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).
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Patent number: 12043091Abstract: A vehicle window assembly includes a screen assembly mountable within an opening and a motor operable to move a movable window to engage the screen assembly and hold the screen assembly within the opening. A controller is provided that is configured to operate the motor to apply a desired force against the screen assembly with the movable window to hold the screen assembly within the opening.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Chester Stanislaus Walawender, John Walawender, Hussein Berry, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman
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Publication number: 20240239352Abstract: The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for detecting and responding to speeding violations. An example method executed by a processor in a first vehicle (a law-enforcement vehicle, for example) can include receiving, from a vehicle speed detection system, a speed measurement associated with a second vehicle. The processor may determine that the speed of the second vehicle exceeds a threshold speed and may operate a camera to capture an image of the second vehicle. The image may be evaluated for determining at least one identifying feature of the second vehicle. A record may then be generated. The record can include the speed measurement, the image, and the first identifying feature. In some cases, the record may be transmitted to another law-enforcement vehicle for pursuing the second vehicle and/or to an Internet-of-Things (IoT) roadside unit for tracking the second vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2023Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Brendan Diamond, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Christopher Charles Hunt, Doug H. Randlett, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
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Publication number: 20240242553Abstract: The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for securing an item in a vehicle. An example method can include a processor receiving a primary trigger to unlock a gate of the vehicle, followed by unlocking of the gate to allow access to a cargo compartment. A secondary trigger may then be received for unlocking a security lock that is a part of a cargo item holder located in the cargo compartment. The processor may perform an authentication procedure upon the secondary trigger and unlock the security lock, based on a successful authentication of the secondary trigger. In an example implementation, the cargo item holder is a gun rack that includes a security lock, the primary trigger can be a signal produced by activating a pushbutton switch, and the secondary trigger can be a spoken command, a signal generated by a smart tag, or an image of an individual.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2023Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Brendan Diamond, David Celinske, Erick Mogollon, Fernando Camargo
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Publication number: 20240241241Abstract: A vehicle having a scanning unit and a detection unit is disclosed. The scanning unit may scan and detect an occupant presence in a vehicle interior portion. The detection unit may detect a trigger event associated with the vehicle. The vehicle may further include a processor configured to obtain a trigger event information from the detection unit. The processor may further determine a scanning unit setting based on the trigger event information. The scanning unit setting may be associated with at least one of a scan order, a fidelity mode and a scan frequency for the scanning unit. The processor may determine the scanning unit setting such that a vehicle power consumption may be optimized. The processor may further output a control signal to the scanning unit to scan the vehicle interior portion based on the determined scanning unit setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2023Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Brad Ignaczak, Grant Scott, III, Brendan Diamond, David Celinske, Leo James Lanctot
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Publication number: 20240239303Abstract: The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for controlling access to electrical power outlets in a vehicle. An example method executed by a processor may include determining that the vehicle is in a key-off state and detecting a door of the vehicle being opened (or detecting the door being unlocked by use of a passive entry device) when the vehicle is in the key-off state. A time period may be provided after the first door is opened or unlocked so as to allow an individual to operate a switch for coupling an electrical power source to an electrical power outlet in the vehicle. The electrical power outlet may be disconnected from the electrical power source based on detecting a failure of the individual to operate the switch within the time period and/or based on detecting a movement of the individual outside a boundary defined around the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2023Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Vyas Shenoy, Brendan Diamond, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, David Celinske
