Patents by Inventor Volker Scheer
Volker Scheer 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: 11794554Abstract: A method determines air quality in a passenger compartment (4) of a motor vehicle (2) based on measured data representative of outside air quality and an evaluation model for extrapolating interior air quality. Measured data (MD) is collected by at least one sensor (6) arranged outside the passenger compartment. The measured data is evaluated using a model (12) for the air quality in the passenger compartment (4) in order to determine output data (AD) indicative of the air quality in the passenger compartment (4). Then the output data is output to the occupants of the passenger compartment.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Volker Scheer, Rainer Vogt
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Publication number: 20230191302Abstract: A filter device of an air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle is provided. The filter device has at least one indicator device arranged in the filter device, the indicator device having at least one electrically conductive indicator material, the conductive characteristics of which vary in a manner dependent on the degree of loading of the filter device with filtered particles. Also provided is a motor vehicle having an air-conditioning system comprising the filter device, and a method for detecting the state of the filter device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Bernd Dienhart, Klaus Schuermanns, Volker Scheer, Ingo Krolewski
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Publication number: 20230100673Abstract: A method for controlling a temperature in an interior of a vehicle is provided, wherein the temperature in the vehicle interior is determined with the aid of infrared radiation emitted by the fitments or in the interior, and the air conditioning is adjusted accordingly. A vehicle which is configured to carry out the method is furthermore provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Volker Scheer, Klaus Schuermanns, Bernd Dienhart
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Patent number: 11571997Abstract: A seat component for a vehicle seat having at least one air outlet unit configured to be connected to an air supply. In order to be able to adapt a ventilation function of the vehicle seat individually to a contact area between the vehicle seat and a person sitting thereon, the air outlet unit has at least one flexible air guide funnel and at least one diaphragm valve which is arranged within the at least one flexible air guide funnel and which is connected to the at least one flexible air guide funnel in such a way that the diaphragm valve closes the air guide funnel when the air guide funnel is not deformed, and at least partially opens the air guide funnel when the air guide funnel is deformed.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Thomas Baranowski, Jessica Rebecca Rausch, Volker Scheer, Maximilian Engelke, Marcel Mathissen
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Publication number: 20220371394Abstract: A method and a system for reducing a probability of transmitting pathogens between vehicle occupants located in an interior of a vehicle is disclosed. A hazardous situation present in a vehicle interior of the vehicle is recognized, which is associated with an elevated probability of transmitting pathogens, namely by registering a vehicle occupant-related event associated with the elevated probability of transmitting pathogens, and/or by registering a current pathogen load in the vehicle interior, and/or on the basis of an instruction provided by a vehicle occupant or externally, from which the elevated probability of transmitting pathogens and thus the hazardous situation can be concluded. In the event of a recognized hazardous situation, a measured for reducing the probability of transmitting pathogens in the vehicle interior is initiated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Rainer Vogt, Volker Scheer
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Patent number: 11433733Abstract: A vehicle heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system including a cabin air filter, a sensor for providing a sensor reading, and a controller for determining a feedback signal from the sensor reading, wherein the controller determines a cabin air filter expected blockage level from the feedback signal. The feedback signal relates to a usage modifier of the cabin air filter, wherein the controller at east partially adjusts the estimated usage the cabin air filter from the usage modifier.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Dennis Craig Reed, Imad Hassan Makki, Hadi Abbas, Alan Gutowski, Clay Wesley Maranville, Volker Scheer
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Patent number: 11390144Abstract: An air outlet for controlling an air flow has a ventilator housing and a direction and diffuser arrangement received in the ventilator housing. An air channel is formed by the ventilator housing and the direction and diffuser arrangement. In order to adjust flow properties of the air flow, the direction and diffuser arrangement is constructed so as to be able to be moved in a rotational manner about a center axis of the ventilator housing and/or moved in translation along the center axis of the ventilator housing and/or pivoted relative to the center axis of the ventilator housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Abhinav Dhake, Julius Maximilian Engelke, Volker Scheer
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Publication number: 20220134921Abstract: A seat component for a vehicle seat having at least one air outlet unit configured to be connected to an air supply. In order to be able to adapt a ventilation function of the vehicle seat individually to a contact area between the vehicle seat and a person sitting thereon, the air outlet unit has at least one flexible air guide funnel and at least one diaphragm valve which is arranged within the at least one flexible air guide funnel and which is connected to the at least one flexible air guide funnel in such a way that the diaphragm valve closes the air guide funnel when the air guide funnel is not deformed, and at least partially opens the air guide funnel when the air guide funnel is deformed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Thomas Baranowski, Jessica Rebecca Rausch, Volker Scheer, Maximilian Engelke, Marcel Mathissen
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Publication number: 20210260957Abstract: A vehicle heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system including a cabin air filter, a sensor for providing a sensor reading, and a controller for determining a feedback signal from the sensor reading, wherein the feedback signal relates to a usage modifier of the cabin air filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2020Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Dennis Craig Reed, Imad Hassan Makki, Hadi Abbas, Alan Gutowski, Clay Wesley Maranville, Volker Scheer
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Patent number: 11084353Abstract: A vehicle ventilating/cooling system may include at least one sun-load sensor arranged within the vehicle, and a controller configured to receive a sun-load signal indicating a sun-load level from the sensor and programmed to instruct at least one cooling component to conduct a purge of vehicle cabin air in response to the sun-load level exceeding a sun-load threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mark Allen Dearth, Paul Bryan Hoke, Lawrence C. Karas, Eric Gerd Schaefer, Timothy James Hallifax, Rainer Vogt, Volker Scheer, Timothy John Wallington
