Patents by Inventor Lixin Situ

Lixin Situ 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT, IN A VEHICLE, BLOCKAGE OF AN AIRFLOW PASSAGE TO A POWER STORAGE UNIT
    Publication number: 20180022186
    Abstract: A driver of a vehicle is alerted if an air passage from an air source to a battery becomes blocked. The determination as to whether the air passage is blocked may be based on the temperature of the battery, the airflow through the air passage, and the power to a fan used to move air through the air passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Scott Howard Gaboury, Lixin Situ, William Paul Perkins, Steven A. Daleiden
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT, IN A VEHICLE, BLOCKAGE OF AN AIRFLOW PASSAGE TO A POWER STORAGE UNIT
    Publication number: 20080297136
    Abstract: A driver of a vehicle is alerted if an air passage from an air source to a battery becomes blocked. The determination as to whether the air passage is blocked may be based on the temperature of the battery, the airflow through the air passage, and the power to a fan used to move air through the air passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Howard Gaboury, Lixin Situ, William Paul Perkins, Steven A. Daleiden
  • INFORMATION DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20070208468
    Abstract: A vehicle information display (56) for a hybrid electric vehicle is provided. The display (56) includes an engine icon (60), a motor icon (62), a battery icon (64) and a vehicle drive wheels icon (66). To provide information to the vehicle operator regarding the operating state of the vehicle, power flow indicators (68, 70, 72) between the various icons are used to indicate the direction and magnitude of power flow between corresponding components of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Venkateswa Sankaran, Steven Chorian, Eric Schaeffer, Lixin Situ
  • Indicator for a hybrid electric vehicle
    Patent number: 7091839
    Abstract: An indicator for use with an electric vehicle having an engine and an electric traction motor. The indicator includes a tachometer gauge for displaying engine revolution speed. The indicator further includes an electric only indicator for displaying whether the vehicle is operating in an electric only mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lixin Situ, Joseph Valascho, Venkateswa Sankaran
  • INDICATOR FOR A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20050200463
    Abstract: An indicator for use with an electric vehicle having an engine and an electric traction motor. The indicator includes a tachometer gauge for displaying engine revolution speed. The indicator further includes an electric only indicator for displaying whether the vehicle is operating in an electric only mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Lixin Situ, Joseph Valascho, Venkateswa Sankaran