Patents by Inventor Seth Avery

Seth Avery 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: 12293507
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an insulation system of a stator. In one example, a method may include receiving images of the stator at a processor of a computing system and processing the images by converting the images to one or more of cluster-only images and binary masks. The images may be fed to an artificial intelligence (AI) model to obtain one or more of varnish estimates and void estimates to generate a training dataset which may be used to train a deep learning tool to estimate varnish fill percentages from the images and display the varnish fill percentages at a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Schroeter, Seth Avery, Chris Wolf, Jackson Lenz, Boratha Tan
  • Publication number: 20240112319
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an insulation system of a stator. In one example, a method may include receiving images of the stator at a processor of a computing system and processing the images by converting the images to one or more of cluster-only images and binary masks. The images may be fed to an artificial intelligence (AI) model to obtain one or more of varnish estimates and void estimates to generate a training dataset which may be used to train a deep learning tool to estimate varnish fill percentages from the images and display the varnish fill percentages at a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Schroeter, Seth Avery, Chris Wolf, Jackson Lenz, Boratha Tan
  • Publication number: 20240112351
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an insulation system of a stator. In one example, a method may include receiving images of the stator at a processor of a computing system and feeding the images to a deep learning tool to generate processed images by segmenting and cropping the images according to slots identified in the images. Further, the varnish in the processed images may be quantified based on fluorescence of the varnish, converted into estimated varnish fill percentages, based on an output from analysis of the processed images, and the estimated varnish fill percentages may be displayed in a report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Schroeter, Seth Avery, Chris Wolf, Jackson Lenz, Boratha Tan
  • Patent number: 11796574
    Abstract: An electrical current sensing arrangement includes a busbar, a dielectric material containing therein a magnetic field sensor, and a ferromagnetic over-mold encapsulating a portion of the busbar and the dielectric material. The dielectric material is disposed against the busbar such that the magnetic field sensor is spaced away from the busbar and the ferromagnetic over-mold is not between the busbar and the magnetic field sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Wolf, Michael W. Degner, Franco Leonardi, Seth Avery
  • Publication number: 20220214382
    Abstract: An electrical current sensing arrangement includes a busbar, a dielectric material containing therein a magnetic field sensor, and a ferromagnetic over-mold encapsulating a portion of the busbar and the dielectric material. The dielectric material is disposed against the busbar such that the magnetic field sensor is spaced away from the busbar and the ferromagnetic over-mold is not between the busbar and the magnetic field sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Wolf, Michael W. Degner, Franco Leonardi, Seth Avery
  • Patent number: 10632909
    Abstract: A vehicle alert method includes, among other things, in response to an alert event, altering at least one characteristic of power delivered within an electrified vehicle powertrain to provide an alert. A vehicle alert assembly includes, among other things, a power characteristic control system that, in response to an alert event, alters at least one characteristic of power delivered within an electrified vehicle powertrain to provide alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technlogies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Wolf, Michael W. Degner, Yue Nie, Seth Avery
  • Publication number: 20200114818
    Abstract: A vehicle alert method includes, among other things, in response to an alert event, altering at least one characteristic of power delivered within an electrified vehicle powertrain to provide an alert. A vehicle alert assembly includes, among other things, a power characteristic control system that, in response to an alert event, alters at least one characteristic of power delivered within an electrified vehicle powertrain to provide alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Wolf, Michael W. Degner, Yue Nie, Seth Avery
  • Publication number: 20200030869
    Abstract: A method of separating blanks from a stack includes positioning a magnetic field generator in a fixed location proximate a peripheral edge of an upper portion of the stack, activating the magnetic field generator such that eddy currents are generated and result in a force vector in a direction away from a top-most blank of the stack, and pushing a blank, or multiple blanks, immediately below the top-most blank away from the top-most blank by the eddy currents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Randal Dively, Ralph Conrad, S. George Luckey, JR., Andrey Ilinich, Franco Leonardi, Seth Avery, Patrick McCleer
  • Publication number: 20190366417
    Abstract: A method of separating blanks from a stack includes positioning a magnetic field generator in a fixed location proximate a peripheral edge of an upper portion of the stack, activating the magnetic field generator such that eddy currents are generated and result in a force vector in a direction away from a top-most blank of the stack, and pushing a blank, or multiple blanks, immediately below the top-most blank away from the top-most blank by the eddy currents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Randal Dively, Ralph Conrad, S. George Luckey, Jr., Andrey Ilinich, Franco Leonardi, Seth Avery, Patrick McCleer
  • Publication number: 20170185146
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a vehicle notification system. The vehicle notification system includes at least one transparent display device, at least one mirror display device, and an eye tracker, and is configured to determine which display device the vehicle's driver is looking at and display notifications on that display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander Groh, Arun Dutta, Ali Hassani, Pol Llado, Jakob Nikolaus Hoellerbauer, Seth Avery