Patents by Inventor Patrick Soderborg

Patrick Soderborg 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).

  • METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PREPARING A VEHICLE FOR EXTENDED STORAGE
    Publication number: 20240123862
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a vehicle that includes an electric power source for providing propulsive effort to the vehicle are is described. In one example, a remote or external device may generate a request to prepare a vehicle for extended or long term storage. A state of charge of a traction battery and a state of charge of a low voltage battery may be adjusted to prepare the vehicle for extended storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick Soderborg, Gitanjli McRoy, Shannon Wrobel, Andrew Mast
  • LOCATION BASED VEHICLE ELECTRIC RANGE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20240085202
    Abstract: A controller of a vehicle may limit power consumption of at least one accessory load during an upcoming trip responsive to a predicted electric travel range of the vehicle, that is based on an indication of a degree to which the vehicle is parked in a sheltered location, being less than a predicted distance for the trip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick SODERBORG, Wendy Lynn MACLENNAN, Gregory ZIEMBA, Kristian PALA
  • Method for operating a vehicle having a torque converter
    Patent number: 11143298
    Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle that includes a torque converter is described. In one example, the method adjusts torque of an electric machine in response to a requested torque converter speed. The requested torque converter speed linearizes torque output of a torque converter so that vehicle wheel torque control may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Fazal Urrahman Syed, William David Treharne, Patrick Soderborg, Sassan Farahmand
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE HAVING A TORQUE CONVERTER
    Publication number: 20210171006
    Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle that includes a torque converter is described. In one example, the method adjusts torque of an electric machine in response to a requested torque converter speed. The requested torque converter speed linearizes torque output of a torque converter so that vehicle wheel torque control may be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Fazal Urrahman Syed, William David Treharne, Patrick Soderborg, Sassan Farahmand