one other panel of the multiple panels may be made of a polymer that is reinforced by a structural foam.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman, Zeljko Deljevic, John Budaj