Patents by Inventor Lila Ghannam

Lila Ghannam 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).

  • Publication number: 20230341465
    Abstract: A charge time estimating method includes communicating a target state of charge for a traction battery from a first control module to a second control module that is different than the first control module, using the second control module to establish an estimated amount of energy that is needed to charge the traction battery to the target state of charge, communicating the estimated amount of energy from the second control module to the first control module, and using the first control module to establish an estimated time required to charge the traction battery to the target state of charge. The estimated time is at least partially based on the estimated amount of energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Everett Badger, II, Wai Hwa Fong, Lila Ghannam, Dima Alame, Patterson Abraham
  • Patent number: 11648838
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an electrified vehicle and a method for gradually adjusting a displayed state of charge. An exemplary electrified vehicle includes a battery, a display configured to display a state of charge of the battery, and a controller configured to adjust the displayed state of charge such that the displayed state of charge gradually converges to an estimated state of charge of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Heinrich Enslin, Lila Ghannam, Charles Everett Badger, II, Xu Wang, Jeffery R. Grimes
  • Publication number: 20230058031
    Abstract: A vehicle includes control pilot circuitry, connected with a charge port, that carries a control pilot signal from electric vehicle supply equipment, and a controller that exits a sleep mode and increases power consumption responsive to changes in the control pilot signal while a plug of the electric vehicle supply equipment is mated with the charge port and an accumulated time associated with the changes remains less than a predefined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Roger DeDona, Ryan Hunt, Lila Ghannam, Jered Dziadosz
  • Publication number: 20220055484
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an electrified vehicle and a method for gradually adjusting a displayed state of charge. An exemplary electrified vehicle includes a battery, a display configured to display a state of charge of the battery, and a controller configured to adjust the displayed state of charge such that the displayed state of charge gradually converges to an estimated state of charge of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Heinrich Enslin, Lila Ghannam, Charles Everett Badger, II, Xu Wang, Jeffery R. Grimes
  • Patent number: 11230203
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to selective illumination of charging port status indicators for an electrified vehicle. An example electrified vehicle includes a charging port configured to couple to a plug, a charging port status indicator configured to selectively illuminate to indicate a charging status of the charging port, and a controller configured to instruct the charging port status indicator to illuminate when data is transmitted via the charging port. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lila Ghannam, Matt DeDona, Jered Dziadosz, Toussaint Carpenter
  • Patent number: 11198365
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an electrified vehicle and a method for gradually adjusting a displayed state of charge. An exemplary electrified vehicle includes a battery, a display configured to display a state of charge of the battery, and a controller configured to adjust the displayed state of charge such that the displayed state of charge gradually converges to an estimated state of charge of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Heinrich Enslin, Lila Ghannam, Charles Everett Badger, II, Xu Wang, Jeffery R. Grimes
  • Publication number: 20210237608
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to selective illumination of charging port status indicators for an electrified vehicle. An example electrified vehicle includes a charging port configured to couple to a plug, a charging port status indicator configured to selectively illuminate to indicate a charging status of the charging port, and a controller configured to instruct the charging port status indicator to illuminate when data is transmitted via the charging port. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Lila Ghannam, Matt DeDona, Jered Dziadosz, Toussaint Carpenter
  • Patent number: 10955453
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes a global positioning system (GPS) module. The vehicle further includes a controller programmed to learn a source identification for a charging error during charge events. The controller receives location data corresponding to each charging error and utilizes the location data to determine the source identification. The source identification may be indicative of the vehicle, an offboard charger, and the operator. Errors that occur consistently at multiple locations may be assigned a higher probability of being identified as vehicle-related errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Navid Rahbari Asr, Lila Ghannam, Yuan Zhang, Jeffery R. Grimes
  • Patent number: 10933768
    Abstract: A vehicle charging system includes a charger configured to adjust an output voltage to achieve a voltage request and output a measured output voltage. The vehicle charging system further includes a controller programmed to measure a terminal voltage of a traction battery being charged and receive the measured output voltage from the charger. The controller is further programmed to output the voltage request as a sum of a full charge voltage and an estimated voltage measurement error between the measured output voltage and the terminal voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC.
