Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ford Global Tech.inc

Dhaval P Vaishnav

Syed K Ali

Mike Dong

Luis Felipe Blas Martinez

Andre Sykula

Miguel Angel Leon Guerrero

Enrique Lopez Hernandez

Yi-Hsin Yen

Venkatesh Krishnan

Mohammad Usman

Kristian Ulyses Flores Aviña

Mark W Peters

Roger Joseph Khami

Robert Dean Keller

Scott M Rollins

Matthew Werner

David Moyer

Niels Kragh

Donald Ignasiak

Eric A Macke

Michael G Heim

Frank Joseph Topolovec

Mike Terrence Zitkovic

Virginia Ortega Conde

Daniel J Osterhart

Seyyed Mohsen Mousavi Ehteshami

Francisco Javier Gomez Mata

Chris A Myers

Daniel Hernandez

Mayur C Shah

Maria Fernanda Maya Diaz

Niels Christopher Kragh

Dennis Raney

Gregory Hamel

An anti-siphon device and method for operation of an anti-siphon device is provided. The anti-siphon device includes a plurality of radially aligned fins that are unsupported at one end and attached to a carrier body at a second end.

Anti-siphon device and method for operation of an anti-siphon device

A fuel-storage tank for a vehicle includes a body defining an interior volume having a floor and a ceiling and configured to store fuel. The tank further includes an anti-slosh reinforcement column extending between the floor and the ceiling. The anti-slosh reinforcement column has a vertical baffle extending between the floor and the ceiling. The vertical baffle has opposing first and second major faces and edges extending therebetween. A horizontal baffle of the column has upper and lower major faces and edges extending therebetween. The horizontal baffle is rigidly supported on the vertical baffle such that the first and second major faces are substantially perpendicular to the upper and lower major faces.

Vehicle fuel-storage tank with anti-slosh elements

A sensor assembly includes a cylindrical sensor window defining an axis, and an annular member coupled to the sensor window and rotatable about the axis. The annular member includes a nozzle aimed at the sensor window and oriented at an acute angle from a radial direction toward the axis in a plane orthogonal to the axis.

Sensor assembly with cleaning system

Methods and systems are provided for a conical guard for an evaporative emissions control (EVAP) system. In one example, the conical guard is arranged at an end of a vent line of the EVAP system, adapted with openings sufficiently small to hinder entry of foreign bodies into the vent line. The conical guard is further configured to trap and expel debris and maintain a desired rate of flow through the EVAP system.

Conical guard for air conduit

A system includes a base having a sensor opening. An object-detection sensor is aligned with the sensor opening. A motor and a guide are each supported by the base and are spaced from each other. A continuous band is flexible relative to and engaged with the motor and the guide. At least a portion of the continuous band is transparent and extends between the sensor and the sensor opening. If a contaminant, e.g., dirt, water, snow, etc., is on the continuous band at the sensor opening, the motor moves the continuous band to locate a clean section of the continuous band at the opening.

Vehicle object-detection sensor system

An annular nozzle assembly includes an inlet tube, an annular tube, at least three first spray nozzles, and a plurality of separating vanes. The annular tube connects to the inlet tube. The first spray nozzles are fixed to the annular tube and are directed to spray inwardly and in a first vertical direction and are equally spaced from each other. The separating vanes are disposed within the annular tube and extend along a length thereof and define a flow channel for each first spray nozzle.

Sensor washer system with annular nozzle assembly

Methods and systems are provided for a baffle system of a fuel tank. In one example, a baffle system for a fuel tank may include a horizontal section and a vertical section, where the vertical section is arranged perpendicular to the horizontal section and includes a first end coupled to the horizontal section. The vertical section may be rigidly attached to a top surface of the fuel tank via an attachment interface.

Fuel tank baffle including vertical and horizontal surfaces for reduction of fuel slosh noise

A system for reducing fuel slosh noise in a storage tank is described. In one particular example, the system comprises a slatted baffle with angularly arranged louvers extending therefrom to reduce sloshing noise in the tank by redirecting fuel waves while preventing surface wave collisions in the tank. In this way, the louvered baffle has the ability to provide different fuel flows based on the direction of flow incident on the slatted baffle, which may enhance the driving experience, particularly in hybrid and start-stop vehicles, where periods exist in the drive cycle where background engine noise is absent.

Louvered screen baffle for reduction of fuel slosh noise

Vapors in the fuel tank of a vehicle are collected in a carbon canister. An ejector or aspirator is used to purge the carbon canister in a pressure-charged engine in which a positive pressure exists in the intake. A compact ejector includes a substantially planar flange and a venturi tube coupled to the flange with a central axis of the venturi tube substantially parallel to the flange. By mounting the ejector on an intake component, having the venturi tube on the inside of the intake component, and having the venturi tube parallel to the flange yields a very compact package and protects the ejector from damage from other engine components.

Compact ejector system for a boosted internal combustion engine

A method, comprising: purging fuel vapors from a fuel vapor canister and/or a fuel vapor bleed element to an engine intake with air routed through a transmission bellhousing. In this way, purge air may be warmed by heat generated in the transmission bellhousing during engine operation, thereby increasing desorption efficiency and reducing bleed emissions. Further, purge air may be pressurized in the transmission bellhousing to allow purging operations irrespective of intake manifold vacuum.

Systems and methods for purge air flow routing

A vapor storage device is provided. The vapor storage device includes a diffuser plate positioned on an axis of an inlet port and comprising one or more openings extending through the plate from a leading edge to a trailing edge and a dome coupled to the inlet port of the device and the diffuser plate, where the dome includes side walls spaced away from the diffuser plate.

Vapor storage device having a diffuser plate and dome

An integrated battery tray and reservoir assembly is provided which is adapted to be operatively installed within the engine compartment of a conventional vehicle. Assembly includes a battery tray portion having a back wall which includes a generally rectangular cavity a vacuum reservoir plate which is sealingly attached to back wall and which cooperates with back wall and cavity to form a sealed vacuum reservoir a valve housing portion which fluidly communicates with reservoir a solenoid valve assembly and a check valve assembly A vacuum hub locks pulse supply line is coupled to valve and selectively receives vacuum pulses from valve Assembly further includes an engine vacuum line and an HVAC vacuum line which are fluidly coupled to vacuum reservoir and which respectively provide and receive vacuum pressure to/from reservoir

Integrated battery tray and reservoir assembly

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Canton, MI, United States of America

Dhaval P Vaishnav