Patents by Inventor Mark A. Greiner
Mark A. Greiner 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).
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Patent number: 11731482Abstract: This disclosure details integrated thermal management systems for thermally managing electrified vehicle components. Exemplary integrated thermal management systems may include a thermal module assembly that may be integrated into a front end structure of a flexible modular platform of the electrified vehicle. The integrated thermal management systems may be controlled in a plurality of distinct thermal control modes for thermal managing various subcomponents and for addressing various vehicle auxiliary loads (e.g., passenger cabin heating loads, passenger cabin cooling loads, etc.).Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Daniel C. Huang, Sunil Katragadda, Ravi Gopal, Clay Wesley Maranville, Christopher Mark Greiner
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Publication number: 20230158854Abstract: This disclosure details integrated thermal management systems for thermally managing electrified vehicle components. Exemplary integrated thermal management systems may include a thermal module assembly that may be integrated into a front end structure of a flexible modular platform of the electrified vehicle. The integrated thermal management systems may be controlled in a plurality of distinct thermal control modes for thermal managing various subcomponents and for addressing various vehicle auxiliary loads (e.g., passenger cabin heating loads, passenger cabin cooling loads, etc.).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Daniel HUANG, Sunil KATRAGADDA, Ravi GOPAL, Clay Wesley MARANVILLE, Christopher Mark GREINER
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Patent number: 11541715Abstract: This disclosure details integrated thermal management systems for thermally managing electrified vehicle components. Exemplary integrated thermal management systems may include a thermal module assembly that may be integrated into a front end structure of a flexible modular platform of the electrified vehicle. The integrated thermal management systems may be controlled in a plurality of distinct thermal control modes for thermal managing various subcomponents and for addressing various vehicle auxiliary loads (e.g., passenger cabin heating loads, passenger cabin cooling loads, etc.).Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Daniel C. Huang, Sunil Katragadda, Ravi Gopal, Clay Wesley Maranville, Christopher Mark Greiner
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Patent number: 11515353Abstract: Multicolor, stacked detector devices, focal plane arrays including multicolor, stacked detector devices, and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a stacked multicolor detector device includes a first detector and a second detector. The first detector includes a first detector structure and a first ground plane adjacent the first detector structure. The second detector includes a second detector structure and a second ground plane adjacent the second detector structure. At least one of the first ground plane and the second ground plane is transmissive to radiation in a predetermined spectral band. The first detector and the second detector are in a stacked relationship.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: L3 CINCINNATI ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Daniel Chmielewski, Yajun Wei, Nansheng Tang, Darrel Endres, Michael Garter, Mark Greiner
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Publication number: 20220249399Abstract: A composition comprising an amount of an anti-oxidant comprising one or more of ubiquinol, MitoQ, vitamin E, vitamin C, ascorbate-2-phosphate, idebenone, pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ), N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC), palmitate, reduced glutathione, or a C14-C18 saturated fatty acid effective to preserve, e.g., corneal tissue, and methods of using the composition, are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Aliasger K. Salem, Youssef Wahib Naguib lbrahim, Somaya Ali Mohammed Elsaid Abdelrahman, Jessica M. Skeie, Benjamin T. Aldrich, Gregory Schmidt, Cynthia R. Reed, Mark A. Greiner, Darryl Y. Nishimura, Sanjib Saha
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Patent number: 11411040Abstract: Methods of fabricating multicolor, stacked detector devices and focal plane arrays are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating a stacked multicolor device includes forming a first detector by depositing a first detector structure on a first detector substrate, and depositing a first ground plane on the first detector structure, wherein the first ground plane is transmissive to radiation in a predetermined spectral band. The method further includes bonding an optical carrier wafer to the first ground plane, removing the first detector substrate, and forming a second detector. The second detector is formed by depositing a second detector structure on a second detector substrate, and depositing a second ground plane on the second detector structure. The method further includes depositing a dielectric layer on one of the first detector structure and the second ground plane, bonding the first detector to the second detector, and removing the second detector substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: L3 CINCINNATI ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yajun Wei, Daniel Chmielewski, Nansheng Tang, Darrel Endres, Michael Garter, Mark Greiner
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Publication number: 20220097475Abstract: This disclosure details integrated thermal management systems for thermally managing electrified vehicle components. Exemplary integrated thermal management systems may include a thermal module assembly that may be integrated into a front end structure of a flexible modular platform of the electrified vehicle. The integrated thermal management systems may be controlled in a plurality of distinct thermal control modes for thermal managing various subcomponents and for addressing various vehicle auxiliary loads (e.g., passenger cabin heating loads, passenger cabin cooling loads, etc.).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Daniel C. HUANG, Sunil KATRAGADDA, Ravi GOPAL, Clay Wesley MARANVILLE, Christopher Mark GREINER
