Ford Global Technologies, LLC patent applications published on December 28th, 2023

Summary of the patent applications from Ford Global Technologies, LLC on December 28th, 2023

Ford Global Technologies, LLC has recently filed several patents related to various technologies in the automotive industry. These patents cover a range of innovations including temperature monitoring in motors, controlling current commands in inverters, adjusting compression force in battery charging systems, fuel cell system pressure regulation, hybrid positive electrode materials for batteries, machine learning-based environmental data analysis, vehicle pose estimation, protolane testing, and ultrasonic object detection.

Notable applications of these patents include:

• Motor temperature monitoring and control in industries such as automotive, manufacturing, and robotics.
• Improved efficiency and performance of motors through real-time temperature monitoring.
• Efficient and controlled deactivation of vehicles and proper disconnection of traction batteries from inverters.
• Enhanced safety and stability during the deactivation process.
• Optimization of battery charging processes to extend battery lifespan in electric vehicles, renewable energy storage, and portable electronics.
• Prevention of excessive pressure differences in fuel cell systems, improving efficiency and safety.
• Improved battery performance, energy density, power density, lifespan, and cycle life.
• Training machine learning algorithms for autonomous vehicles, environmental monitoring, and predictive maintenance.
• Accurate determination of vehicle position and orientation in real-time for autonomous vehicles, augmented reality, and robotics.
• Streamlined testing process through the identification of common elements across different protolane families.
• Accurate object detection and tracking around vehicles using ultrasonic sensors, improving safety and efficiency.

Overall, these patents demonstrate Ford Global Technologies, LLC's commitment to innovation in various areas of the automotive industry, with a focus on improving performance, efficiency, safety, and sustainability.

Patent applications for Ford Global Technologies, LLC on December 28th, 2023

SANITIZATION APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE USING ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT (17850751)

Main Inventor

Jay Z. Chen

ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE HIGH VOLTAGE CONTACTOR CONTROL (17847603)

Main Inventor

Rui WANG

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES TO TRANSFER ENERGY (17849849)

Main Inventor

Stuart C. SALTER

TRAILER HITCHING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM INCLUDING TRAILER TYPE IDENTIFICATION AND ADAPTIVE INTERFACE (18367057)

Main Inventor

Seyed Armin Raeis Hosseiny

UMBRELLA HOLDING ASSEMBLY (17809439)

Main Inventor

Cesar Navarro Cervera

ENERGY ABSORBING STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE (17851767)

Main Inventor

Mohamed Ridha Baccouche

VEHICLE WIPER ASSEMBLY AND WIPER SECURING METHOD (17850288)

Main Inventor

Jose Garcia Crespo

METHODS AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE END OF STOP JERK (17850601)

Main Inventor

Alexandra Sharlow

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING LONGITUDINAL ACCELERATION BASED ON LATERAL OBJECTS (17808422)

Main Inventor

Alice Kassar

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING LONGITUDINAL ACCELERATION BASED ON LATERAL OBJECTS (17808414)

Main Inventor

Alice Kassar

ENHANCED STATIC OBJECT CLASSIFICATION USING LIDAR (17865240)

Main Inventor

Kevin Wyffels

VALIDATING PROTOLANES WITH ACTOR BEHAVIOR FLOWCHARTS (17846652)

Main Inventor

George Peter Kenneth CARR

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING LONGITUDINAL ACCELERATION BASED ON LATERAL OBJECTS (17808403)

Main Inventor

Alice Kassar

BODY ON FRAME VEHICLE FRONT END STRUCTURE (17846749)

Main Inventor

Dragan B. Stojkovic

FASTENER FOR FRAME STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE (17847010)

Main Inventor

S.M. Iskander Farooq

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRECHAMBER (17809530)

Main Inventor

Thomas G. Leone

FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED CHARGING PATHS (17849813)

Main Inventor

Stuart C. SALTER

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING AN EXHAUST GAS SENSOR (17809233)

Main Inventor

Jose Francisco Martinez Leyva

VEHICLE ULTRASONIC SENSOR DETECTION (17746143)

Main Inventor

Rajiv Sithiravel

TESTING REUSE ACROSS PROTOLANE FAMILIES (17846656)

Main Inventor

George Peter Kenneth CARR

VEHICLE POSE MANAGEMENT (17745920)

Main Inventor

Sushruth Nagesh

AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING MACHINE-LEARNING TRAINING DATA (17850241)

Main Inventor

Robert Parenti

MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SUPPORTED ANODE AND CATHODES (17851298)

Main Inventor

Eunsung LEE

PRESSURIZED FUEL CELL COOLING SYSTEM (18314296)

Main Inventor

Jan MEHRING

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INFLUENCING BATTERY CELL CYCLE LIFE BY VARYING COMPRESSION FORCE (17846141)

Main Inventor

Minghong LIU

ROTOR POSITION-BASED RAMP RATE TO REDUCE VEHICLE HARSHNESS DURING ACTIVE DISCHARGE (17851963)

Main Inventor

Ji Wu

Method and System for Active Detection of Rotor Magnet Temperature (17851755)

Main Inventor

Jonathan Hair