Patents by Inventor Tom Boettger
Tom Boettger 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: 9994144Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes a glazing that has a first glass substrate and a second glass substrate. A polymeric interlayer is positioned between the first and second glass substrates and a phosphorescent layer is positioned on the polymeric interlayer. A light source is optically coupled with polymeric interlayer.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Paul Kenneth Dellock, Stuart C. Salter, Tom Boettger, Jim Pizzimenti
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Patent number: 9937855Abstract: A vehicle window glazing is provided that includes a transparent substrate defining a first surface with a decorative layer positioned on the first surface defining an indicium. A light source is positioned on the decorative layer. A conductive lead is electrically coupled to the light source and extends along the first surface of the substrate away from the light source. The at least one conductive lead is substantially transparent and a transparent layer is positioned over the decorative layer and substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman, Stuart C. Salter, Talat Karmo, Tom Boettger
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Patent number: 9855799Abstract: An indicator disposed proximate a fuel port of the vehicle is disclosed. The indicator comprises a persistent luminescent layer, a first light source, and one or more circuits. The persistent luminescent layer is configured to emit a first color of light. The first light source is configured to emit a charging emission to charge the persistent luminescent layer. The one or more circuits are configured to selectively activate one or more portions of the first light source such that the persistent luminescent layer is charged and illuminates the indicator in the first color.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, James J. Surman, Pietro Buttolo, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Tom Boettger
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Publication number: 20170349090Abstract: A vehicle window glazing is provided that includes a transparent substrate defining a first surface with a decorative layer positioned on the first surface defining an indicium. A light source is positioned on the decorative layer. A conductive lead is electrically coupled to the light source and extends along the first surface of the substrate away from the light source. The at least one conductive lead is substantially transparent and a transparent layer is positioned over the decorative layer and substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: Ford Global TechnologiesInventors: Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman, Stuart C. Salter, Talat Karmo, Tom Boettger
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Publication number: 20170334342Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes a glazing that has a first glass substrate and a second glass substrate. A polymeric interlayer is positioned between the first and second glass substrates and a phosphorescent layer is positioned on the polymeric interlayer. A light source is optically coupled with polymeric interlayer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2016Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Paul Kenneth Dellock, Stuart C. Salter, Tom Boettger, Jim Pizzimenti
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Publication number: 20170225615Abstract: An indicator disposed proximate a fuel port of the vehicle is disclosed. The indicator comprises a persistent luminescent layer, a first light source, and one or more circuits. The persistent luminescent layer is configured to emit a first color of light. The first light source is configured to emit a charging emission to charge the persistent luminescent layer. The one or more circuits are configured to selectively activate one or more portions of the first light source such that the persistent luminescent layer is charged and illuminates the indicator in the first color.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2016Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, James J. Surman, Pietro Buttolo, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Tom Boettger
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Patent number: 9439245Abstract: A laminated window is disclosed having a window heater unit which is connected to an external source of electrical power by means of an electrically conductive strip. At least a part of each of the electrically conductive strips is bonded on all sides to one or more laminating interlayer interposed between and bonding together two panes of glass. The bonding of the laminating interlayer to the electrically conductive strips during manufacture of the laminated window produces a water impervious seal between the laminating interlayer and the respective electrically conductive strip.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Nigel Philip Harold Fawcett, Tom Boettger, Oliver Sterzenbach, Larry Agius
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Publication number: 20140251975Abstract: A laminated window is disclosed having a window heater unit which is connected to an external source of electrical power by means of an electrically conductive strip. At least a part of each of the electrically conductive strips is bonded on all sides to one or more laminating interlayer interposed between and bonding together two panes of glass. The bonding of the laminating interlayer to the electrically conductive strips during manufacture of the laminated window produces a water impervious seal between the laminating interlayer and the respective electrically conductive strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Nigel Philip Harold Fawcett, Tom Boettger, Oliver Sterzenbach, Larry Agius
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Publication number: 20110099067Abstract: Computer readable media, apparatuses, and methods may include analyzing account information for an account with a financial institution, where the account is associated with a first customer of the financial institution, and wherein the account information comprises a plurality of purchases made by the first customer using the account, selecting a subset of marketing offers from a plurality of available marketing offers, based on the plurality of purchases, generating an interactive account statement for the customer, said account statement comprising the account information and the subset of marketing offers, wherein each marketing offer in the subset of marketing offers is hyperlinked in the interactive account statement to additional information corresponding to that offer, and sending the interactive account statement to a client device associated with the customer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: John Cooper, Justin McCord, Tom Boettger, Mike Coyne, Samantha Wallace, Rex Oberg
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Patent number: 6971702Abstract: A windshield trim molding is affixed to the peripheral edge of an automotive windshield during the manufacturing process of mounting the windshield on an automobile chassis. The windshield molding incorporates an extruded strip of elastomeric material, such as ALCRYN or RAUPREN melt-processible rubber, at the contact surface of the molding where a windshield primer is applied to the glass prior to the installation of the molding. As a result, the elastomeric material becomes bonded to the windshield glass, rather than the plastic molding. The strip of extruded elastomeric material is softer than either the windshield glass or the plastic molding and absorbs any failure due to differences in thermal expression rates between the plastic molding and the windshield glass, thus preventing spalling at the peripheral edge of the windshield.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2004Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLCInventors: Tom Boettger, Mukta Mehandru, Kris Cockerel, Maria Hertaler, Carolyn Tatge
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Publication number: 20050052048Abstract: A windshield trim molding is affixed to the peripheral edge of an automotive windshield during the manufacturing process of mounting the windshield on an automobile chassis. The windshield molding incorporates an extruded strip of elastomeric material, such as Alcryn or Ralpryn, at the contact surface of the molding where a windshield primer is applied to the glass prior to the installation of the molding. As a result, the elastomeric material becomes bonded to the windshield glass, rather than the plastic molding. The strip of extruded elastomeric material is softer than either the windshield glass or the plastic molding and absorbs any failure due to differences in thermal expansion rates between the plastic molding and the windshield glass, thus preventing spalling at the peripheral edge of the windshield.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2004Publication date: March 10, 2005Inventors: Tom Boettger, Mukta Mehandru, Kris Cockerel, Maria Hertaler, Carolyn Tatge