Patents by Inventor Stuart C. Salter

Stuart C. Salter 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).

  • Publication number: 20250083548
    Abstract: Methods and systems for charging an electric energy storage device of a vehicle are described. In one example, the electric energy storage device is charged via a receiving coil that may be placed in a horizontal orientation or a vertical orientation during charging of the electric energy storage device via the receiving coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Keith Weston, Mark J. Ferrel, Ryan O'Gorman, Rob Anthony Richardson, Brendan Diamond
  • Publication number: 20250078780
    Abstract: A vehicle having a first vehicle device configured to provide inputs to a first user device associated with a first user is disclosed. The vehicle further comprises a camera configured to capture images of the first user in the vehicle. The vehicle further comprises processor configured to obtain the images from the camera, and determine that the first user is operating the first user device in the vehicle based on the images. The processor may be further configured to determine an availability of the first vehicle device responsive to a determination that the first user is operating the first user device, and activate the first vehicle device to enable the first user to operate the first user device via the first vehicle device when the first vehicle device is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zackary Swisher, Keith Weston, Stuart C. Salter, Brendan Diamond
  • Publication number: 20250079835
    Abstract: A vehicle configured to provide energy to a building is disclosed. The vehicle may include a transceiver configured to receive a set point temperature, historical building load consumption information and current building load consumption information associated with the building. The vehicle may further include a processor configured to obtain a trigger signal, and transmit a command signal to cause an activation of a building component to the set point temperature responsive to obtaining the trigger signal. The processor may further compare the current building load consumption information with the historical building load consumption information responsive to activating the building component, and determine a building component load profile based on the comparison and the set point temperature. The processor may then control a building component operation based on the building component load profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan O'Gorman, Stuart C. Salter, Peter Phung, Brendan Diamond
  • Publication number: 20250074304
    Abstract: A pedestrian alerting system adapts alerting sounds emitted by a vehicle according to an acoustic environment around the vehicle. Echoes of the alerting sound in an enclosed space such as a garage can be irritating to the pedestrians and/or occupants of the vehicle. A sensor suite including radar, cameras, and/or a GPS locator detect confined spaces in which reflections result in a greater apparent loudness. Emitted loudness of the alerting sounds are reduced, wherein the reduction of the volume may be based on the size of the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Jeffrey R. Seaman, Ralph R. Jones, Brendan F. Diamond, Joseph W. Herman
  • Patent number: 12240414
    Abstract: Upon detecting an absence of a user inside a passenger cabin of a vehicle, an object inside the passenger cabin is classified as one of preferred or nonpreferred. Upon classifying the object as preferred, a sensor is activated to monitor an environment outside the passenger cabin based on determining the object is visible from outside the passenger cabin. A priority level for the preferred object is determined based on data from the sensor, wherein the priority level is one of high or low. A vehicle component is actuated to reduce the priority level based on determining the priority level for the preferred object is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brendan Francis Diamond, Stuart C. Salter, Hussein H. Berry, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Tarik Safir
  • Patent number: 12243503
    Abstract: A vehicle having a first vehicle device configured to provide inputs to a first user device associated with a first user is disclosed. The vehicle further comprises a camera configured to capture images of the first user in the vehicle. The vehicle further comprises processor configured to obtain the images from the camera, and determine that the first user is operating the first user device in the vehicle based on the images. The processor may be further configured to determine an availability of the first vehicle device responsive to a determination that the first user is operating the first user device, and activate the first vehicle device to enable the first user to operate the first user device via the first vehicle device when the first vehicle device is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zackary Swisher, Keith Weston, Stuart C. Salter, Brendan Diamond
  • Patent number: 12233913
    Abstract: A vehicle monitors an ongoing enforcement situation using one or more sensors provided to the vehicle and determines, based on the monitoring and sensor data of the one or more sensors, that a foot pursuit has begun. The vehicle receives a location signal from a location-providing device carried by at least one entity involved in the situation and determines a street route for the vehicle that follows movement of the entity by using streets travelable by the vehicle, based on a plurality of locations received from the location-providing device. Also, the vehicle automatically and autonomously controls the vehicle to follow the determined street route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Christopher Charles Hunt, Brendan F. Diamond, Matthew Cramer Mullen, Douglas H. Randlett, Paul Kenneth Dellock
  • Patent number: 12233744
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a battery, an electric machine, an electrical port, sensors, and a controller. The battery is configured to store electrical power. The electric machine is configured to receive electrical power from the battery to propel the vehicle. The electrical port is configured to receive an electrical connector of a charging station to initiate a charging operation of the battery. The sensors are configured to monitor an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is programmed to, in response to the sensors detecting an unidentified individual approaching the vehicle, eject the electrical connector from the electrical port or enable full operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brendan F. Diamond, Lorne Forsythe, Keith Weston, Stuart C. Salter
  • Patent number: 12233794
    Abstract: Responsive to a magnitude of current associated with power from a vehicle being supplied to upfitter loads approaching a predefined threshold, a controller discontinues supply of power to vehicle loads according to a user defined priority order of the vehicle loads such that the vehicle loads of lowest priority among the priority order of the vehicle loads are sequentially shed to maintain the magnitude less than the predefined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Anthony Gerald King, Kevin Thomas Hille, David Celinske, John Anthony DeMarco, Todd Ansbacher
  • Patent number: 12233955
