Patents by Inventor John Wesley Wilds
John Wesley Wilds 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: 20220347497Abstract: A method of assembling a personal air purifying respirator includes assembling a housing including a blower disposed therein, a filter cavity, and an outlet manifold; installing a filter on the housing; attaching a filter cover to the housing with the filter cover disposed over the filter, wherein the filter cover defines an air inlet; and testing the filter including energizing the blower, introducing a testing aerosol into the air inlet, and measuring air exiting the outlet manifold.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: John Wesley Wilds, Manfred Koberstein, Clay Wesley Maranville, William S. Johnston, James Allan Birley, Scott Allan Hanson, John Martin Salens, Blake Gecse, Ryan M. VanBelle, Meghan Christine Shinska, Mark William Miller, Jennifer A. Herr-Rathke, Daniel Heilman
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Patent number: 9354139Abstract: A headlamp aimer box includes a housing defining an opening and a tunnel, a window disposed within the opening, and a whiteboard disposed at one end of the tunnel. The box further includes a mirror disposed within the tunnel. The mirror redirects a beam passing through the window from a headlamp toward the whiteboard. A length of the tunnel is such that light patterns directed by facets of the headlamp sufficiently cross a median line associated with the headlamp to form a developed beam on the whiteboard.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Albert Ekladyous, Diane Marie Lahaie, Arun Kumar, Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake, John Wesley Wilds, Stephanie Askew, Michael Wegrzyn, Sleiman N. Abdelnour
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Publication number: 20150233784Abstract: A headlamp aimer box includes a housing defining an opening and a tunnel, a window disposed within the opening, and a whiteboard disposed at one end of the tunnel. The box further includes a mirror disposed within the tunnel. The mirror redirects a beam passing through the window from a headlamp toward the whiteboard. A length of the tunnel is such that light patterns directed by facets of the headlamp sufficiently cross a median line associated with the headlamp to form a developed beam on the whiteboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2014Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Albert EKLADYOUS, Diane Marie LAHAIE, Arun KUMAR, Mahendra Somasara DASSANAYAKE, John Wesley WILDS, Stephanie ASKEW, Michael WEGRZYN, Sleiman N. Abdelnour
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Patent number: 8988672Abstract: A method of aiming a light source includes using an image-capturing device to capture a light beam pattern from the light source. Here, the light beam pattern is configured to include a plurality of contrast ratios transitioning from a first intensity region to a second intensity region. The method includes processing the contrast ratios of the light beam pattern to obtain corresponding values of the contrast ratios, transitioning from the first intensity region to the second intensity region, where the corresponding values are logarithmic values, which in turn generate a related response curve. Finally, the method provides for using the logarithmic values and the response curve to aim the light source.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: John Wesley Wilds, Michael Wegrzyn, Stephanie Askew, Albert Ekladyous, Arun Kumar, Diane Marie LaHaie
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Patent number: 8844147Abstract: An alignment tool for a steering wheel, where the steering wheel is mounted on a steering column and the tool is configured to attach to the steering wheel. The tool includes a wheel orientation mechanism including a first tilt sensor, reporting a clockwise angle of the steering wheel, and a tilt monitoring mechanism that includes a second tilt sensor to report a tilt angle of the steering column.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: John Wesley Wilds, Michael George Lysenko, Bruce C. Arnold, John Keller
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Publication number: 20140015962Abstract: A method of aiming a light source includes using an image-capturing device to capture a light beam pattern from the light source. Here, the light beam pattern is configured to include a plurality of contrast ratios transitioning from a first intensity region to a second intensity region. The method includes processing the contrast ratios of the light beam pattern to obtain corresponding values of the contrast ratios, transitioning from the first intensity region to the second intensity region, where the corresponding values are logarithmic values, which in turn generate a related response curve. Finally, the method provides for using the logarithmic values and the response curve to aim the light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: John Wesley Wilds, Michael Wegrzyn, Stephanie Askew, Albert Ekladyous, Arun Kumar, Diane Marie LaHaie
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Patent number: 8582091Abstract: A method for accurately aiming vehicle headlamps, with apparatus for practicing the method. A vision system, including a digital camera, is positioned in front of a headlamp, in communication with a control device. The control device employs pattern recognition to identify the optical axis indicia within the headlamp, and based on the identified location of that indicia, the control system accurately aligns a beamsetter with the optical axis of the headlamp.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Albert Ekladyous, Kevin William Kiedaisch, Arun Kumar, Thomas William Partch, John Wesley Wilds, Candace Carolyn Glasgow, Sleiman Abdelnour
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Publication number: 20130227848Abstract: An alignment tool for a steering wheel, where the steering wheel is mounted on a steering column and the tool is configured to attach to the steering wheel. The tool includes a wheel orientation mechanism including a first tilt sensor, reporting a clockwise angle of the steering wheel, and a tilt monitoring mechanism that includes a second tilt sensor to report a tilt angle of the steering column.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: John Wesley Wilds, Michael George Lysenko, Bruce C. Arnold, John Keller
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Publication number: 20130058111Abstract: A method for accurately aiming vehicle headlamps, with apparatus for practicing the method. A vision system, including a digital camera, is positioned in front of a headlamp, in communication with a control device. The control device employs pattern recognition to identify the optical axis indicia within the headlamp, and based on the identified location of that indicia, the control system accurately aligns a beamsetter with the optical axis of the headlamp.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Albert Ekladyous, Kevin William Kiedaisch, Arun Kumar, Thomas William Partch, John Wesley Wilds, Candace Carolyn Glasgow, Sleiman Abdelnour