公开(公告)号：US11433733B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-06

申请号：US16797006

申请日：2020-02-21

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Dennis Craig Reed ,  Imad Hassan Makki ,  Hadi Abbas ,  Alan Gutowski ,  Clay Wesley Maranville ,  Volker Scheer

IPC: B60H1/00 ,  B60H3/06

Abstract: 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.

公开(公告)号：US20190176748A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-13

申请号：US15834247

申请日：2017-12-07

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Kerrie Gath ,  John Craig Elson ,  Victoria Schein ,  Clay Wesley Maranville

IPC: B60R22/12

CPC classification number: B60R22/12 ,  B60H1/00271 ,  B60R21/18 ,  B60R21/239 ,  B60R2021/23519 ,  B60R2022/1806

Abstract: A vehicle seat belt system is provided. The vehicle seat belt system includes a seat belt comprising a tubular seat belt webbing defining a passageway and a plurality of exhaust openings. The seat belt system also has an air porous compressible material disposed within the passageway. The seat belt buckle has an air delivery device that supplies air to the seat belt, wherein the air porous compressible material allows air to flow through the passageway when compressed.

公开(公告)号：US20190176747A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-13

申请号：US15834217

申请日：2017-12-07

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： John Craig Elson ,  Kerrie Kathleen Gath ,  Clay Wesley Maranville ,  Victoria Leigh Schein

IPC: B60R22/12

CPC classification number: B60R22/12 ,  B60H1/00271 ,  B60H1/22 ,  B60R21/18 ,  B60R2022/1806

Abstract: A vehicle seat belt system is provided. The vehicle seat belt system includes a seat belt comprising a tubular seat belt webbing defining a passageway and a plurality of exhaust openings located along a length of the webbing, and an air delivery device supplying air to the seat belt. The seat belt is configured such that air flowing out of the exhaust openings is substantially evenly distributed along the length of the webbing.

公开(公告)号：US10279650B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-07

申请号：US14606080

申请日：2015-01-27

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Clay Wesley Maranville ,  Kenneth J. Jackson ,  James George Gebbie

IPC: B60H1/00 ,  F25B27/00 ,  B60H1/32 ,  B60H1/24 ,  B60H3/00 ,  B60N2/56 ,  B60H1/02 ,  H05B3/02 ,  B60L1/02 ,  B60H3/02

Abstract: Vehicle climate control systems include heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems for adjusting the vehicle cabin temperature. The HVAC system can deliver heated or cooled air to the vehicle interior to achieve a desired temperature inside the vehicle cabin. Some vehicles are equipped with secondary comfort features, such as heated or cooled seats, for additionally addressing occupant comfort. These features are typically stand-alone devices that function separately from the HVAC system.

公开(公告)号：US20190061466A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-28

申请号：US15685945

申请日：2017-08-24

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Perry Robinson MacNeille ,  Victoria Leigh Schein ,  Clay Wesley Maranville ,  Kerrie Kathleen Gath ,  Jeffrey Brian Yeung

IPC: B60H1/00 ,  F24F11/00 ,  B60H3/00 ,  B60H3/06

Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for vehicle cabin odor detection and amelioration. An example vehicle includes an array of chemical sensors, a spectrograph, and an environmental control system. The example environmental control system generates a spectrum, with the spectrograph, of chemical components of volatilomes in air inside a cabin and classifies the volatilomes based on the spectrum, measurements from the array of chemical sensors, and occupant preferences. Additionally, the environmental control system, when the volatilomes are indicative of an offensive scent, applies a mitigation strategy to affect the composition of the air in the cabin.

公开(公告)号：US20190047367A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-14

申请号：US15675327

申请日：2017-08-11

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： John Craig Elson ,  Clay Wesley Maranville ,  Kenneth Edward Nietering ,  Richard H. Wykoff, II

IPC: B60H1/22

Abstract: A radiant heating system is provided for a motor vehicle. That radiant heating system includes a first surface configured to reflect IR radiation toward a motor vehicle occupant and a first IR heating element oriented to direct IR radiation toward the first surface whereby the motor vehicle occupant is warmed indirectly by the IR radiation emitted from the first IR heating element.

公开(公告)号：US20190047366A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-14

申请号：US15674018

申请日：2017-08-10

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： John Craig Elson ,  Victoria Leigh Schein ,  Kerrie Kathleen Gath ,  Clay Wesley Maranville

IPC: B60H1/22

Abstract: An operator configurable radiant heating system is provided for a motor vehicle. That operator configurable radiant heating system includes a plurality of docking points provided at different locations within the motor vehicle and a radiant heating panel configured for docking with any of the docking points of the plurality of docking points. A related method is also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US10131205B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-20

申请号：US14010057

申请日：2013-08-26

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Mark G. Smith ,  James George Gebbie ,  Franco Ragazzi ,  Clay Wesley Maranville

IPC: B60H1/04 ,  B60H1/00

Abstract: A climate control system having a coolant subsystem, a heat pump subsystem, and an intermediate heat exchanger. The intermediate heat exchanger may transfer thermal energy from the heat pump subsystem to the coolant to increase the temperature of the coolant when the climate control system is in a heating mode.

公开(公告)号：US10046713B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-14

申请号：US14986841

申请日：2016-01-04

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Clay Wesley Maranville ,  Douglas Scott Rhode ,  Rick H. Wykoff ,  Randal Henry Visintainer

IPC: B60R11/00 ,  B60R9/04 ,  B62D25/06 ,  G01S13/93

Abstract: A vehicle roof mount includes at least one datum feature. The datum feature is provided according to at least one datum. The at least one datum is determined according to a specified orientation of a sensor included in a sensor frame. The sensor frame is mateable to the roof mount.

公开(公告)号：US09818501B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-14

申请号：US13654655

申请日：2012-10-18

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Larry Dean Elie ,  Allan Roy Gale ,  John Matthew Ginder ,  Clay Wesley Maranville

IPC: H01B7/00 ,  H01B3/10 ,  H01B1/02 ,  C25D11/04 ,  C25D11/12 ,  C25D11/18

CPC classification number: H01B3/105 ,  C25D11/04 ,  C25D11/12 ,  C25D11/18 ,  H01B1/026 ,  H01B7/0009

Abstract: An insulated electric conductor having a copper core, a layer of aluminum formed on the copper core, and a second layer of aluminum in the form of high-purity aluminum is disclosed. The copper core may be a solid core or may be formed from a plurality of copper strands. The layer of aluminum formed over the copper core is at least partially anodized to form an aluminum oxide dielectric layer. The layer of high-purity aluminum may be formed by evaporation deposition, sputter deposition, or co-extrusion. Once the layer of high-purity aluminum is formed, it is anodized. More than two layers of aluminum may be formed over the copper core.