Patents by Inventor Robert Jay Louch
Robert Jay Louch 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).
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Patent number: 9630521Abstract: An automotive vehicle includes an air conditioning system configured to selectively cool a cabin of the vehicle and at least one electrical component of the vehicle. The vehicle also includes one or more controllers configured to determine whether the air conditioning system is operating to cool the at least one electrical component, to determine whether cabin cooling is requested, and to enable the air conditioning system to cool the cabin if the air conditioning system is operating to cool the at least one electrical component and if cabin cooling is requested.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2009Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Robert Jay Louch, Donald Charles Franks, Brian C. Moorhead, Hasdi R. Hashim
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Patent number: 8947039Abstract: A solar powered hybrid power system including a solar charge collector; a charge storage system comprising at least a first charge storage device adapted to receive and store charge from said solar charge collector; wherein said charge storage system further comprises a power electronic circuit selectively connectable to at least a second charge storage device, said power electronic circuit adapted to transfer said stored charge to said at least a second charge storage device at a selectable voltage level.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Robert Jay Louch, Donald Charles Franks
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Publication number: 20130169210Abstract: A solar powered hybrid power system including a solar charge collector; a charge storage system comprising at least a first charge storage device adapted to receive and store charge from said solar charge collector; wherein said charge storage system further comprises a power electronic circuit selectively connectable to at least a second charge storage device, said power electronic circuit adapted to transfer said stored charge to said at least a second charge storage device at a selectable voltage level.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Robert Jay Louch, Donald Charles Franks
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Patent number: 8354818Abstract: A solar powered hybrid power system including a solar charge collector; a charge storage system comprising at least a first charge storage device adapted to receive and store charge from said solar charge collector; wherein said charge storage system further comprises a power electronic circuit selectively connectable to at least a second charge storage device, said power electronic circuit adapted to transfer said stored charge to said at least a second charge storage device at a selectable voltage level.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2007Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Robert Jay Louch, Donald Charles Franks
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Patent number: 7996125Abstract: A system and method for determining and displaying an overall efficiency value of a vehicle. The vehicle may include an engine and an electric machine that operates to provide torque to propel the vehicle. In addition, the vehicle may have an electric power source that provides electric power to the electric machine. A controller may determine and transmit the overall efficiency value so that the information display displays the number of efficiency indicators. Also, the number of efficiency indicators displayed may be based on the overall efficiency value.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ryan J. Skaff, Robert Jay Louch, Anthony Howard, Stephen Burke, David Watson, Angela L. Watson, Derek Hartl, Paul Stephen Bryan
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Patent number: 7983807Abstract: A system and method for determining and displaying an overall efficiency value of a vehicle. The vehicle may include an engine and an electric machine that operates to provide torque to propel the vehicle. In addition, the vehicle may have an electric power source that provides electric power to the electric machine. A controller may determine and transmit the overall efficiency value so that the information display displays the number of efficiency indicators. Also, the number of efficiency indicators displayed may be based on the overall efficiency value.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2010Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ryan J. Skaff, Robert Jay Louch, Anthony Howard, Stephen Burke, David Watson, Angela L. Watson, Derek Hartl, Paul Stephen Bryan
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Publication number: 20110093187Abstract: A system and method for determining and displaying an overall efficiency value of a vehicle. The vehicle may include an engine and an electric machine that operates to provide torque to propel the vehicle. In addition, the vehicle may have an electric power source that provides electric power to the electric machine. A controller may determine and transmit the overall efficiency value so that the information display displays the number of efficiency indicators. Also, the number of efficiency indicators displayed may be based on the overall efficiency value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Ryan J. Skaff, Robert Jay Louch, Anthony Howard, Stephen Burke, David Watson, Angela L. Watson, Derek Hartl, Paul Stephen Bryan
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Publication number: 20110083449Abstract: An automotive vehicle includes an air conditioning system configured to selectively cool a cabin of the vehicle and at least one electrical component of the vehicle. The vehicle also includes one or more controllers configured to determine whether the air conditioning system is operating to cool the at least one electrical component, to determine whether cabin cooling is requested, and to enable the air conditioning system to cool the cabin if the air conditioning system is operating to cool the at least one electrical component and if cabin cooling is requested.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2009Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Robert Jay Louch, Donald Charles Franks, Brian C. Moorhead, Hasdi R. Hashim
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Patent number: 7865276Abstract: A system and method for determining and displaying an overall efficiency value of a vehicle. The vehicle may include an engine and an electric machine that operates to provide torque to propel the vehicle. In addition, the vehicle may have an electric power source that provides electric power to the electric machine. A controller may determine and transmit the overall efficiency value so that the information display displays the number of efficiency indicators. Also, the number of efficiency indicators displayed may be based on the overall efficiency value.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2008Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ryan J. Skaff, Robert Jay Louch, Anthony Howard, Stephen Burke, David Watson, Angela L. Watson, Derek Hartl, Paul Stephen Bryan
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Publication number: 20100213887Abstract: A solar powered hybrid power system including a solar charge collector; a charge storage system comprising at least a first charge storage device adapted to receive and store charge from said solar charge collector; wherein said charge storage system further comprises a power electronic circuit selectively connectable to at least a second charge storage device, said power electronic circuit adapted to transfer said stored charge to said at least a second charge storage device at a selectable voltage level.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2007Publication date: August 26, 2010Inventors: Robert Jay Louch, Donald Charles Franks
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Publication number: 20100152941Abstract: A system and method for determining and displaying an overall efficiency value of a vehicle. The vehicle may include an engine and an electric machine that operates to provide torque to propel the vehicle. In addition, the vehicle may have an electric power source that provides electric power to the electric machine. A controller may determine and transmit the overall efficiency value so that the information display displays the number of efficiency indicators. Also, the number of efficiency indicators displayed may be based on the overall efficiency value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2010Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Ryan J. Skaff, Robert Jay Louch, Anthony Howard, Stephen Burke, David Watson, Angela L. Watson, Derek Hartl, Paul Stephen Bryan
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Publication number: 20100106352Abstract: A system and method for determining and displaying an overall efficiency value of a vehicle. The vehicle may include an engine and an electric machine that operates to provide torque to propel the vehicle. In addition, the vehicle may have an electric power source that provides electric power to the electric machine. A controller may determine and transmit the overall efficiency value so that the information display displays the number of efficiency indicators. Also, the number of efficiency indicators displayed may be based on the overall efficiency value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2008Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Ryan J. Skaff, Robert Jay Louch, Anthony Howard, Stephen Burke, David Watson, Angela L. Watson, Derek Hartl, Paul Stephen Bryan
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Patent number: 5646862Abstract: An integrated Vehicle Electrical Design and analysis System (VEDS) which is adapted to accommodate data interchanged between multiple vendor-independent Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) tools. The system includes a Vehicle Database (VDB) which is operative as a central repository to store all design, analysis and library information. The VDB is interfaced and data is exchanged with the CAE tools through an interface which is predominantly object-oriented using Common Lisp Object System (CLOS). For each tool, an outbound translator is operative to translate the tool's internal data structures into a standard interchange format. Similarly, for each tool, an inbound translator is operative to translate a standard or tool specific interchange format into the tool's internal data structures. The VDB also includes an inbound and an outbound translator. The inbound translator is operative to load data structures from each of the CAE tools into the VDB.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1994Date of Patent: July 8, 1997Assignee: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Jennifer Anne Jones Jolliffe, Manu Vedapudi, Shaun Stephen Devlin, Robert Jay Louch