Patents by Inventor Mark A. Pellerin

Mark A. Pellerin 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: 20240051546
    Abstract: A vehicle power system includes a motor, a battery, and one or more controllers. The motor is configured to propel the vehicle. The battery is configured to supply power to the motor. The one or more controllers are programmed to, responsive to detecting a wheel slip or a longitudinal tractive force being outside a preferred range, adjust an accelerator pedal mapping such that a same amount of accelerator pedal travel before the adjustment corresponds to an amount of mechanical power output by the motor that is different than an amount of mechanical power output by the motor after the adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Gregory KUCAB, Jacob Gregory POWERS, David Michael HORAN, Mark A. PELLERIN
  • Patent number: 9774046
    Abstract: A humidification system for a fuel cell may include a condenser configured to receive fluid output from a cathode of the fuel cell and cool the fluid to extract water from it. A heat exchanger operable to transfer heat from a heat source to an airflow flowing through the heat exchanger may also be included. When the heated airflow is brought into contact with at least some of the extracted water, the airflow is humidified prior to its entering the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: William F. Sanderson, Mark A. Pellerin, Craig Michael Mathie, Virgo W. Edwards
  • Patent number: 9601788
    Abstract: An apparatus for delivering a primary fuel stream to a fuel cell stack is provided. The apparatus includes an ejector that is configured to receive the primary fuel stream from a fuel supply. The apparatus is further configured to receive the recirculated fuel stream from the fuel cell stack to provide a combined fluid stream for delivery to the fuel cell stack. The ejector includes an elastic conduit for varying a flow of the combined fluid stream based on a power level of the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt David Osborne, Mark A. Pellerin, Milos Milacic
  • Publication number: 20170018787
    Abstract: A humidification system for a fuel cell may include a condenser configured to receive fluid output from a cathode of the fuel cell and cool the fluid to extract water from it. A heat exchanger operable to transfer heat from a heat source to an airflow flowing through the heat exchanger may also be included. When the heated airflow is brought into contact with at least some of the extracted water, the airflow is humidified prior to its entering the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: William F. Sanderson, Mark A. Pellerin, Craig Michael Mathie, Virgo W. Edwards
  • Publication number: 20140212776
    Abstract: An apparatus for delivering a primary fuel stream to a fuel cell stack is provided. The apparatus includes an ejector that is configured to receive the primary fuel stream from a fuel supply. The apparatus is further configured to receive the recirculated fuel stream from the fuel cell stack to provide a combined fluid stream for delivery to the fuel cell stack. The ejector includes an elastic conduit for varying a flow of the combined fluid stream based on a power level of the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt David Osborne, Mark A. Pellerin, Milos Milacic
  • Publication number: 20090078220
    Abstract: A cooling system for an internal combustion engine, comprising a first, high temperature, cooling circuit coupled to an engine for cooling the engine, where a first coolant circulates in the first circuit; and a second, low temperature, cooling circuit coupled to a plurality of devices for cooling the plurality of devices, where a second coolant circulates in the second circuit, the second cooling circuit includes a plurality of radiator segments, the coolant circulating in the second cooling circuit may exit at different radiator segments of the plurality of radiator segments producing coolant streams of different cooling temperatures for cooling different devices of the plurality of devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Hornblower Meyer, Roger Rose, Mark A. Pellerin, Peter Kanefsky, William Charles Ruona