    Abstract: Various vehicle systems are proposed for facilitating access to and utilization of motor vehicle cargo spaces. The vehicle systems may include deployable stairgate systems, deployable step systems, cargo bed swing door systems, etc. The vehicle systems allow the cargo spaces to be accessed from a variety of positions relative to the cargo space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Michael John Harmon, Dennis Yee
  • Patent number: 12236805
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to record a first video of inputs to respective controls of a user interface of a vehicle, add metadata to the first video of respective times at which the respective inputs are provided, and generate a second video based on the first video and the metadata. The second video shows the user interface and highlights the respective controls corresponding to the respective inputs at the respective times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Pietro Buttolo, Mike Kipley, Laura Symington, David Kennedy
  • Patent number: 12233743
    Abstract: A system to enable energy transfer from a vehicle to a building is disclosed. The system may include a memory, a transceiver and a processor. The memory may be configured to store a load profile associated with a building component. The transceiver may be configured to receive temperature information and vehicle information associated with the vehicle. The processor may obtain the temperature information, the load profile and the vehicle information. The processor may further determine an estimated amount of energy required to operate the building component based on the temperature information and the load profile. Furthermore, the processor may estimate a vehicle range based on the estimated amount of energy and the vehicle information and output the vehicle range on a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan O'Gorman, Stuart C. Salter, Peter Phung, Brendan Diamond
  • Patent number: 12236687
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to vehicle exterior imaging systems that capture and display views of the exterior environment to vehicle operators. An exemplary vehicle exterior imaging system may include a glass panel including a combiner positioned between a first layer of glass and a second layer of glass, a first exterior side-view imager assembly configured to capture images of a vehicle exterior environment, and a projector assembly configured to project an output image onto the glass panel. The output image is based on the images captured by the first exterior side-view imager assembly. The glass panel may be part of either a windshield or a door window, and the projector assembly may be mounted either outside or inside of a housing of the first exterior side-view imager assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman, Keith Hoelscher
  • Publication number: 20250058717
    Abstract: An accessory attachment system includes a base plate having a plurality of mounting apertures and an accessory having a primary surface with an attachment interface and a secondary surface providing a support structure to hold one or more items. The attachment interface comprises one or more tabs that are bent outwardly of the primary surface and received within selected mounting apertures of the plurality of mounting apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Matthew B. Rutman, Eric Scott Levine, Todd Rakus, Jeffrey R. Sturges, Stuart C. Salter
  • Publication number: 20250058718
    Abstract: An attachment structure comprises a base support with a plurality of mounting feet and a lock separate from the base support. The base support is configurable to hold one or more items on a base plate. The plurality of mounting feet are configured to be received within one mounting aperture of the base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Matthew B. Rutman, Blaise Nugent, Eric Scott Levine, Stuart C. Salter, Todd Rakus
  • Patent number: 12227092
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for coordinating and executing bidirectional energy transfer events between electrified vehicles and one or more participating electrified recreational vehicles. Energy may be transferred from an electrified vehicle to one or more electrified recreational vehicles, from the one or more electrified recreational vehicles to the electrified vehicle, or both during bidirectional energy transfer events. The proposed systems and methods may further be configured to provide various charging configurations between the electrified vehicle and the one or more electrified recreational vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, James Baumbick, Annette Lynn Huebner, Peter Phung, Ryan O'Gorman, David Brian Glickman, Katherine Howard-Cone
  • Patent number: 12228636
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to select a scanning rate for a first sensor of a vehicle based on at least one of data related to a current time or data related to a location of the vehicle; instruct the first sensor to run at the selected scanning rate; in response to receiving data from the first sensor indicating a newly present object, turn on a second sensor; and then record data from the second sensor. The second sensor has a higher power draw than the first sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Donald Paul Bilger, Tarik Safir, Sam Harris
  • Publication number: 20250050706
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle includes an air conditioning system, a motorized directional air flow control feature, a display, and a controller configured to initiate a variable air flow routine. Initiation of the variable air flow routine prompts execution of a predetermined actuation sequence of the motorized directional air flow control feature such that the direction of air flowing from the air conditioning system into a cabin of the vehicle is varied sequentially by the motorized directional air flow control feature. Initiation of the variable air flow routine further prompts the display to display an air flow graphic having a directional quality that corresponds with the orientation of the motorized directional air flow control feature such that the directional quality of the air flow graphic varies sequentially with the direction of the air flowing from the air conditioning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: George David Koch Smith, Demetrius Conell Johnson-Gault, Terry Wayne Vandenbrink, Stuart C. Salter, Christopher Stephen Van Auken
  • Publication number: 20250050695
    Abstract: Vehicle trailer hitch systems may include integrated features for increasing the functionality of the vehicle. A bottle opener feature may be integrated as part of a hitch plate of the trailer hitch system. The integrated bottle opener feature is therefore conveniently packaged on the vehicle for use during outdoor social gatherings when the vehicle is stationary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Stuart C. SALTER, Adrian AGUIRRE, Andre KUNYNETZ, David J. PFEIFFER, Brendan DIAMOND
  • Publication number: 20250050842
    Abstract: A vehicle control system for a vehicle may include a brake assembly for applying negative torque to one or more wheels of the vehicle, a grill shutter assembly that directs airflow over the brake assembly when opened, and prevents airflow toward the brake assembly when closed, and a controller that calculates a target brake temperature, the controller being operably coupled to the grill shutter assembly to control positioning of the grill shutter assembly based on a comparison between a current brake temperature to the target brake temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Jeff Robert Seaman, Annette Lynn Huebner, Kenneth Patrick Mchugh, Andrew Stoscup, Brendan Diamond