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Publication number: 20210082991Abstract: Multicolor, stacked detector devices, focal plane arrays including multicolor, stacked detector devices, and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a stacked multicolor detector device includes a first detector and a second detector. The first detector includes a first detector structure and a first ground plane adjacent the first detector structure. The second detector includes a second detector structure and a second ground plane adjacent the second detector structure. At least one of the first ground plane and the second ground plane is transmissive to radiation in a predetermined spectral band. The first detector and the second detector are in a stacked relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: L3 CINCINNATI ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Daniel Chmielewski, Yajun Wei, Nansheng Tang, Darrel Endres, Michael Garter, Mark Greiner
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Publication number: 20210082992Abstract: Methods of fabricating multicolor, stacked detector devices and focal plane arrays are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating a stacked multicolor device includes forming a first detector by depositing a first detector structure on a first detector substrate, and depositing a first ground plane on the first detector structure, wherein the first ground plane is transmissive to radiation in a predetermined spectral band. The method further includes bonding an optical carrier wafer to the first ground plane, removing the first detector substrate, and forming a second detector. The second detector is formed by depositing a second detector structure on a second detector substrate, and depositing a second ground plane on the second detector structure. The method further includes depositing a dielectric layer on one of the first detector structure and the second ground plane, bonding the first detector to the second detector, and removing the second detector substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: L3 CINCINNATI ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yajun Wei, Daniel Chmielewski, Nansheng Tang, Darrel Endres, Michael Garter, Mark Greiner
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Patent number: 10886325Abstract: Focal plane arrays and infrared detector device having a transparent common ground structure and methods of their fabrication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a front-side illuminated infrared detector device includes a contact layer and a detector structure adjacent to the contact layer. The detector structure is capable of absorbing radiation. The front-side illuminated infrared detector device further includes a common ground structure adjacent the detector structure, wherein the common ground structure is transmissive to radiation having a wavelength in a predetermined spectral band, and the common ground structure has a bandgap that is wider than a bandgap of the detector structure. The front-side illuminated infrared detector device further includes an optical layer adjacent the common ground structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: L3 CINCINNATI ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yajun Wei, Steven Allen, Michael Garter, Mark Greiner, David Forrai, Darrel Endres, Robert Jones
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Patent number: 10752215Abstract: A system for automatically controlling a defog/defrost function of a vehicle climate control system includes a controller configured to calculate an ambient dew point temperature value from a plurality of inputs received from a sensor array. The controller is further configured to set a condensation indicator if a calculated difference between a window exterior surface temperature value input received from the sensor array and the calculated ambient dew point temperature value is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value. The controller actuates the vehicle climate control system defog/defrost function and/or a window wiper system in response to the set condensation indicator.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Kai Wang, Christopher Mark Greiner
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Patent number: 10714531Abstract: Focal plane arrays and infrared detector device having a transparent common ground structure and methods of their fabrication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a front-side illuminated infrared detector device includes a contact layer and a detector structure adjacent to the contact layer. The detector structure is capable of absorbing radiation. The front-side illuminated infrared detector device further includes a common ground structure adjacent the detector structure, wherein the common ground structure is transmissive to radiation having a wavelength in a predetermined spectral band, and the common ground structure has a bandgap that is wider than a bandgap of the detector structure. The front-side illuminated infrared detector device further includes an optical layer adjacent the common ground structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: L3 Cincinnati Electronics CorporationInventors: Yajun Wei, Steven Allen, Michael Garter, Mark Greiner, David Forrai, Darrel Endres