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Publication number: 20240239270Abstract: A vehicle cargo storage system configured to be located in a floor of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle cargo storage system includes a chamber configured to extend into and below the floor of the vehicle, and a cargo holding structure configured to hold one or more cargo items and configured to move between a stowed position within the chamber and a deployed position outside the chamber. The vehicle cargo system also including a cover to a pivot mechanism to pivot the cover between a first closed position covering the one or more cargo items in the chamber and a second position to expose the one or more cargo items outside the chamber, and a locking mechanism configured to be actuated to lock the cover in the first closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2023Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Michael John Harmon, Jeff Robert Seaman, Annette Lynn Huebner, Aaron Bradley Johnson, Brendan Diamond
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Publication number: 20240227684Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a motor vehicle assembly, including: a roof including a recess; a rail, wherein the rail is moveable between a retracted position and a deployed position, wherein the rail is at least partially within a recess of the roof in the retracted position, wherein the rail is able to connect to an accessory arranged above the roof in the deployed position; and a joint assembly, wherein the joint assembly is configured to guide movement of the rail between the retracted position and the deployed position, wherein the joint assembly includes a first foot, a second foot, and a slotted track, and wherein the first foot and the second foot are arranged at least partially within the slotted track.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Michael John Harmon, David Brian Glickman, Stuart C. Salter, Jeffrey Scott Mayville
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Publication number: 20240233059Abstract: An on-demand security inspection system is provided for dispatching an investigator to a target dwelling. The investigator (e.g., a police officer) carries a video camera (e.g., a body cam). The inspection system comprises a service management server, a requestor interface, and an investigator interface. The requestor interface is configured to link a user to the service management server in order to specify a checklist. The investigator interface is configured to link a mobile unit (e.g., a vehicle control module or a handheld mobile unit) to the service management server in order to (1) communicate a plurality of checklist prompts to the mobile unit, and (2) return video data from the video camera captured according to the checklist prompts.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Christopher C. Hunt, Brendan F. Diamond, Paul K. Dellock, John R. Van Wiemeersch
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Patent number: 12030354Abstract: An electrified vehicle winch includes, among other things, a winch and a charge port connector that connects to a charge port of an electrified vehicle. The winch is powered through the charge port connector. A winch operating method includes, among other things, operating a winch to move a load and, during the operating, powering the winch through a charge port of the electrified vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, William Wurz, Ryan J. O'Gorman, Peter Phung, David Brian Glickman
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Patent number: 12031374Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes a cabin interior, a seat configured to hold a passenger, a window having a movable panel actuatable between open and closed positions, and an actuator to power the window between the open and closed positions. The vehicle also includes an imaging device located in the cabin interior and oriented to capture images of a passenger seated on the seat and at least a portion of the movable panel of the window, and a controller processing the images to determine one or more characteristics of a face of the passenger. The controller further processes the images to monitor a position of the movable panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Michael John Kipley, Adrian Aguirre, Pietro Buttolo, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
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Patent number: 12027149Abstract: A transportation vehicle provides a workspace in a passenger cabin to support a teleconference with a remote party. External sensors are configured to scan the exterior of the vehicle. A sound exciter is configured to generate a masking noise directed to the exterior. A control circuit which enhances privacy of the teleconference is configured to A) detect the audio content of the teleconference being present in the interior of the vehicle, B) quantify an interior sound level of the audio content, C) estimate a discernability of the audio content at an external location accessible to passersby where the audio content can be overheard, and D) activate the sound exciter such that the masking noise is adapted to mask the audio content at the external location.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2023Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Brendan F. Diamond, John R. Van Wiemeersch, Pietro Buttolo, Ryan O'Gorman, Joshua R. Wheeler
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Patent number: 12024000Abstract: A vehicle includes a body defining an interior cabin having at least one seat and a tailgate rearward of the at least one seat at a rear end of the cabin interior, a shelf configured to extend between lateral sides of the cabin interior in a region between the at least one seat and the liftgate. The shelf is configured to be arranged in one of a first shelf position, a second shelf position and a seat backrest position, and a heating device operable to heat the shelf. The vehicle also includes an orientation sensor to sense orientation of the shelf in one of the first position, second position and backrest position, and a controller controlling temperature of the heating element based on the sensed orientation of the shelf.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Dustin Shedlarski, Micah R. Jones, David Brian Glickman, Claudia Alejandra Ardura, Adrian Aguirre, Michael John Kipley
