Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Sheran Anthony Alles

Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake

Gary Steven Strumolo

Ronald Hugh Miller

David Anthony Wagner

Thomas Joseph Hermann

Arthur Joseph Varady

John Michael Kacewicz

Robert Joseph Dalbo

Stuart C Salter

Thomas Edward Pilutti

David Celinske

Peter Phung

William Stewart Johnston

David Jeffeory Berels

Shahram Zarei

David Michael DiMeo

Xiangying Liu

Alan Francis Judge

Ravi Atluru

Irving Toivo Salmeen

Mario Domonick Iaquinta

Timothy Patrick Diez

Frederick Shell

Leann Kridner

Solomon Lin

Chuck De Biasi

Eric Robert Krieger

Jonathan Franklin Iaquinto

Peter Attila Farkas

Paul Mulvanny

Stephen Jay Osterhoff

Bhushan Joshi

Zaid Amro

Otto Shafer

A vehicle power system generates alerts prior to discontinuance of power to upfitter loads and vehicle loads according to a user defined priority sequence such that the alerts generated prior to discontinuance of power to the upfitter loads are different than the alerts generated prior to discontinuance of power to the vehicle loads.

Control and management of upfitter and vehicle loads

Secured access to a vehicle is provided. A power input is configured to receive power from a source external to the vehicle. A voltage monitor is configured to measure voltage and/or state of health of a vehicle battery. An access component is configured to provide secured access to the vehicle. A processor is configured to, responsive to the voltage monitor indicating the vehicle battery is unable to power the access component, power the access component via the power input to allow the secured access to the vehicle despite the vehicle battery being depleted.

Low-power vehicle secure access

Electrical control and power supply systems are provided for powered air-purifying respirators (PAPRs). An exemplary electrical control system for a PAPR may be adapted to control the supply of power between a battery and a blower motor of a filtration unit of the PAPR. The electrical control system may include a plurality of integrated circuits that are capable of meeting minimum operating times while balancing power usage of various 'off-the-shelf' components of the filtration unit.

Electrical control systems for powered air-purifying respirators

A control circuit receives a starting signal from a powertrain control module of a vehicle and delays the coupling of the main starting current from the battery to the starting motor until a reduced current in an alternative flow path is provided to the starter motor, initiating its motion. In a preferred, the pre-start sequence is controlled by a microprocessor which provides a control signal to a solid state switch coupled by a conductor providing current limiting resistance between the battery supply and the starter motor for a predetermined period of time. Subsequent to the pre-spin period, the control circuit provides a signal to a different solid state switch which activates the starter solenoid, in turn, coupling the battery to the starter motor and engaging the pinion gear with the ring gear.

Starter motor control with pre-spin

A vehicle safety system () includes a light source (). A beam-forming assembly () is optically coupled to the light source (). An object detection sensor () detects an object and generates an object detection signal. A controller () is coupled to the beam-forming assembly () and the object detection sensor (). The controller () adjusts illumination output of the vehicle safety system () in response to the object detection signal.

Adaptive vehicle communication controlled lighting system

A vehicle headlight system including a light source, digital beam forming optics optically coupled to the light source, and a memory storing a plurality of light illumination patterns. The memory is electrically coupled to the digital beam forming optics. The digital beam forming optics is adapted to output light from the light source in the form of at least one of the light illumination patterns in response to at least one vehicle operating condition.

Vehicle headlight system having digital beam-forming optics

An adaptive fusing electrical circuit (circuit) including a power supply and an electrical load drawing an electrical current therethrough. The circuit includes a current detector that measures a current level through the circuit. An interruption switch, which is normally closed, is electrically coupled to the electrical load and the current detector having an open state and a closed state. A controller is coupled to the power supply, the current detector, and the switch, the controller monitors the current level and a first circuit parameter of the electrical circuit. The controller interrupts the electrical current by switching the interruption switch from the closed state to the open state when the current level and the first circuit parameter are outside corresponding guard bands.

Adaptive arc fault detection and smart fusing system

A headlamp system stores a plurality of beam patterns on a microprocessor that selects a predetermined beam pattern based on driving conditions and sends the predetermined beam pattern to a digital micromirror device (DMD) that is capable of generating the desired beam pattern by adjusting the position of individual pixels on the DMD Several vehicle parameters are inputs to the microcontroller and are used to determine the appropriate beam pattern to be produced by the DMD and projected by the headlamp system of the present invention.

Headlamp system with selectable beam pattern

A rotational sensing assembly including a ferromagnetic sensor wheel rotationally fixed to a shaft having a tooth pattern including a missing tooth. An inductive sensor is mounted adjacent the periphery of the sensor wheel and in communication with a processor. The sensor produces a generally sinusoidal signal in response to the wheel rotation, with voltage zero crossings that are time stamped by the processor. The geometry of the sensor wheel around the missing tooth location is altered to equalize the induced voltage in the sensor for fixed time intervals in order to maintain proper timing of the zero crossings in the sensor signal.

Magnetic rotary position sensing

A method for more accurately sensing the rotational position of a shaft having a toothed sensor wheel with a missing tooth is disclosed. The method includes employing an inductive sensor to produce a signal in response to the passing of the teeth on the sensor wheel. The sensor signal is altered by the geometry of the wheel about a gap formed by the missing tooth in order to correct for residual stored energy in the sensor at this location, and thus correct the signal for the timing measured by a processor in communication with the sensor.

Method of sensing rotational information of shaft with toothed wheel

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Sheran Anthony Alles