Mike James Whitens

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Milford, MI, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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3D printed vehicle architecture, joints and method
- Patent number 12,036,735
- Issue date Jul 16, 2024
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Garret Huff
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Method of assembly for 3D printed vehicle architecture, joints
- Patent number 11,623,390
- Issue date Apr 11, 2023
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Garret Huff
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Seatbelt retractor assembly
- Patent number 11,180,111
- Issue date Nov 23, 2021
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Dean M. Jaradi
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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In situ vibration-based verification of vehicle doors
- Patent number 11,016,002
- Issue date May 25, 2021
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Joshua Wheeler
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for predictive driver assistance
- Patent number 10,807,603
- Issue date Oct 20, 2020
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Devinder Singh Kochhar
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Vehicle seatback support element to resist pivoting movement of sea...
- Patent number 10,556,533
- Issue date Feb 11, 2020
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Infrared sensor arrays for monitoring vehicle occupants and windows
- Patent number 10,183,546
- Issue date Jan 22, 2019
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Mike James Whitens
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Vehicle with slidable seats
- Patent number 10,046,675
- Issue date Aug 14, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Michael James Whitens
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Seat with deployable plastic beam
- Patent number 9,994,138
- Issue date Jun 12, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Mike James Whitens
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Photoluminescent vehicle panel
- Patent number 9,789,810
- Issue date Oct 17, 2017
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stuart C. Salter
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Photoluminescent vehicle illumination
- Patent number 9,771,019
- Issue date Sep 26, 2017
- Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
- Stuart C. Salter
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Energy absorbing steering column assembly
- Patent number 9,738,306
- Issue date Aug 22, 2017
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Saeed David Barbat
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Deployable plastic knee bolster with off-centered telescoping suppo...
- Patent number 9,663,058
- Issue date May 30, 2017
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Mike James Whitens
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Vehicle seat back including a deployable device
- Patent number 9,586,552
- Issue date Mar 7, 2017
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Michael James Whitens
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Luminescent vehicle molding
- Patent number 9,587,800
- Issue date Mar 7, 2017
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stuart C. Salter
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Spoiler using photoluminescent illumination
- Patent number 9,499,090
- Issue date Nov 22, 2016
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stuart C. Salter
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Vehicle seat back including a deployable device
- Patent number 9,475,447
- Issue date Oct 25, 2016
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Michael James Whitens
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Photoluminescent tailgate and step
- Patent number 9,315,145
- Issue date Apr 19, 2016
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stuart C. Salter
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Vehicle load floor assembly for a seatback
- Patent number 9,221,367
- Issue date Dec 29, 2015
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Bhavani Thota
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Vehicle load floor assembly
- Patent number 9,050,913
- Issue date Jun 9, 2015
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Bhavani Thota
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Vehicle load floor assembly for a seatback
- Patent number 8,936,301
- Issue date Jan 20, 2015
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Bhavani Thota
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Proximity switch having sensitivity control and method therefor
- Patent number 8,928,336
- Issue date Jan 6, 2015
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stuart C. Salter
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
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Vehicle load floor assembly
- Patent number 8,894,124
- Issue date Nov 25, 2014
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Bhavani Thota
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Active bolster deployed from vehicle seat
- Patent number 8,702,120
- Issue date Apr 22, 2014
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Raymond E. Kalisz
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Vehicle stowage assembly having electromagnetic closure
- Patent number 8,449,001
- Issue date May 28, 2013
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Michael J. Whitens
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Lockable latch
- Patent number 8,297,667
- Issue date Oct 30, 2012
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Junko Pauken
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Vehicle stowage assembly having electromagnetic closure
- Patent number 8,215,684
- Issue date Jul 10, 2012
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Michael J. Whitens
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Concealed interior lighting for automobiles
- Patent number 8,162,519
- Issue date Apr 24, 2012
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stuart C. Salter
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Ambient lighting for vehicle interior floor console
- Patent number 7,810,969
- Issue date Oct 12, 2010
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Kathleen Blackmore
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Internally articulated parking brake assembly for automotive vehicle
- Patent number 7,743,680
- Issue date Jun 29, 2010
- Ford Global Technologies
- David Marshman
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
3D PRINTED VEHICLE ARCHITECTURE, JOINTS AND METHOD