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Publication number: 20190359175Abstract: A system for automatically controlling a defog/defrost function of a vehicle climate control system includes a controller configured to calculate an ambient dew point temperature value from a plurality of inputs received from a sensor array. The controller is further configured to set a condensation indicator if a calculated difference between a window exterior surface temperature value input received from the sensor array and the calculated ambient dew point temperature value is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value. The controller actuates the vehicle climate control system defog/defrost function and/or a window wiper system in response to the set condensation indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Kai Wang, Christopher Mark Greiner
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Publication number: 20180294309Abstract: Focal plane arrays and infrared detector device having a transparent common ground structure and methods of their fabrication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a front-side illuminated infrared detector device includes a contact layer and a detector structure adjacent to the contact layer. The detector structure is capable of absorbing radiation. The front-side illuminated infrared detector device further includes a common ground structure adjacent the detector structure, wherein the common ground structure is transmissive to radiation having a wavelength is a predetermined spectral band, and the common ground structure has a bandgap that is wider than a bandgap of the detector structure. The front-side illuminated infrared detector device further includes an optical layer adjacent the common ground structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: L3 Cincinnati Electronics CorporationInventors: Yajun Wei, Steven Allen, Michael Garter, Mark Greiner, David Forrai, Darrel Endres
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Publication number: 20180294301Abstract: Focal plane arrays and infrared detector device having a transparent common ground structure and methods of their fabrication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a front-side illuminated infrared detector device includes a contact layer and a detector structure adjacent to the contact layer. The detector structure is capable of absorbing radiation. The front-side illuminated infrared detector device further includes a common ground structure adjacent the detector structure, wherein the common ground structure is transmissive to radiation having a wavelength is a predetermined spectral band, and the common ground structure has a bandgap that is wider than a bandgap of the detector structure. The front-side illuminated infrared detector device further includes an optical layer adjacent the common ground structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: L3 Cincinnati Electronics CorporationInventors: Yajun Wei, Steven Allen, Michael Garter, Mark Greiner, David Forrai, Darrel Endres, Robert Jones
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Patent number: 9702605Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a heater for a passenger cabin of a vehicle. In one example, fan speed of an evaporator cooling fan is adjusted to improve heating efficiency. In particular, fan speed is incrementally increased and maintained at the higher speed if output power of a compressor is reduced by more than an amount of power used to incrementally increase the fan speed.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2013Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Christopher Mark Greiner, Michael Steven Wallis
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Patent number: 9228472Abstract: A method, comprising during a vehicle engine cold start, opening a first valve coupled between a first container containing an adsorbent and a second container containing an adsorbate, circulating a first fluid through a first conduit coupled to a first heat exchanger located within the first container and a second heat exchanger located outside the first container, and circulating a second fluid through a second conduit coupled to the second heat exchanger. In this way, heat may be generated at the adsorber during a cold start and subsequently transferred to the cooling jacket of the vehicle engine and/or other vehicle compartments, thereby decreasing the warm-up time for the engine.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Christopher Mark Greiner, Poyu Tsou, Kai Wang
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Patent number: 9087064Abstract: Hierarchical levels of data sets are defined. An object is provided, and the object includes a user-defined delimiter used to indicate a desired level of hierarchy for data sets. A set of rules associated with the object is used to present data sets. The object and the set of rules are employed to determine one or more data sets to be presented to a user. The presenting is based on the object and the set of rules, and the presenting presents the one or more data sets in a hierarchy defined by at least the object.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Mark A. Greiner
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Publication number: 20150158369Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a heater for a passenger cabin of a vehicle. In one example, fan speed of an evaporator cooling fan is adjusted to improve heating efficiency. In particular, fan speed is incrementally increased and maintained at the higher speed if output power of a compressor is reduced by more than an amount of power used to incrementally increase the fan speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Christopher Mark Greiner, Michael Steven Wallis
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Patent number: 9028591Abstract: A climate control system and a method of control. The climate control system may have first and second adsorbers and a door that controls airflow through the first and second adsorbers. The first adsorber adsorbs moisture from the airflow and the second adsorber desorbs moisture when the door is in a first position.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2013Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Kai Wang, Christopher Mark Greiner