Ford Global Technologies, LLC

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Keith Weston

Brendan F Diamond

Andrew Denis Lewandowski

Jordan Barrett

Michael Alan Mcnees

Stuart C Salter

Matthew Johnson

Joshua Sharpe

John Robert Van Wiemeersch

Andrew Thomas Cunningham

Anthony J Maraldo

David Michael Russell

Matthew Arthur Titus

Jonathan Hair

Lorne Forsythe

Lars Niklas Pettersson

Andrew Monticello

Ryan O'Rourke

Andrew Arthur Brown

Victor Martinez

Jim Stevens

Ryan Orourke

Andrew Brown

Aed M Dudar

Andrew D Niedert

Aaron Lewis Mills

David Douglas Friske

Mark Thomas Weston

Jeffrey John Ley

Jonathan Michael Graves

Francis Aroyehun

Brian Gabel

James Gerard Cullen

Zackary Swisher

Trystan Magnuson

Pietro Buttolo

Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam

Aaron Bradley Johnson

Mark Meinhart

Ryan J O'Gorman

Ryan Edwin Hanson

Filip Tomik

Jonathan Sullivan

Hani Mohammad Ayesh

James Trent

Shehan Haputhanthri

Rohit Hippalgaonkar

Ray A Sackett

Lucian Lippok

Daniel Joseph Dunn

Kenneth J Boyd

Alex Allmandinger

Brent Alan Hall

Nicholas Anthony Quatrano

Grant Patrick Mayer

Jorge Rivas

Nolen Thomas Barnes, Iii

Charles Richard Drake

David Guglielmo

Kenneth Mchugh

Joshua Walters

Alexander Ferencz

Trenton Lee McMillion

Ian George Eickholdt

Michael Joseph Niksa

Jennifer Bloedow

Michael A McNees

Brent Clark

Justin DeSordi

Tim Beck

Derek Bier

James Ethan Jones

Nikhil Subramaniam

Edwin Ho

Enzo Campagnolo

Brandon Roberts

An ionic airflow management system for a motor vehicle includes a controller, a power supply in communication with the controller, at least one exterior component of a motor vehicle having an integral electrode in electrical communication with the power supply, the integral electrode comprising a cathodic terminal portion and an anodic terminal portion oriented relative to a managed airflow vector, and at least one sensor in communication with the controller, the at least one sensor including a speed sensor. The power supply receives signals from the controller to supply a predetermined amount of electrical power to the integral electrode based on a threshold speed detected by the speed sensor in an active mode. The power supply receives signals from the controller to switch off electrical power to the integral electrode below the threshold speed in an inactive mode.

Active ionic propulsion system for motor vehicles

Methods, systems, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to determine threshold speed for a vehicle and trailer are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes memory, instructions, and programmable circuitry to execute the instructions to access information associated with at least one of a vehicle or a trailer coupled to the vehicle, determine, by executing a model based on the information, a threshold speed for the vehicle and the trailer, and prevent, by activating at least one vehicle control, the vehicle and the trailer from travelling at or above the threshold speed.

Methods, systems, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to determine threshold speed for a vehicle and trailer

A system comprises a computer having a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine a wakeup time for an occupant of a vehicle based on a destination and an object in an interior of the vehicle, and actuate a vehicle component to awaken the occupant.

Vehicle HMI actuation

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to determine the load of a vehicle via camera-based height measurement are disclosed herein. An example vehicle described herein includes a suspension assembly associated with a wheel, a first feature, a first camera, and a processor to execute instructions to capture, via the first camera, a first image including the first feature and a second feature, the first feature and a second feature having a first spatial relationship in the first image, capture, via the first camera, a second image including the first feature and the second feature, the first feature and the second feature having a second spatial relationship in the second image, and determine, based on a difference between the first spatial relationship and the second spatial relationship, a deflection of the suspension assembly.

Methods and apparatus to determine the load of a vehicle via camera based height measurement

A vehicle includes a front axle having left and right front wheels and a rear axle having left and right rear wheels. A steering-wheel assembly is used to control at least the front wheels. Left and right driver-actuatable inputs are supported by the steering wheel assembly. A vehicle controller is programmed to, responsive to actuation of the driver-actuatable inputs, place the vehicle in one or more operating modes such as tank turn, trail turn assist, or diagonal driving mode.

