Richard Scott Isaacs

US Patent:

8361193, Jan 29, 2013

Filed:

Jan 14, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/687470

Inventors:

William Paul Perkins - Dearborn MI, US
Renata Michaela Arsenault - Plymouth MI, US
Jimmy H. Kapadia - Ottawa Hills OH, US
Steven A. Daleiden - Milan MI, US
Alan McDonald - West Bloomfield MI, US
Richard Michael Isaacs - Saline MI, US
Allen Dennis Dobryden - Ann Arbor MI, US
Matthew Fleming - Dearborn MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B03C 3/68

US Classification:

95 3, 553853, 95 79, 96 19, 96 77

Abstract:

A system and method is provided for electrostatic air filtering in automotive vehicles, such as electric and hybrid electric vehicles. The system includes an electrical distribution system and an electrostatic filtering system having discharge electrodes and an accumulation electrode. The distribution system is in high-voltage electrical communication with the filtering system as well as an electric motor and a high-voltage energy storage device in the vehicle. In operation, the distribution system distributes high-voltage electric power to the filtering system. The filtering system receives the high-voltage electric power to generate a high-voltage electrostatic potential between the accumulation electrode and the discharge electrodes to remove particulates from air flowing through a region of the electrostatic filtering system.

US Patent:

8433473, Apr 30, 2013

Filed:

Jan 18, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/689017

Inventors:

William Paul Perkins - Dearborn MI, US
Renata Michaela Arsenault - Plymouth MI, US
Alan McDonald - West Bloomfield MI, US
Richard M. Isaacs - Saline MI, US
Steven A. Daleiden - Milan MI, US
Allen Dennis Dobryden - Ann Arbor MI, US
Jimmy H. Kapadia - Ottawa Hills OH, US

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

G06F 7/00

US Classification:

701 328, 701 321, 701 334

Abstract:

A system and method is provided for indicating an efficiency level of energy usage by an automotive vehicle to a passenger in the vehicle. The system includes a computer-readable storage medium, a controller, an interior-lighting system, and a display unit. The controller processes energy usage signals to obtain the given operating mode of the vehicle as well as indications of energy usage amounts that the passenger can control. The controller determines the efficiency level of energy usage by the vehicle based on the energy usage amounts and the given operating mode. The interior-lighting system illuminates at least a portion of the passenger compartment with ambient light having defined characteristics including a luminance and a color, the ambient light indicating the efficiency level. The display unit displays a graphical representation of the efficiency level.