Patents by Inventor Julia Buckland Seeds

Julia Buckland Seeds 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).

  • Systems and methods for improving fuel economy and reducing emissions
    Patent number: 11285959
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for improving fuel economy and reducing undesired emissions. In one example, a method may include in response to an engine speed being within a first threshold speed of an engine idle speed during a speed reduction request with engine cylinders unfueled, maintaining the cylinders unfueled, and controlling the engine to a desired stopping position responsive to the engine speed being greater than a second threshold speed lower than the idle speed. In this way, fuel usage and emissions may be reduced and engine restart requests may be conducted at least in part via vehicle inertia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Martin, John Rollinger, Julia Buckland Seeds, Joseph Lyle Thomas, Joshua Schumaker, Adam Richards, John Erik Mikael Hellstrom
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING FUEL ECONOMY AND REDUCING EMISSIONS
    Publication number: 20210245756
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for improving fuel economy and reducing undesired emissions. In one example, a method may include in response to an engine speed being within a first threshold speed of an engine idle speed during a speed reduction request with engine cylinders unfueled, maintaining the cylinders unfueled, and controlling the engine to a desired stopping position responsive to the engine speed being greater than a second threshold speed lower than the idle speed. In this way, fuel usage and emissions may be reduced and engine restart requests may be conducted at least in part via vehicle inertia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Douglas Martin, John Rollinger, Julia Buckland Seeds, Joseph Lyle Thomas, Joshua Schumaker, Adam Richards, John Erik Mikael Hellstrom