    Inventors: Yuan Zhang, Jeffery R. Grimes, Navid Rahbari Asr, Lila Ghannam, Changjian Hu, Kevin Vander Laan, Matthew Roger Dedona
  • Publication number: 20200124653
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes a global positioning system (GPS) module. The vehicle further includes a controller programmed to learn a source identification for a charging error during charge events. The controller receives location data corresponding to each charging error and utilizes the location data to determine the source identification. The source identification may be indicative of the vehicle, an offboard charger, and the operator. Errors that occur consistently at multiple locations may be assigned a higher probability of being identified as vehicle-related errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: NAVID RAHBARI ASR, LILA GHANNAM, YUAN ZHANG, JEFFERY R. GRIMES
  • Publication number: 20200031232
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an electrified vehicle and a method for gradually adjusting a displayed state of charge. An exemplary electrified vehicle includes a battery, a display configured to display a state of charge of the battery, and a controller configured to adjust the displayed state of charge such that the displayed state of charge gradually converges to an estimated state of charge of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Heinrich Enslin, Lila Ghannam, Charles Everett Badger, II, Xu Wang, Jeffery R. Grimes
  • Publication number: 20190366852
    Abstract: A vehicle charging system includes a charger configured to adjust an output voltage to achieve a voltage request and output a measured output voltage. The vehicle charging system further includes a controller programmed to measure a terminal voltage of a traction battery being charged and receive the measured output voltage from the charger. The controller is further programmed to output the voltage request as a sum of a full charge voltage and an estimated voltage measurement error between the measured output voltage and the terminal voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Yuan ZHANG, Jeffery R. GRIMES, Navid RAHBARI ASR, Lila GHANNAM, Changjian HU, Kevin VANDER LAAN, Matthew Roger DEDONA
  • Patent number: 9650006
    Abstract: A method for controlling an actuatable restraining device includes sensing a plurality of crash event indications, classifying crash events in response to the sensed crash event indications to identify at least one of a forward rigid barrier crash event, an offset deformable barrier crash event, an angular crash event, and a small overlap crash event, and controlling deployment timing of the actuatable restraining device in response to the classification of the crash event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: TRW Automotive U.S. LLC
    Inventors: Chek-peng Foo, Huahn-fern Yeh, Paul Leo Sumner, Raymond David, Kevin Daniel Weiss, Lila Ghannam, Mengfu Tsai
  • Publication number: 20150266439
    Abstract: A method for controlling an actuatable restraining device includes sensing a plurality of crash event indications, classifying crash events in response to the sensed crash event indications to identify at least one of a forward rigid barrier crash event, an offset deformable barrier crash event, an angular crash event, and a small overlap crash event, and controlling deployment timing of the actuatable restraining device in response to the classification of the crash event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Chek-peng Foo, Huahn-Fern Yeh, Paul Leo Sumner, Raymond David, Kevin Daniel Weiss, Lila Ghannam, Mengfu Tsai
  • Patent number: 8265831
    Abstract: A method for determining a crash condition including sensing crash acceleration in a vehicle X-direction at a central vehicle location and providing a first acceleration signal indicative thereof, sensing crash acceleration in a vehicle Y-direction, sensing crash acceleration in the X-direction at two locations near opposite sides of the vehicle remote from the central location and providing acceleration signals indicative thereof, determining a transverse crash evaluation value functionally related to the second acceleration signal, and determining remote crash evaluation values functionally related to the acceleration signals at the remote locations. The method further comprises the steps of comparing the determined transverse crash evaluation value as a function of the determined remote evaluation values against an associated threshold and determining a crash condition of the vehicle in response to (a) the comparison and (b) the first acceleration signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: TRW Automotive U.S. LLC
    Inventors: Chek-Peng Foo, Huahn-Fern Yeh, Kevin Daniel Weiss, Nikhil Bhaskar Mudaliar, Lila Ghannam, Paul Leo Sumner
  • Publication number: 20100057288
    Abstract: A method for determining a crash condition of a vehicle comprises the step of sensing crash acceleration in a first direction substantially parallel to a front-to-rear axis of the vehicle at a substantially central vehicle location and providing a first acceleration signal indicative thereof. The method also comprises the step of sensing crash acceleration in a second direction substantially parallel to a side-to-side axis of the vehicle and providing a second acceleration signal indicative thereof. The method further comprises the step of sensing crash acceleration in the first direction at two locations remote from the central vehicle location and near opposite sides of the vehicle and providing acceleration signals indicative thereof. The method still further comprises determining a transverse crash evaluation value functionally related to the second acceleration signal and determining remote crash evaluation values functionally related to the acceleration signals at the remote locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Chek-Peng Foo, Huahn-Fern Yeh, Kevin Daniel Weiss, Nikhil Bhaskar Mudaliar, Lila Ghannam, Paul Leo Sumner