Patents by Inventor Rodrigo Frieventh Cienfuegos

Rodrigo Frieventh Cienfuegos 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: 11148803
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle includes a retractable harness mounted within the vehicle and extendible through an opening in the vehicle body, such as a sun roof. The harness may include a retainer, such as an electromagnet, for engaging a docking structure on an aerial drone. On take-off, the vehicle may reach a desirable take-off speed of the aerial drone, activate the aerial drone, and release the retainer. On landing, the aerial drone and vehicle may synchronize their speeds and locations. The retractable harness may extend and align itself with the aerial drone, which descends and docks with the retractable harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hedy H. Morales Bolaños, David Franco Lopez Rubio, Oswaldo Perez Barrera, Rodrigo Frieventh Cienfuegos
  • Patent number: 11084464
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a base, a cylindrical sensor window fixed to the base, and a helical cleaning member movable between a retracted position in the base and an extended position extending around the sensor window. The cleaning member includes an outlet directed at the sensor window when the cleaning member is in the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jose Gerardo Velasco, Oswaldo Perez Barrera, David Franco Lopez Rubio, Rodrigo Frieventh Cienfuegos
  • Patent number: 10948576
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of photodiode sensors spaced from one another and mounted to a reflective surface, a transparent layer spaced from and substantially parallel to the reflective surface, and a plurality of photodiode transmitters at least one of mounted to the reflective surface and disposed between the reflective surface and the transparent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rodrigo Frieventh Cienfuegos, Oswaldo Perez Barrera, Hedy H. Morales Bolanos, David Franco Lopez Rubio
  • Patent number: 10916137
    Abstract: A device may determine driving routes and transit times for vehicles and drivers. The device may include memory and processing to determine one or more indications of desired departure times and routes for a first user and a second user of a group of users, the routes including a road segment used by the first user and the second user. The device may determine a first signal received from a computer of a first vehicle and a second signal received from a computer of a second vehicle, wherein the first signal indicates traffic associated with the first vehicle, and wherein the second signal indicates traffic associated with the second vehicle. The device may determine a first suggested departure time associated with the first user and a second suggested departure time associated with the second user The device may to send indications of the first and second suggested departure times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hedy H. Morales Bolaños, Oswaldo Perez Barrera, David Franco Lopez Rubio, Rodrigo Frieventh Cienfuegos
  • Publication number: 20200216034
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a base, a cylindrical sensor window fixed to the base, and a helical cleaning member movable between a retracted position in the base and an extended position extending around the sensor window. The cleaning member includes an outlet directed at the sensor window when the cleaning member is in the extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jose Gerardo Velasco, Oswaldo Perez Barrera, David Franco Lopez Rubio, Rodrigo Frieventh Cienfuegos
  • Publication number: 20200062243
    Abstract: Upon entry to an indoor parking structure, a vehicle may establish communication with a computer system of the parking structure. The vehicle may receive a path to an available parking spot, the path including checkpoints which may broadcast signals. The vehicle may travel the path autonomously to the parking spot. The vehicle further detects the checkpoints and uses their signals to calibrate the vehicle's position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Oswaldo Perez Barrera, Rodrigo Frieventh Cienfuegos, David Franco Lopez Rubio, Hedy H. Morales Bolaños
  • Publication number: 20200062388
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle includes a retractable harness mounted within the vehicle and extendible through an opening in the vehicle body, such as a sun roof. The harness may include a retainer, such as an electromagnet, for engaging a docking structure on an aerial drone. On take-off, the vehicle may reach a desirable take-off speed of the aerial drone, activate the aerial drone, and release the retainer. On landing, the aerial drone and vehicle may synchronize their speeds and locations. The retractable harness may extend and align itself with the aerial drone, which descends and docks with the retractable harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hedy H. Morales Bolaños, David Franco Lopez Rubio, Oswaldo Perez Barrera, Rodrigo Frieventh Cienfuegos
  • Publication number: 20200066151
    Abstract: A device may determine driving routes and transit times for vehicles and drivers. The device may include memory and processing to determine one or more indications of desired departure times and routes for a first user and a second user of a group of users, the routes including a road segment used by the first user and the second user. The device may determine a first signal received from a computer of a first vehicle and a second signal received from a computer of a second vehicle, wherein the first signal indicates traffic associated with the first vehicle, and wherein the second signal indicates traffic associated with the second vehicle. The device may determine a first suggested departure time associated with the first user and a second suggested departure time associated with the second user The device may to send indications of the first and second suggested departure times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hedy H. Morales Bolaños, Oswaldo Perez Barrera, David Franco Lopez Rubio, Rodrigo Frieventh Cienfuegos
  • Publication number: 20190250259
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of photodiode sensors spaced from one another and mounted to a reflective surface, a transparent layer spaced from and substantially parallel to the reflective surface, and a plurality of photodiode transmitters at least one of mounted to the reflective surface and disposed between the reflective surface and the transparent layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rodrigo FRIEVENTH CIENFUEGOS, Oswaldo PEREZ BARRERA, Hedy H. MORALES BOLANOS, David Franco LOPEZ RUBIO