James R Mccoy

6364434, Apr 2, 2002

Apr 1, 1999

09/283886

Min Sway-Tin - Troy MI
Mark R. Arcori - Rochester Hills MI
Kert L. Cartwright - Romeo MI
Thaddeus Roterman - Shelby Township MI
James R. McCoy - Elkridge MD

DaimlerChrysler Corporation - Auburn Hills MI

B60T 864

303152

A method and apparatus are provided for applying a coast-down braking torque to a vehicle coasting. The system provides a controlled regenerative braking torque automatically applied when the vehicle is coasting to simulate the feeling of a vehicle having an internal combustion engine. When the driver lets off the throttle when a vehicle is either on a flat grade or driving down a hill, the amount of regenerative braking is automatically controlled. When utilized with an electric or hybrid electric vehicle, the coast-down braking torque is converted to stored electric energy which improves the efficiency of the vehicle.

6427673, Aug 6, 2002

Feb 1, 2001

09/775146

Carl Rudolph Morganti - Farmington Hills MI
Mark Joseph Bartasius - Laindon, GB
James Donald McCoy - Waterford MI
Richard William Kautz - North Branch MI
Tamra Kim Green - Stockbridge MI

Visteon Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

F02P 1100

123633, 123634

An ignition coil assembly having a coil spring ( ) made of electrically conductive material, an electrical coil connected to deliver electrical energy from the ignition coil assembly through the coil spring and a ferromagnetic member ( ) disposed within the coil spring. A resistive spark plug ( ) is electrically coupled to the coil spring ( ). The spark plug and ferromagnetic member ( ) form a high pass filter ( ) and low pass filter ( ) respectively to reduce radio frequency interference.

7124019, Oct 17, 2006

Aug 6, 2004

10/913560

Kirk R. Goodell - Dearborn MI, US
James D. McCoy - Flat Rock MI, US

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

F02P 17/12

701114, 324388, 324399

A system and method for diagnosing ignition system performance of an internal combustion engine. The method operates an engine control unit to produce a sequence of spark ignition current pulses through primary windings of a plurality of ignition coils. The current pulses produce voltage pulses across electrodes of the spark plugs. The voltage pulses produce flyback voltages across the primary windings. Output pulses are produced in response to the flyback voltages having time durations related to the time durations of the sparks produced by the spark plugs. Digital signal are produced in response to each one of the output pulses representative of the spark time duration of a corresponding one of the sparks. A comparison of the digital signals determines whether the spark time duration of one of the spark plugs is substantially different from the spark time durations of the other ones of the plurality of spark plugs.