Inventor
BELL CHRISTOPHER W
US32 patents
Patents
32 patentsUS9649948B2May 16, 2017
Self-locating multi-coil system for wireless vehicle charging
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US10938211B2Mar 2, 2021
Integrated vehicle-to-home energy management system
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC7 citations84
US10099566B2Oct 16, 2018
Hands free vehicle charging system
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC8 citations83
US9931954B2Apr 3, 2018
Vertical wireless power transfer system for charging electric vehicles
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC8 citations83
US9925883B2Mar 27, 2018
Automatic self-locating transmit coil for wireless vehicle charging
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC9 citations83
US10538165B2Jan 21, 2020
Parameter estimation of loosely coupled transformer
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC8 citations82
US10286800B2May 14, 2019
Control pilot latch-out mechanism to reduce off-board energy consumption
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC10 citations82
US10046661B2Aug 14, 2018
Detection of on-board charger connection to electric vehicle supply equipment
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC8 citations82
US9969276B2May 15, 2018
Plug-in vehicle with secondary DC-DC converter
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC16 citations82
US9428070B2Aug 30, 2016
Hands free vehicle charging system
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC11 citations82
US9908423B2Mar 6, 2018
Vehicle charging system
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC6 citations81
US10518806B1Dec 31, 2019
Ultrasonic locating
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC3 citations73
US10486549B2Nov 26, 2019
Parking assist overlay
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC2 citations72
US10112495B2Oct 30, 2018
Vehicle wireless charging system including an inverter to control a voltage input to a vehicle power converter
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC6 citations72
US10040358B2Aug 7, 2018
Wireless power transfer for vehicles
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC2 citations72
US11485242B2Nov 1, 2022
Vehicle charging system
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC4 citations71
US10272790B2Apr 30, 2019
Vehicle charging system
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC3 citations70
US10227067B2Mar 12, 2019
HEV battery management for generating off-board power
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC3 citations69
US9463706B2Oct 11, 2016
Infrared triangulation method for locating vehicles for hands-free electric vehicle charging
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC6 citations68
US11458860B2Oct 4, 2022
Off-board inverter vehicle interface system
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC0 citations62
US11458849B2Oct 4, 2022
Charging input selector systems for electrified vehicles
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC0 citations62
US11738660B2Aug 29, 2023
Isolation charging for multiple AC charging inputs
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC0 citations59
US11007889B2May 18, 2021
Automatic, hands-free conductive charging system for electric vehicle applications
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC0 citations59
US10889193B2Jan 12, 2021
Electrified vehicle and charging system
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC0 citations57
US10761183B2Sep 1, 2020
Ultrasonic signal triangulation
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC0 citations52
US10693401B2Jun 23, 2020
Electrified vehicle off-board load power management
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC0 citations52
US10406929B2Sep 10, 2019
Charge coil positioning and data encoding magnet arrays for vehicle charging
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC0 citations52
US10391938B2Aug 27, 2019
Imaging system for locating a moving object in relation to another object
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC0 citations52
US10308235B2Jun 4, 2019
Off-board power transmission
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC0 citations52
US10173542B2Jan 8, 2019
Wireless charging system coil alignment
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC0 citations51
US10132876B2Nov 20, 2018
Tester for wireless electrified vehicle charger
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC1 citations51
US10611250B2Apr 7, 2020
System and method for vehicle wireless vehicle charging communications using location based services
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC0 citations50