Patents by Inventor Mark Allan Lippman

Mark Allan Lippman 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).

  • Patent number: 11881113
    Abstract: A computer is programmed to instruct a vehicle to navigate to a pickup location based on a current user location received from a first device and data about a user event received from a second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur Erik Zysk, Jr., Mark Allan Lippman
  • Patent number: 11220765
    Abstract: A seatbelt webbing includes an auxetic portion elongated along an axis. The auxetic portion includes a plurality of segments rotatably connected to each other at hinges. The hinges are spaced along the axis and are transverse to the axis. The auxetic portion includes a plurality of strands. Each strand is embedded in at least two of the hinges. When tensile force above a predetermined level is applied to the auxetic portion by a vehicle occupant, e.g., the chest of the vehicle occupant, the auxetic portion both stretches along the axis and widens transverse to the axis, i.e., has a negative Poisson ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mangala A. Jayasuriya, Robert William McCoy, Mark Allan Lippman
  • Patent number: 11001215
    Abstract: A seatbelt payout measuring device with a rewind spring having a first end connected to a center spool and a second end connected to a rewind spring housing. A dielectric material layered immediately adjacent to the rewind spring forming a first layer and an electrolytic coil with dielectric material layered on both sides forming a second layer, isolating the rewind spring from the electrolytic coil. A capacitive measuring device having a first lead connected to the first end of the rewind spring and a second lead connected to a first end of the electrolytic coil. The capacitive measuring device measuring capacitance with belt pullout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mangala A. Jayasuriya, Mark A. Cuddihy, Mark Allan Lippman, Manoharprasad K. Rao
  • Publication number: 20210102316
    Abstract: A seatbelt webbing includes an auxetic portion elongated along an axis. The auxetic portion includes a plurality of segments rotatably connected to each other at hinges. The hinges are spaced along the axis and are transverse to the axis. The auxetic portion includes a plurality of strands. Each strand is embedded in at least two of the hinges. When tensile force above a predetermined level is applied to the auxetic portion by a vehicle occupant, e.g., the chest of the vehicle occupant, the auxetic portion both stretches along the axis and widens transverse to the axis, i.e., has a negative Poisson ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mangala A. Jayasuriya, Robert William McCoy, Mark Allan Lippman
  • Publication number: 20200033882
    Abstract: A computer is programmed to instruct a vehicle to navigate to a pickup location based on a current user location received from a first device and data about a user event received from a second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Arthur Erik ZYSK, Jr., Mark Allan LIPPMAN
  • Patent number: 10541577
    Abstract: An electric machine may include an adjacent pair of laminations each defining pockets having permanent magnets arranged therein to form magnetic poles. The laminations may be stacked in a pole-skewed fashion to form a portion of a rotor. A stator may surround the rotor. The machine may further include a separator lamination between the adjacent pair defining cutout portions having a shape based on a superposition of shapes of the pockets to increase a reluctance of leakage paths between the permanent magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Franco Leonardi, Mark Allan Lippman, Michael W. Degner, Feng Liang
  • Publication number: 20190369203
    Abstract: A bicycle-sharing system includes bicycles having beacons mounted thereto. Sensors are distributed throughout an urban environment and detect the beacons. Stations report check-in and check-out of the bicycles. Using reported detections of the bicycles and the check-in and check-out locations, a trajectory of the bicycle is determined. Where multiple sensors detect the beacon at a time, triangulation may be performed to more accurately determine the bicycle location. Trajectories of bicycles may be used for planning purposes or to track stolen or mislaid bicycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Arthur Erik ZYSK, JR., Zachary David NELSON, Jayanthi RAO, John Randolf VINCENT, Mark Allan LIPPMAN
  • Patent number: 10336385
    Abstract: An alarm system for a vehicle, such as a bicycle, includes a touch sensor electrically connected to a vehicle frame. The touch sensor outputs an alarm signal based on a proximity of a person to the vehicle frame. A communication module receives signals from a remote device. A controller is programmed to selectively enable and disable the touch sensor in response to signals received from the remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Allan Lippman, Mangala A. Jayasuriya, Jayanthi Rao, Eric H. Wingfield
  • Publication number: 20180326937
    Abstract: A seatbelt payout measuring device with a rewind spring having a first end connected to a center spool and a second end connected to a rewind spring housing. A dielectric material layered immediately adjacent to the rewind spring forming a first layer and an electrolytic coil with dielectric material layered on both sides forming a second layer, isolating the rewind spring from the electrolytic coil. A capacitive measuring device having a first lead connected to the first end of the rewind spring and a second lead connected to a first end of the electrolytic coil. The capacitive measuring device measuring capacitance with belt pullout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mangala A. Jayasuriya, Mark A. Cuddihy, Mark Allan Lippman, Manoharprasad K. Rao
  • Patent number: 10114041
    Abstract: A voltage probe holster includes a support member disposed on a base. The support member defines a plurality of apertures sized to receive a plurality of single-ended probes having coaxial leads. Each of the apertures have a conductive periphery configured to conduct electricity from one of the coaxial leads such that a common ground loop through the support member and the base is formed and that differences in ground potential are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Xi Lu, Krishna Prasad Bhat, Chingchi Chen, Mark Allan Lippman, Zhuxian Xu, Guangyin Lei
  • Patent number: 10093262
