Patents by Inventor Matthew Dennis Smith Boswell

Matthew Dennis Smith Boswell 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: 11434675
    Abstract: A vehicle storage assembly of the vehicle is provided. The vehicle storage assembly if the vehicle includes a storage compartment comprising an opening to permit access to the compartment, a door proximate the opening and movable between an open position and a closed position, a latching mechanism comprising a residual magnet for latching a door in the closed position in a first magnetic state and for releasing the door to open to the open position in a second magnetic state, and a proximity switch for activating the latching mechanism to allow the door to move to the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Segundo Baldovino, Prashant Dubey, Matthew Dennis Smith Boswell, Venkatesh Krishnan
  • Patent number: 11247616
    Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a housing defining a chamber and including a panel including an aperture; a camera disposed inside the chamber and including a base, a lens spaced from the base, and a tube elongated from the base to the lens; and a tunnel mounted to the base and elongated concentrically with the tube. The lens defines a field of view of the camera through the aperture. The tunnel defines a concentric gap between the tube and the tunnel from the base to the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Dennis Smith Boswell, Venkatesh Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20210071454
    Abstract: A vehicle storage assembly of the vehicle is provided. The vehicle storage assembly if the vehicle includes a storage compartment comprising an opening to permit access to the compartment, a door proximate the opening and movable between an open position and a closed position, a latching mechanism comprising a residual magnet for latching a door in the closed position in a first magnetic state and for releasing the door to open to the open position in a second magnetic state, and a proximity switch for activating the latching mechanism to allow the door to move to the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Segundo Baldovino, Prashant Dubey, Matthew Dennis Smith Boswell, Venkatesh Krishnan
  • Patent number: 10928225
    Abstract: An assembly includes a housing defining a chamber. The assembly includes a sensor supported by the housing. The assembly includes a deflector forward of the sensor and having a front surface designed to direct air upward and a rear surface opposite the front surface. The housing has a vent in fluid communication with the chamber and aimed at the rear surface of the deflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Venkatesh Krishnan, Raghu Raman Surineedi, Matthew Dennis Smith Boswell, Rashaun Phinisee, Michael Robertson, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20210024010
    Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a housing defining a chamber and including a panel including an aperture; a camera disposed inside the chamber and including a base, a lens spaced from the base, and a tube elongated from the base to the lens; and a tunnel mounted to the base and elongated concentrically with the tube. The lens defines a field of view of the camera through the aperture. The tunnel defines a concentric gap between the tube and the tunnel from the base to the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: MATTHEW DENNIS SMITH BOSWELL, VENKATESH KRISHNAN
  • Patent number: 10802121
    Abstract: A sensor apparatus includes a LIDAR sensor, a camera having a field of view encompassing a volume directly forward of the LIDAR sensor, a nozzle aimed at least partially upward and positioned forward of the LIDAR sensor, and a computer programmed to increase output from the nozzle upon determining that an object is traveling rearward through the field of view based on data received from the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Venkatesh Krishnan, Raghuraman Surineedi, Matthew Dennis Smith Boswell, Rashaun Phinisee, Michael Robertson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10249941
    Abstract: A radar system for a motor vehicle includes a mounting bracket and a radar support bracket carried on the mounting bracket. The radar support bracket is displaceable between a deployed position and a deflected position. A biasing element biases the radar support toward the deployed position. A radar module is carried on the radar support bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Martin D. Lopez, Jr., Robert Harold Vasbinder, Michael Jon Gutowski, Matthew Dennis Smith Boswell
  • Publication number: 20180301795
    Abstract: A radar system for a motor vehicle includes a mounting bracket and a radar support bracket carried on the mounting bracket. The radar support bracket is displaceable between a deployed position and a deflected position. A biasing element biases the radar support toward the deployed position. A radar module is carried on the radar support bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Martin D. Lopez, JR., Robert Harold Vasbinder, Michael Jon Gutowski, Matthew Dennis Smith Boswell