公开(公告)号：US20200324571A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-15

申请号：US16838262

申请日：2020-04-02

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Janice Lisa Tardiff ,  Adam Wirth ,  Cindy Sofia Barrera-Martinez ,  Wesley Grant Morris ,  Matthew Aaron Knych

IPC: B60B1/02 ,  B60B27/00

Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire includes a wheel hub portion, a tread ring portion, and a plurality of flexible spokes extending between and coupled to the wheel hub portion and the tread ring portion. A hollow core is positioned between adjacent flexible spokes or formed within each flexible spoke. The plurality of flexible spokes are configured to cyclically move between a narrow position to a wide position when the non-pneumatic tire is attached to a vehicle and is rolling on a road surface such that the plurality of flexible spokes act as a bellows that pumps air from one side of the non-pneumatic tire to another side of the non-pneumatic tire.

公开(公告)号：US20230007957A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-12

申请号：US17372074

申请日：2021-07-09

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： John Ottavio Michelini ,  Matthew Aaron Knych ,  Ross Dykstra Pursifull ,  Rani Kiwan

IPC: G01G23/01 ,  G01G19/12

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to calibrate a weight estimation are disclosed herein. An example apparatus comprises memory including stored instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions to determine, via a first sensor, a first load estimation of a vehicle corresponding to when the vehicle under a load condition, determine, via a second sensor, a second load estimation corresponding to when the vehicle is moving and under the load condition, and calibrate, based on a difference between the second load estimation and the first load estimation, an error of the first load estimation.

公开(公告)号：US20240027257A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18481065

申请日：2023-10-04

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： John Ottavio Michelini ,  Matthew Aaron Knych ,  Ross Dykstra Pursifull ,  Rani Kiwan

IPC: G01G23/01 ,  G01G19/12

CPC classification number: G01G23/01 ,  G01G19/12

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to calibrate a weight estimation are disclosed herein. An example apparatus comprises memory including stored instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions to determine, via a first sensor, a first load estimation of a vehicle corresponding to when the vehicle under a load condition, determine, via a second sensor, a second load estimation corresponding to when the vehicle is moving and under the load condition, and calibrate, based on a difference between the second load estimation and the first load estimation, an error of the first load estimation.

公开(公告)号：US11796380B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US17372074

申请日：2021-07-09

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： John Ottavio Michelini ,  Matthew Aaron Knych ,  Ross Dykstra Pursifull ,  Rani Kiwan

IPC: G01G23/01 ,  G01G19/12

CPC classification number: G01G23/01 ,  G01G19/12

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to calibrate a weight estimation are disclosed herein. An example apparatus comprises memory including stored instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions to determine, via a first sensor, a first load estimation of a vehicle corresponding to when the vehicle under a load condition, determine, via a second sensor, a second load estimation corresponding to when the vehicle is moving and under the load condition, and calibrate, based on a difference between the second load estimation and the first load estimation, an error of the first load estimation.

公开(公告)号：US20240066929A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-29

申请号：US17900181

申请日：2022-08-31

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Ross Dykstra Pursifull ,  Matthew Aaron Knych

IPC: B60C11/24 ,  B60C23/04 ,  G07C5/00 ,  G07C5/08

CPC classification number: B60C11/246 ,  B60C11/243 ,  B60C23/0479 ,  B60C23/0488 ,  G07C5/006 ,  G07C5/0825 ,  B60C2200/04

Abstract: A system for monitoring tire tread on a vehicle may include front wheels, rear wheels, a sensor network to determine rolling radius data associated with the front wheels and the rear wheels, processing circuitry which may include a memory unit and may be configured to receive the rolling radius data from the sensor network, and a user interface which may display information to an operator of the vehicle. The processing circuitry may be further configured to determine a rolling radius of the front wheels and the rear wheels, determine a difference in the rolling radius between the front wheels and the rear wheels, compare the difference in the rolling radius to a predetermined threshold value, and generate a notification via the user interface to indicate that a tire rotation may be recommended responsive to the difference in the rolling radius exceeding the predetermined threshold value.

公开(公告)号：US20180341264A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-29

申请号：US15603494

申请日：2017-05-24

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Matthew Aaron Knych

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G01S19/13

Abstract: A computer is programmed to receive, from a vehicle control device, data specifying a location of the control device outside a vehicle; receive data specifying a spatial boundary; generate a path avoiding the spatial boundary from a current location of the vehicle to a location within a predetermined distance of the control-device location; and navigate the vehicle along the path.