    Abstract: A seatbelt payout measuring device with a rewind spring having a first end connected to a center spool and a second end connected to a rewind spring housing. A dielectric material layered immediately adjacent to the rewind spring forming a first layer and an electrolytic coil with dielectric material layered on both sides forming a second layer, isolating the rewind spring from the electrolytic coil. A capacitive measuring device having a first lead connected to the first end of the rewind spring and a second lead connected to a first end of the electrolytic coil. The capacitive measuring device measuring capacitance with belt pullout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mangala A. Jayasuriya, Mark A. Cuddihy, Mark Allan Lippman, Manoharprasad K. Rao
  • Publication number: 20180284154
    Abstract: A voltage probe holster includes a support member disposed on a base. The support member defines a plurality of apertures sized to receive a plurality of single-ended probes having coaxial leads. Each of the apertures have a conductive periphery configured to conduct electricity from one of the coaxial leads such that a common ground loop through the support member and the base is formed and that differences in ground potential are reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Xi Lu, Krishna Prasad Bhat, Chingchi Chen, Mark Allan Lippman, Zhuxian Xu, Guangyin Lei
  • Patent number: 9919621
    Abstract: A method may be performed by a sensor arrangement and a controller. The method may include capturing, by the sensor arrangement, data indicative of anthropometric characteristics of an expected 3rd row passenger prior to the passenger entering a vehicle. The method may also include deploying, by a controller, a 3rd row seat and moving a 2nd row seat prior to the expected 3rd row passenger entering the vehicle to a riding position that is based on the characteristics and 2nd row passenger data. The sensor arrangement may include an optical sensor arrangement such as used in a blind-spot detection system for a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Allan Lippman, Allan Roy Gale, Mangala A. Jayasuriya
  • Patent number: 9815385
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a front row seat and at least one controller. The front row seat may be a driver seat or a front passenger seat. The at least one controller may respond to a signal, for example, a signal transmitted from a key fob or a signal indicative of movement of a rear door handle. In response to the signal, the controller may move the front row seat based on data indicative of a size of a rear passenger expected to be seated behind the front row seat before the expected rear passenger enters the vehicle. The size of the rear passenger may be determined via data from an external object sensor such as a blind spot detection optical sensor, lidar sensor or ultrasonic sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Allan Lippman, Allan Roy Gale, Mangala A. Jayasuriya
  • Publication number: 20170229933
    Abstract: An electric machine may include a plurality of stator sections each formed from one or more stator laminations stacked to form a stator. The stator may have windings arranged therein to form magnetic poles. The stator may surround a rotor. A diamagnetic or paramagnetic stator layer may be interposed between at least one adjacent pair of the stator sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Franco Leonardi, Mark Allan Lippman, Michael W. Degner
  • Publication number: 20170201138
    Abstract: An electric machine may include an adjacent pair of laminations each defining pockets having permanent magnets arranged therein to form magnetic poles. The laminations may be stacked in a pole-skewed fashion to form a portion of a rotor. A stator may surround the rotor. The machine may further include a separator lamination between the adjacent pair defining cutout portions having a shape based on a superposition of shapes of the pockets to increase a reluctance of leakage paths between the permanent magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Franco Leonardi, Mark Allan Lippman, Michael W. Degner, Feng Liang
  • Patent number: 9683400
    Abstract: A vehicle computer is programmed to receive weather data from a remote server, to determine a frequency, based on the weather data, to obtain precipitation data from one or more vehicle sensors. The computer is further programmed to obtain the precipitation data, and to close one or more vehicle windows based at least in part on the precipitation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Theodore Momcilovich, Mark Allan Lippman
  • Publication number: 20170130508
    Abstract: A vehicle computer is programmed to receive weather data from a remote server, to determine a frequency, based on the weather data, to obtain precipitation data from one or more vehicle sensors. The computer is further programmed to obtain the precipitation data, and to close one or more vehicle windows based at least in part on the precipitation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Theodore Momcilovich, Mark Allan Lippman
  • Publication number: 20170072816
    Abstract: A method may be performed by a sensor arrangement and a controller. The method may include capturing, by the sensor arrangement, data indicative of anthropometric characteristics of an expected 3rd row passenger prior to the passenger entering a vehicle. The method may also include deploying, by a controller, a 3rd row seat and moving a 2nd row seat prior to the expected 3rd row passenger entering the vehicle to a riding position that is based on the characteristics and 2nd row passenger data. The sensor arrangement may include an optical sensor arrangement such as used in a blind-spot detection system for a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Allan Lippman, Allan Roy Gale, Mangala A. Jayasuriya
  • Patent number: 9582025
    Abstract: Electronic pedal control systems and methods for a vehicle are provided. One electronic pedal control system includes a first sensor configured to produce a first output corresponding to a user applied force and a second sensor configured to produce a second output corresponding to a release of user applied force. A controller is configured to receive the first output and the second output and to control one of a brake system, a clutch system, and a throttle system of the vehicle based on the first and second outputs, and the first and second sensors are positioned relative to one another such that an application of force to the first sensor unloads the second sensor and the removal of force from the first sensor loads the second sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mangala A. Jayasuriya, Mark Allan Lippman