Limited use driving operations for vehicles

A vehicle control system may include a sensor network sensing vehicle attitude information and a controller operably coupled to the sensor network to determine, based on the vehicle attitude information, movement of a center of gravity of the vehicle relative to an axis of rotation of the vehicle. The controller may further determine a modification to a torque application of the vehicle based on the movement of the center of gravity of the vehicle relative to the axis of rotation of the vehicle.

BEV powertrain/steering controls for enhanced stability on inclined surfaces

A vehicle includes one or more sensors configured to generate sensor data; and a controller programmed to: responsive to receiving the sensor data indicative of rocks being propelled off the ground, perform a vehicle operation to protect the vehicle from the propelled rocks.

Rock kick up recognition system

The suspension assembly may include a suspension element operably coupling a chassis to a wheel assembly of the vehicle, and a coating operably coupled to an exposed portion of the suspension element that is compressed or displaced responsive to a suspension event. The coating when powered may emit light to illuminate the suspension element and an area proximate to the suspension element.

Illuminating coating for an element of a suspension assembly

A vehicle including a detection unit and a processor is disclosed. The detection unit may be configured to capture inputs associated with an external light being illuminated in proximity to the vehicle. The processor may be configured to obtain the inputs from the detection unit, and determine an illumination characteristic associated with the external light based on the inputs obtained from the detection unit. The processor may further actuate a vehicle light to illuminate based on the illumination characteristic.

Systems and methods for actuating vehicle lights based on external light show

A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to, in response to one of a vehicle feature of a vehicle being active or the vehicle being in a preset geographic area, control acceleration and braking of the vehicle based on input from an input device of the vehicle according to a low-speed mode; and in response to the low-speed mode being inactive, control acceleration and braking of the vehicle not according to the low-speed mode. In the low-speed mode, acceleration occurs upon receiving input from the input device. In the low-speed mode, braking occurs upon not receiving input from the input device.

Low-speed vehicle control

A computer for a vehicle has a processor and memory storing instructions executable by the processor to apply rotational power to one wheel of a vehicle and apply brake to three other wheels of the vehicle in response to activation of one-wheel dig mode of the vehicle by a human operator of the vehicle. The instructions include instruction to, in response to detection of completion of a hole in ground under the one wheel in the one-wheel dig mode, cease application of rotational power to the one wheel of the vehicle.

Vehicle operation in one-wheel dig mode

A vehicle includes receives a remote start request from a user, responsive to the request, engage at least one vehicle sensor to determine whether at least an animal or person are within at least a predefined distance from an exhaust or external sounder of the vehicle. Additionally, the vehicle, responsive to determining that the animal or person are withing the predefined distance, delays execution of a remote start, requested by the request, for at least a predefined period of time.

Adaptive exhaust control for remote start

Parking settings and map data indicative of parking locations in proximity to a structure that are available for the vehicle are maintained to a memory of a vehicle, the parking settings indicating a first time at which the vehicle is to enter an automatic parking mode in which the vehicle moves among the parking locations in proximity to the structure, and a second time at which the vehicle is to exit the automatic parking mode. In the automatic parking mode, responsive to the parking settings indicating an automated parking movement, the parking locations are selected from to determine a parking location into which to move the vehicle and the automated parking movement is performed using a virtual drive system of the vehicle to move the vehicle from a current parked location in proximity to the structure to the determined parking location in proximity to the structure.

Coordinated vehicle movement for presence simulation

A component for a vehicle includes a skid plate configured to attach to an underbody of the vehicle, a plurality of cooling channels extending in a longitudinal direction between the skid plate and the underbody of the vehicle, and a structural reinforcement extending outward from the skid plate. The skid plate, the plurality of cooling channels, and the structural reinforcement are additively manufactured in a unitary construction.

Integrated skid plate heat dissipator

A vehicle includes a transmission and a controller. The transmission is configured to transition between automatic and manual modes. The controller is programmed to, in response to the transmission operating in the manual mode and an absence of receiving a manual command to shift the transmission for a predetermined period of time, transition the operation of the transmission from the manual mode to the automatic mode. The controller is further programmed to, in response to the transmission operating in the manual mode, an absence of receiving the manual command to shift the transmission for the predetermined period of time, and a condition flagged to suppress an upshift in the transmission, remain in the manual mode.

Vehicle transmission control system

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Canton, MI, United States of America

Keith Weston