Patents by Inventor Katherine Jo Ralston

Katherine Jo Ralston 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).

  • Vehicle object-detection sensor assembly
    Patent number: 10845465
    Abstract: An assembly includes a housing having a chamber. A pressure source is in fluid communication with the chamber. A first sensor window and a second sensor window are each defined by the housing. The housing has a first port and a second port each in fluid communication with the chamber. The first port is adjacent the first sensor window, and the second port is adjacent the second sensor window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Venkatesh Krishnan, Segundo Baldovino, Haiping Hong, Mario D. Iaquinta, Sunil Patil, James Pizzimenti, Katherine Jo Ralston, Andre Sykula
  • Sensor apparatus
    Patent number: 10744979
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a sensor window, a deflector fixedly positioned to deflect a first airflow travelling in an opposing direction to a direction of travel of the sensor window to one or more directions tangential to the sensor window, and a nozzle fixedly positioned to direct a second airflow through the nozzle to a space between the sensor window and the deflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Schmidt, Scott A. Black, Katherine Jo Ralston
  • VEHICLE OBJECT-DETECTION SENSOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190278078
    Abstract: An assembly includes a housing having a chamber. A sensor window is defined by the housing. The sensor window has a field of view. A pressure source is in fluid communication with the chamber. An object-detection sensor is in the chamber and is adjacent the sensor window. The housing has a port in fluid communication with the chamber and the port faces the field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Venkatesh Krishnan, Segundo Baldovino, Haiping Hong, Mario D. Iaquinta, Sunil Patil, James Pizzimenti, Katherine Jo Ralston, Andre Sykula
  • VEHICLE OBJECT-DETECTION SENSOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190277949
    Abstract: An assembly includes a housing having a chamber. A pressure source is in fluid communication with the chamber. A first sensor window and a second sensor window are each defined by the housing. The housing has a first port and a second port each in fluid communication with the chamber. The first port is adjacent the first sensor window, and the second port is adjacent the second sensor window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Venkatesh Krishnan, Segundo Baldovino, Haiping Hong, Mario D. Iaquinta, Sunil Patil, James Pizzimenti, Katherine Jo Ralston, Andre Sykula
  • SENSOR APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180361997
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a sensor window, a deflector fixedly positioned to deflect a first airflow travelling in an opposing direction to a direction of travel of the sensor window to one or more directions tangential to the sensor window, and a nozzle fixedly positioned to direct a second airflow through the nozzle to a space between the sensor window and the deflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Schmidt, Scott A. Black, Katherine Jo Ralston