Patents by Inventor Ken Carl Leisenring

Ken Carl Leisenring 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).

  • Cabin heating control system
    Patent number: 8480005
    Abstract: A system described is for providing improved cabin heating. The system may include a vehicle cabin heating system having a first and second heating system receiving coolant flow from the engine; and a control system for operating the engine at a first engine idle speed upon entering idle speed control operation from previous drive operation, maintaining said first idle speed for a duration, and then increasing engine speed to increase coolant flow to the second heating system during cold ambient conditions when the second heater system is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Clement Dame, Brent Jacobsen, Robert Michael Grant, Ken Carl Leisenring
  • Cabin Heating Control System
    Publication number: 20090056351
    Abstract: A system described is for providing improved cabin heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Clement Dame, Brent Jacobsen, Robert Michael Grant, Ken Carl Leisenring