Patents by Inventor Michael Adel Awad Alla

Michael Adel Awad Alla 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).

  • VEHICLE COMPUTER COOLING
    Publication number: 20200238787
    Abstract: A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to predict an overheat time at which a vehicle computer temperature will exceed a threshold and actuate a cooling component when the overheat time is prior to an initiation time of a trip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Adel Awad Alla, Ray Siciak
  • HYBRID POWER NETWORK FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200223383
    Abstract: A vehicle power network includes a bus providing power to an automotive safety integrity level (ASIL)-rated load and an auxiliary-rated load. The ASIL-rated load includes a processor and memory storing instructions executable by the processor. The instructions include, to, in response to determining a minimal risk condition (MRC), selectively terminate power to the auxiliary-rated load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Adel AWAD ALLA, Sami DAGHER, Ray C. Siciak
  • Vehicle velocity control
    Patent number: 10703373
    Abstract: A first vehicle velocity target is determined based on a velocity of a proximate second vehicle and at least one of a curvature of a road, a gradient of the road, a bank angle of the road, visibility, and a coefficient of friction on a surface of the road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Raveen Fernando, Barnabas Joseph Nemec, Michael Adel Awad Alla, Tsung-Han Tsai, Kathryn Hamilton, Ray C. Siciak
  • VEHICLE VELOCITY CONTROL
    Publication number: 20200062255
    Abstract: A first vehicle velocity target is determined based on a velocity of a proximate second vehicle and at least one of a curvature of a road, a gradient of the road, a bank angle of the road, visibility, and a coefficient of friction on a surface of the road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: RAVEEN FERNANDO, BARNABAS JOSEPH NEMEC, MICHAEL ADEL AWAD ALLA, TSUNG-HAN TSAI, KATHRYN HAMILTON, RAY C. SICIAK
  • VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WITH ISOLATION CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20200016979
    Abstract: An electrical system for a vehicle includes a DC/DC converter electrically connected to a high-voltage power source and a first bus, a second bus electrically connected to a second low-voltage power source, and an isolation circuit electrically connected to the first and second buses. The isolation circuit permits current flow in only one direction from the first bus to the second bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Adel Awad Alla, Mathew A. Boesch, Sami Dagher, Ray Siciak
  • VEHICLE LOW-VOLTAGE ENERGY SYSTEM CONTROL
    Publication number: 20190375298
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a low-voltage battery electrically coupled to a powertrain, and a computer programmed to put the vehicle in a minimal risk condition in response to a state of charge of the low-voltage battery falling below a threshold. The vehicle may further include a DC/DC converter electrically coupled to the powertrain and to the low-voltage battery, and a high-voltage battery electrically coupled to the powertrain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David A. Symanow, Michael Adel Awad Alla, Ray Siciak, Vincent J. Boscheratto, Hamed Babazadehrokni, Robert Brown
  • VEHICLE COMPUTER TO PASSENGER CABIN HEAT TRANSFER
    Publication number: 20190299746
    Abstract: A heat transfer system includes a vehicle electronic controller, a heat sink, a housing, a controller duct and a fan. The heat sink has fins and is fixed to the controller. The housing encloses the controller and the heat sink. The controller duct connects the housing with an exhaust opening in a passenger cabin in an installed condition. The fan is in fluid communication with one of the housing and the controller duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Yizhou Hu, Michael Adel Awad Alla, Kevin Fernandes, Barnabas J. Nemec
  • VEHICLE BACKUP ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190283609
    Abstract: An electrical power system for a vehicle includes an interface electrically connected to a node and a battery electrically connected to the interface. The interface includes circuit elements that permit current flow between the battery and the node when and only when the voltage of the node is below a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: DAVID ANTHONY SYMANOW, RAY C. SICIAK, MICHAEL ADEL AWAD ALLA, SAMI DAGHER
  • AUTOMOTIVE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20190161063
    Abstract: A system includes a switch biased to a neutral position, a camera, and a computer communicatively coupled to the switch and the camera. The computer is programmed to activate a vehicle brake upon receiving data from the switch that the switch is in the neutral position and to activate the vehicle brake upon determining that an operator of the switch is in an inattentive state based on data received from the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Adel Awad Alla, Cheri Lyn Hansen, Jeffrey Yizhou Hu, Joseph F. Stanek, Douglas Scott Rhode
  • VEHICLE COMPONENT OPERATION
    Publication number: 20190100231
    Abstract: A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to detect a service controller connected to a vehicle, upon authenticating the service controller, receive an operation mode for a vehicle component from the service controller, and actuate the vehicle component within operating limits based on the operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph F. Stanek, Douglas Scott Rhode, Wassim Mahmoud Nahle, Michael Adel Awad Alla, Cheri Lyn Hansen