Patents by Inventor Nicole BARRETT

Nicole BARRETT 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).

  • HYBRID VEHICLE FRONT END ACCESSORY DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20220297664
    Abstract: A method of operating an accessory drive system for a motor vehicle, wherein the accessory drive system includes one or more accessory components, a motor generator of the motor vehicle, and a flexible drive element configured to transmit a torque load between the one or more accessory components and the motor generator, includes determining a maximum permissible flexible drive element torque threshold, detecting an increase in torque demand on the flexible drive element, determining when the torque demand on the flexible drive element will exceed the flexible drive element torque threshold, and reducing the torque demand of one or more of the accessory components so that the flexible drive element torque threshold is not exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Dashwood CRISP, Ian ROBINSON, David PERKINS, Wassim KOUBAA, Nicole BARRETT
  • Hybrid vehicle front end accessory drive control system and method
    Patent number: 11351977
    Abstract: A method of operating an accessory drive system for a motor vehicle, wherein the accessory drive system includes one or more accessory components, a motor generator of the motor vehicle, and a flexible drive element configured to transmit a torque load between the one or more accessory components and the motor generator, includes determining a maximum permissible flexible drive element torque threshold, detecting an increase in torque demand on the flexible drive element, determining when the torque demand on the flexible drive element will exceed the flexible drive element torque threshold, and reducing the torque demand of one or more of the accessory components so that the flexible drive element torque threshold is not exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Dashwood Crisp, Ian Robinson, David Perkins, Wassim Koubaa, Nicole Barrett
  • HYBRID VEHICLE FRONT END ACCESSORY DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190184966
    Abstract: A method of operating an accessory drive system for a motor vehicle, wherein the accessory drive system includes one or more accessory components, a motor generator of the motor vehicle, and a flexible drive element configured to transmit a torque load between the one or more accessory components and the motor generator, includes determining a maximum permissible flexible drive element torque threshold, detecting an increase in torque demand on the flexible drive element, determining when the torque demand on the flexible drive element will exceed the flexible drive element torque threshold, and reducing the torque demand of one or more of the accessory components so that the flexible drive element torque threshold is not exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Dashwood CRISP, Ian ROBINSON, David PERKINS, Wassim KOUBAA, Nicole BARRETT