公开(公告)号：US10596589B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-24

申请号：US15951368

申请日：2018-04-12

Applicant: Ford Motor Company

Inventor： Kevin Favero ,  Michael Gardynik ,  Daniel Trentin ,  Steven Frank

IPC: B23P19/04 ,  B05C13/02 ,  B25H1/00

Abstract: A device for securing a movable panel relative to a vehicle body includes a housing, a plunger, a handle, and a spring. The housing defines a bore and a slot. The plunger includes a shaft and a clamp extending radially outward from the shaft. The shaft extends through the bore and is coupled to the housing for relative axial and rotational movement relative to the housing. The handle is fixedly coupled to the shaft and extends through the slot. The spring biases the clamp toward the housing.

公开(公告)号：US20200062074A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-27

申请号：US16487460

申请日：2017-02-23

Applicant: Ford Motor Company

Inventor： Perry Robinson MACNEILLE ,  Omar MAKKE ,  Yimin LIU ,  Jeffrey YEUNG ,  Oleg Yurievitch GUSIKHIN

IPC: B60H1/00 ,  B60W10/30

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for vehicle climate control using distributed sensors are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving data from sensors distributed within a vehicle at a first controller, processing the data at the first controller to identify an event associated with the interior of the vehicle and sending an instruction based on the event from the first controller to a second controller of the vehicle to affect an operation of a climate control system of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20200061728A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-27

申请号：US16107116

申请日：2018-08-21

Applicant: Ford Motor Company

Inventor： Michael Habel ,  Ethan Hughey ,  Shibu Philipose ,  David Stephenson

IPC: B23G5/00 ,  B23G5/06

Abstract: A thread tap includes a shaft and teeth. The shaft includes helical passages from the threading end to the base end of the shaft. Each passage opens through an aperture in the threading end. A second tap includes a cap and the shaft includes an axially extending passage. The cap is coupled to the threading end and at least partially defines apertures in fluid communication with the passage and the exterior of the tap. A third tap includes teeth spaced apart by a plurality of linear flutes. The shaft includes a central passage and a plurality of flute passages. Each flute passage extends radially outward from a common location in the central passage to a corresponding one of the flutes. The central passage is closed to a terminal end of the threading end.

公开(公告)号：US20200058092A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-20

申请号：US16346658

申请日：2016-11-03

Applicant: Ford Motor Company

Inventor： Pietro BUTTOLO ,  Stuart C. SALTER ,  Annette Lynn HUEBNER ,  Paul Kenneth DELLOCK ,  James Stewart RANKIN

IPC: G06Q50/30 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06Q30/02

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for queueing transportation providers and passengers are described. A method includes queuing in a first queue, first broadcast messages received from passenger mobile devices and queuing in a second queue, second broadcast messages received from transportation provider mobile devices. The method also includes comparing, via a processor, each of the first broadcast messages in the first queue to the second broadcast messages in the second queue to identify a match between one of the first broadcast messages and one of the second broadcast messages.

公开(公告)号：US10562408B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-18

申请号：US15709833

申请日：2017-09-20

Applicant: Ford Motor Company

Inventor： Alysa Darrenkamp

IPC: B60L58/33 ,  H01M8/04223 ,  H01M8/04082 ,  H01M8/04119

Abstract: An anode exhaust assembly including a housing and a base member is provided. The base member supports the housing and includes a base reservoir having a channel reservoir defined between two walls and a purge outlet open to the channel reservoir. Each of the walls defines an opening fluidly connecting the reservoirs located at a base reservoir inner surface such that fluid accumulating on a housing inner surface collects in the base reservoir prior to entering the channel reservoir. A cone member may be secured to an inner surface of the housing and include at least one cone opening oriented within the housing to direct fluid from a housing cavity to the base reservoir and not to the channel reservoir.

公开(公告)号：US20200030869A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-30

申请号：US16595125

申请日：2019-10-07

Applicant: Ford Motor Company

Inventor： Randal Dively ,  Ralph Conrad ,  S. George Luckey, JR. ,  Andrey Ilinich ,  Franco Leonardi ,  Seth Avery ,  Patrick McCleer

IPC: B21D43/24

Abstract: A method of separating blanks from a stack includes positioning a magnetic field generator in a fixed location proximate a peripheral edge of an upper portion of the stack, activating the magnetic field generator such that eddy currents are generated and result in a force vector in a direction away from a top-most blank of the stack, and pushing a blank, or multiple blanks, immediately below the top-most blank away from the top-most blank by the eddy currents.

公开(公告)号：US10534350B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-14

申请号：US15195438

申请日：2016-06-28

Applicant: Ford Motor Company ,  ABB Technology AG

Inventor： Alexander Marrocco ,  Hossein Firoozgan ,  Joosok Jinn ,  Isaac Zolotarev ,  Arnold Bell

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: A flexible pressing system for accepting and rejecting pressed part into a part may include a pressing apparatus configured to press components into a hole of a part and a controller programmed to receive press data for a press of at least one of the components, the press data including force, distance and time of the press, and determine whether the force is indicative of an inadequate press based on the force and distance at a specific time of the press.

公开(公告)号：US10514054B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-24

申请号：US15420214

申请日：2017-01-31

Applicant: Ford Motor Company

Inventor： Ira Jason Goldberg ,  David Alexander Goff

IPC: F16B31/02 ,  F16B35/04

Abstract: A hybrid metal plastic shear fastener bolt. The bolt includes a metal body having a first end and an opposing second end including a head and including a threaded shaft extending from the first end towards the second end along a longitudinal bolt axis. The bolt also includes a plastic torque head formed on the metal body configured to shear away from the metal body at a predetermined torque.

公开(公告)号：US20190383623A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-19

申请号：US16009072

申请日：2018-06-14

Applicant: Ford Motor Company

Inventor： Sudipto Aich ,  Jeanne Isaacs ,  Jamel Seagraves

IPC: G01C21/34 ,  G06Q10/02 ,  G06Q10/04

Abstract: A provider, such as a transportation management service, can manage transport for a number of riders between various locations. Routes can include at least two segments using the same or different modes of transportation. A customer can select a transportation option for an initial segment, without having to commit to options for other segments of the route. Transportation for those subsequent segments can be automatically booked or suggested at, or during, a time for the journey, such as during travel for the initial segment of the journey. A transportation service can receive confirmation that the rider is on a particular vehicle, determine the estimated time and location of arrival, and determine routing options for the next segment. The service can then automatically book the best option for the rider, or can suggest one or more options for selection or confirmation by the rider.

公开(公告)号：US20190383622A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-19

申请号：US16009070

申请日：2018-06-14

Applicant: Ford Motor Company

Inventor： Sudipto Aich ,  Jeanne Isaacs ,  Lisa Ratner ,  John Abernethy ,  Jamel Seagraves

IPC: G01C21/34 ,  G01C21/36

Abstract: A provider, such as a transportation management service, can manage transport for a number of riders between various locations. Individual routes can include at least two segments using the same or different modes of transportation. A customer can select a transportation option for the journey that causes reservations to be made for the various segments. It might subsequently be determined that the customer will be unable to make a connection for at least one of the segments. Using information such as an estimated time of arrival of the current segment, the customer can be rebooked on an alternate transportation option that will enable the customer to be transported to the target destination according to the criteria for the journey. Segments can be rebooked for other reasons as well, such as where a better segment option becomes available or is discovered.