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Publication number: 20240208544Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: June 27, 2024Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Christopher Charles Hunt, Brendan F. Diamond, Matthew Cramer Mullen, Douglas H. Randlett, Paul Kenneth Dellock
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Publication number: 20240212501Abstract: A fleet management system is disclosed. The system may include a transceiver configured to receive parking facility attributes associated with a parking facility and vehicle information associated with each vehicle in a vehicle fleet. The parking facility attributes may include parking resource locations in the parking facility and a parking resource availability information. The vehicle information may include a vehicle operational status and a future expected vehicle usage information. The system may further include a processor configured to determine a parking resource for each vehicle based on the parking facility attributes and the vehicle information. The transceiver may transmit a notification to each vehicle including a location of the determined parking resource and associated time period for parking resource usage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: June 27, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Brendan Diamond, Anthony Maraldo, Stuart C. Salter, Keith Weston, Ryan O'Gorman
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Publication number: 20240204527Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling a vehicle-to-home power supply and energy storage system in a manner that minimizes grid-based energy consumption without disrupting future usage of a vehicle of the system. A control system of the system may be configured to estimate a renewable energy generation of a local renewable energy system based on crowd sourced renewable energy generation information and weather information. The control module may be further configured to prepare a charging/discharging schedule and a vehicle operating schedule based on the estimated renewable energy generation of the local renewable energy system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Stuart C. SALTER, Ryan O'GORMAN, Brendan DIAMOND
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Publication number: 20240198970Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable to actuate a cleaning system to spray a sensor in accordance with a cleaning plan stored in the memory, actuate the cleaning system to spray the sensor in response to an input from an operator, and adjust the cleaning plan based on the input from the operator to actuate the cleaning system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Michael Kipley, Kimberly Berry, Brendan Francis Diamond, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Paul Kenneth Dellock
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Publication number: 20240195001Abstract: A battery assembly includes a base including a first locking feature, a lid including a second locking feature, and a metal joint fusing the first locking feature to the second locking feature. The metal joint is configured to melt to disconnect the first locking feature from the second locking feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Renata Michaela Arsenault, Brian Joseph Robert, Ann O'Neill, David Brian Glickman, Kent Snyder, Lorne Forsythe
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Publication number: 20240194060Abstract: An enforcement vehicle includes monitors an identified stopped vehicle using one or more sensors of the enforcement vehicle, to determine if any change to the stopped vehicle indicates a likelihood of escalation based on predefined escalation characteristics. The enforcement vehicle detects at least one escalation characteristic via the monitoring and automatically enacts a predefined vehicle reaction based on a predicted type of escalation determined from one or more detected at least one escalation characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Stuart C. SALTER, Douglas H. RANDLETT, Christopher Charles HUNT, Chad HOOVER, Paul Kenneth DELLOCK, Brendan F. DIAMOND
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Publication number: 20240190321Abstract: A vehicle console system includes a body having first and second sidewalls. Each of the first and second sidewalls defines a rail along an inner surface thereof. A support bar slidably engages the rails. The support bar defines a track. A cover assembly is operably coupled to the support bar. The cover assembly includes a base panel coupled to the support bar via a connector assembly and a deployable panel rotatably coupled to the base panel. The cover assembly is configured to translate along a first movement path with the support bar along the rails and a second movement path along the track of the support bar. The cover assembly is configured to rotate along a third movement path between a first side position and a second side position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Dustin Shedlarski, Ryan Welch, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Annette Lynn Huebner, Aaron Johnson
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Publication number: 20240189939Abstract: A system for recycling a component of a battery assembly includes a removal tool and a cover of the battery assembly. The cover includes a component removal zone configured to be removable from the cover by the removal tool to expose the component and a locator identifying the component removal zone for removal by the removal tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Renata Michaela Arsenault, Kent Snyder, Brian Joseph Robert, Ann O'Neill, David Brian Glickman