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Publication number: 20210229520Abstract: A method determines air quality in a passenger compartment (4) of a motor vehicle (2) based on measured data representative of outside air quality and an evaluation model for extrapolating interior air quality. Measured data (MD) is collected by at least one sensor (6) arranged outside the passenger compartment. The measured data is evaluated using a model (12) for the air quality in the passenger compartment (4) in order to determine output data (AD) indicative of the air quality in the passenger compartment (4). Then the output data is output to the occupants of the passenger compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Volker Scheer, Rainer Vogt
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Patent number: 10596876Abstract: A motor vehicle monitoring system displays air quality data comprised of a particulate matter concentration to a vehicle occupant. Fine particulate measurement values are collected from a sensor. At least one state parameter of the motor vehicle is detected, wherein the state parameter is indicative of a temporary disturbance of a concentration of the fine particulates exposed to the sensor. The fine particulate measurement values may be updated according to a correction factor as a function of the detected state parameter. The state parameter may include an air temperature, an air humidity, a current geographic position of the motor vehicle, an opened or closed state of a vehicle door, an opened or closed state of a vehicle window, an operating state of a blower fan of an air conditioning system, and a determination whether smoking is currently taking place in the motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Abhinav Dhake, Volker Scheer, Upendra Patel, Clay W. Maranville, Lawrence C. Karas
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Publication number: 20190283525Abstract: A motor vehicle monitoring system displays air quality data comprised of a particulate matter concentration to a vehicle occupant. Fine particulate measurement values are collected from a sensor. At least one state parameter of the motor vehicle is detected, wherein the state parameter is indicative of a temporary disturbance of a concentration of the fine particulates exposed to the sensor. The fine particulate measurement values may be updated according to a correction factor as a function of the detected state parameter. The state parameter may include an air temperature, an air humidity, a current geographic position of the motor vehicle, an opened or closed state of a vehicle door, an opened or closed state of a vehicle window, an operating state of a blower fan of an air conditioning system, and a determination whether smoking is currently taking place in the motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Abhinav Dhake, Volker Scheer, Upendra Patel, Clay W. Maranville, Lawrence C. Karas
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Patent number: 10363510Abstract: A climate control filter monitoring system includes a control module adapted to periodically set a climate control system to a filter test configuration, test the filter and then indicate when the climate control system filter needs changing or cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Lawrence C. Karas, Upendra J. Patel, Volker Scheer, Clay Wesley Maranville
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Patent number: 10352854Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle comprising a dust sensor. The dust sensor is a scattered light photometer according to the disclosure. The scattered light photometer measures the dust load of the air in a region of the motor vehicle in which resuspended or emitted dust has a tendency to occur during travel. In addition, the motor vehicle contains a device for dust reduction, which receives measured data from the scattered light photometer, and decides, on the basis of the measured data, whether measures are to be taken against dust resuspension or dust emission. The device takes corresponding measures if the dust load exceeds a threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Marcel Mathissen, Volker Scheer, Rainer Vogt
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Patent number: 10293824Abstract: A dust resuspension system for a vehicle includes one or more dust sensors mounted to a roof, the dust sensors being configured to observe a part of a roadway surface situated ahead of the vehicle in a direction of travel and provide data of a magnitude of a road dust load of the roadway surface based on type of road surface. The system also includes a device configured to, in response to the data indicating that the magnitude of the road dust load being above a predefined threshold, implement a dust resuspension measure, wherein the measure activates a brake system to impose a forced speed restriction.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Marcel Mathissen, Volker Scheer, Rainer Vogt
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Patent number: 10286882Abstract: A motor vehicle includes at least one air-conducting structure. That at least one air conducting structure is arranged downstream of a vehicle wheel in the direction of travel, for conducting at least some of the air in a wake of the vehicle wheel to a dust collector. A control unit is provided for automatic adjustment, in a manner depending on the speed of travel of the vehicle and/or of the spacing between a lower edge of the air-conducting structure and a roadway surface being driven over by the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Marcel Mathissen, Rainer Vogt, Volker Scheer, Lothar Krueger
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Publication number: 20190092142Abstract: An air outlet for controlling an air flow has a ventilator housing and a direction and diffuser arrangement received in the ventilator housing. An air channel is formed by the ventilator housing and the direction and diffuser arrangement. In order to adjust flow properties of the air flow, the direction and diffuser arrangement is constructed so as to be able to be moved in a rotational manner about a center axis of the ventilator housing and/or moved in translation along the center axis of the ventilator housing and/or pivoted relative to the center axis of the ventilator housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Abhinav Dhake, Julius Maximilian Engelke, Volker Scheer
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Publication number: 20180291671Abstract: An apparatus for providing a respiratory mask in a vehicle includes (a) a storage section in which a number of respiratory masks can be deposited; (b) a cover, which can be moved between a closed position and an open position; (c) a closure mechanism, which acts in combination with the cover and which can be switched from a first state, in which the closure mechanism holds the cover in the closed position, to a second state, in which the closure mechanism releases the cover to move into the open position, and vice versa; and (d) a control unit. A method for operating such an apparatus is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Eike Schmidt, Volker Scheer
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Publication number: 20180281560Abstract: A vehicle ventilating/cooling system may include at least one sun-load sensor arranged within the vehicle, and a controller configured to receive a sun-load signal indicating a sun-load level from the sensor and programmed to instruct at least one cooling component to conduct a purge of vehicle cabin air in response to the sun-load level exceeding a sun-load threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Mark Allen DEARTH, Paul Bryan HOKE, Lawrence C. Karas, Eric Gerd SCHAEFER, Timothy James HALLIFAX, Rainer VOGT, Volker SCHEER, Timothy John WALLINGTON