Patents by Inventor Stuart Kennedy

Stuart Kennedy 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: 12010175
    Abstract: A first message is broadcasted to a plurality of remote computers identifying an attribute of a host vehicle. A second message including a request to receive data about the identified attribute in response to broadcasting the first message is received from one of the remote computers. Upon receiving the second message, a host vehicle component is actuated to output at least one of light or sound associated with the identified attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Pietro Buttolo, Kristin A. Hellman, William H. Wurz, David Kennedy
  • Patent number: 11999254
    Abstract: A system comprises a computer having a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive, from a charge-requesting vehicle, a charge request, determine a suggested provider pool for fulfilling the charge request, the suggested provider pool including multiple suggested charge-providing vehicles, send suggested provider data to the charge-requesting vehicle, the suggested provider data identifying the multiple suggested charge-providing vehicles, receive, from the charge-requesting vehicle, a provider selection identifying one of the multiple suggested charge-providing vehicles as a selected charge-providing vehicle, identify transfer parameters for a battery charge transfer from the selected charge-providing vehicle to the charge-requesting vehicle; and send a transfer initiation message to instruct the selected charge-providing vehicle to initiate the battery charge transfer according to the transfer parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Jim Baumbick, David Kennedy, Annette Lynn Huebner, Peter Phung
  • Patent number: 11964583
    Abstract: A computer can execute instructions to: receive power-receiving vehicle data identifying a power-receiving vehicle; identify one or more power-supplying vehicles for providing charging to the power-receiving vehicle; determine a rank for each of the identified one or more power-supplying vehicles based on the received power-receiving vehicle data and data received from the one or more power-supplying vehicles; upon selecting one of the one or more power-supplying vehicles, provide a navigation instruction to navigate at least one of the power-receiving vehicle and the selected power-supplying vehicle to a charging location based on a power-receiving vehicle location and a selected power-supplying vehicle location; and send access data to the power-receiving vehicle to access a charge port of the selected power-supplying vehicle; send a first light actuation instruction to the power-supplying vehicle based on a charging status; and send a second light actuation instruction to the power-receiving vehicle based
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Kennedy, Annette Lynn Huebner, Peter Phung
  • Patent number: 11951860
    Abstract: The disclosure generally pertains to battery charging management of battery electric vehicles (BEVs). In an example method, a processor generates an operational profile for a first BEV among a number of BEVs. The profile may be based on a mileage accumulation pattern, a parking pattern, and/or a battery charging pattern, detected over an information collection period. The mileage accumulation pattern may be based on the use of the first BEV for commuting from a residence to a workplace. The processor determines an availability of a battery charging outlet in a section of a garage of the residence, and based on the operational profile of the first BEV, identifies a period of time for charging a battery of the first BEV in the garage. The processor then issues a directive to park the first BEV in the section of the garage over the identified period of time for charging the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Salter, Pietro Buttolo, Jim Baumbick, Annette Huebner, David Kennedy
  • Patent number: 11932279
    Abstract: An item repositioning method includes, in response to a request for an item, moving a vehicle along a first route to a location of the item, loading the item in the vehicle using a lift assist device mounted to the vehicle, moving the vehicle along a second route to transport the item to a desired location, and at the desired location, unloading the item from the vehicle using the lift assist device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Brendan Diamond, David Kennedy, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Pietro Buttolo, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman
  • Patent number: 11922737
    Abstract: The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for battery life cycle prediction for a preowned electrified vehicle including receiving state of charge (SOC) and mileage data associated with the preowned electrified vehicle, providing one or more driving maneuvers to be performed by a driver, providing one or more instructions to the driver to operate power-driven accessories of the preowned electrified vehicle, collecting data representing battery usage by the driver by monitoring the driving maneuvers and the operation of power-driven accessories as performed by the driver, and responsive to the collected data representing battery usage and the SOC and mileage, providing a battery life prediction for the preowned electrified vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Salter, Pietro Buttolo, Annette Huebner, David Kennedy, Hussein Berry
  • Publication number: 20240062235
    Abstract: Promotion deductions are processed by receiving a deduction backup including a deduction charge at a computing system. Details of the deduction charge are extracted from the backup and stored. The extracted details are then compared to criteria for various active promotions to determine whether the deduction charge is valid and should be consolidated, e.g., in an accounting system. Systems and methods of the disclosure also include functionality to receive and process deduction backups in various formats, to implement machine learning to perform various predictive tasks, and to automatically initiate dispute processes if a deduction charge is found to be invalid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Whatley, Nicole Moskaluk, Stuart Kennedy, Daniel Whatley
  • Publication number: 20240051927
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the flow synthesis manufacture of RDX, comprising the steps of preparing input flow reagent A, comprising hexamine dissolved in nitric acid with a concentration less than 92%, preparing input flow reagent B comprising 99% concentration nitric acid, causing the input flow reagents A and B to enter a flow reactor at a flow rate, so as to cause a total nitric acid concentration of greater than 93%, in said flow reactor, cooling the reaction chamber to less than 30° C., causing the output mixed flow to be quenched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Andy Oden Burn, Matthew Paul Didsbury, Stuart Kennedy, Nicola Kennedy, Ian Ewart Murray Paterson, Daniel Jubb
  • Publication number: 20230147714
    Abstract: Described embodiments provide systems and methods for generating a network space to perform mitigation actions on a plurality of users. At least one server may determine a plurality of users of one or more levels of riskiness in a network environment, and network locations of the users. Using a plurality of clustering features, the at least one server may generate a network space comprising a cluster of network locations corresponding to a subset of the users of at least a defined level of riskiness. The at least one server may perform a mitigation action on the subset of users corresponding to the generated network space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Saifulla Shaik, Aikaterini Kalou, Stuart Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20210073847
    Abstract: Promotion deductions are processed by receiving a deduction backup including a deduction charge at a computing system. Details of the deduction charge are extracted from the backup and stored. The extracted details are then compared to criteria for various active promotions to determine whether the deduction charge is valid and should be consolidated, e.g., in an accounting system. Systems and methods of the disclosure also include functionality to receive and process deduction backups in various formats, to implement machine learning to perform various predictive tasks, and to automatically initiate dispute processes if a deduction charge is found to be invalid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander Whatley, Nicole Moskaluk, Stuart Kennedy, Daniel Whatley
  • Patent number: 7555564
    Abstract: A server has a memory 16 arranged to have a document 17 having a number of parts stored in it. The server is arranged to: receive a request including a URI having a document identifier which identifies both the whole and a part of the document; determine capabilities of the device; and deliver an appropriate portion of the document containing at least the identified part, the portion depending on the capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Roger Brian Gimson, Stuart Kennedy Williams