- Publication number 20230118066
- Publication date Apr 20, 2023
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Garret HUFF
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SEATBELT RETRACTOR ASSEMBLY
- Publication number 20200307508
- Publication date Oct 1, 2020
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- DEAN M. JARADI
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SITU VIBRATION-BASED VERIFICATION OF VEHICLE DOORS
- Publication number 20200132567
- Publication date Apr 30, 2020
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Joshua Wheeler
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF ASSEMBLY FOR 3D PRINTED VEHICLE ARCHITECTURE, JOINTS
- Publication number 20200016830
- Publication date Jan 16, 2020
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Garret HUFF
- B33 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
Information Patent Application
VEHICLE SEATBACK SUPPORT ELEMENT TO RESIST PIVOTING MOVEMENT OF SEA...
- Publication number 20190337435
- Publication date Nov 7, 2019
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
VEHICLE SEAT INSPECTION SYSTEM
- Publication number 20190120774
- Publication date Apr 25, 2019
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Michael James WHITENS
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
INFRARED SENSOR ARRAYS FOR MONITORING VEHICLE OCCUPANTS AND WINDOWS
- Publication number 20180244129
- Publication date Aug 30, 2018
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Mike James Whitens
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
CONVERTIBLE TOP INCORPORATING A HEAT GENERATING ELEMENT
- Publication number 20180236848
- Publication date Aug 23, 2018
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- David Paul Kaminski
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTIVE DRIVER ASSISTANCE
- Publication number 20170282930
- Publication date Oct 5, 2017
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Devinder Singh KOCHHAR
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SEAT WITH DEPLOYABLE PLASTIC BEAM
- Publication number 20170158096
- Publication date Jun 8, 2017
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Mike James Whitens
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
ENERGY ABSORBING STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY
- Publication number 20170144691
- Publication date May 25, 2017
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Saeed David Barbat
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
VEHICLE ROOF IMPACT ABSORBING APPARATUS INCLUDING A DEPLOYABLE DEVICE
- Publication number 20170072889
- Publication date Mar 16, 2017
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Michael James Whitens
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
VEHICLE OCCUPANT SAFETY SYSTEM
- Publication number 20170057448
- Publication date Mar 2, 2017
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Dean M. Jaradi
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PEER TO PEER CAR SHARING SOCIAL-GRAPH CONFIGURATOR
- Publication number 20160195404
- Publication date Jul 7, 2016
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Krishnaswamy Venkatesh PRASAD
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
PHOTOLUMINESCENT VEHICLE ILLUMINATION
- Publication number 20150175057
- Publication date Jun 25, 2015
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stuart C. Salter
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
LUMINESCENT VEHICLE MOLDING
- Publication number 20150175060
- Publication date Jun 25, 2015
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stuart C. Salter
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PHOTOLUMINESCENT TAILGATE AND STEP
- Publication number 20150165963
- Publication date Jun 18, 2015
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stuart C. Salter
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SPOILER USING PHOTOLUMINESCENT ILLUMINATION
- Publication number 20150151673
- Publication date Jun 4, 2015
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stuart C. Salter
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PHOTOLUMINESCENT VEHICLE PANEL
- Publication number 20150138819
- Publication date May 21, 2015
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stuart C. Salter
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
VEHICLE LOAD FLOOR ASSEMBLY FOR A SEATBACK
- Publication number 20150084377
- Publication date Mar 26, 2015
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Bhavani Thota
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
VEHICLE LOAD FLOOR ASSEMBLY
- Publication number 20140265411
- Publication date Sep 18, 2014
- Bhavani Thota
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
VEHICLE LOAD FLOOR ASSEMBLY
- Publication number 20140265417
- Publication date Sep 18, 2014
- Bhavani Thota
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
VEHICLE LOAD FLOOR ASSEMBLY FOR A SEATBACK
- Publication number 20140265418
- Publication date Sep 18, 2014
- Bhavani Thota
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
ACTIVE BOLSTER DEPLOYED FROM VEHICLE SEAT
- Publication number 20140001799
- Publication date Jan 2, 2014
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Raymond E. Kalisz
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PROXIMITY SWITCH HAVING SENSITIVITY CONTROL AND METHOD THEREFOR
- Publication number 20120313648
- Publication date Dec 13, 2012
- Stuart C. Salter
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Application
VEHICLE STOWAGE ASSEMBLY HAVING ELECTROMAGNETIC CLOSURE
- Publication number 20120234622
- Publication date Sep 20, 2012
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Michael J. Whitens
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
ACOUSTICALLY ABSORPTIVE VEHICLE HEADLINER
- Publication number 20110285178
- Publication date Nov 24, 2011
- Chi Li
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
VEHICLE STOWAGE ASSEMBLY HAVING ELECTROMAGNETIC CLOSURE
- Publication number 20110175376
- Publication date Jul 21, 2011
- Michael J. Whitens
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
OCCUPANT-INTERACTIVE ACCESSORY SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE INTERIOR
- Publication number 20100308616
- Publication date Dec 9, 2010
- Kaushlendra Singh
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
LOCKABLE LATCH
- Publication number 20100308604
- Publication date Dec 9, 2010
- Junko Pauken
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Mike James Whitens

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

3D printed vehicle architecture, joints and method

Method of assembly for 3D printed vehicle architecture, joints

Seatbelt retractor assembly

In situ vibration-based verification of vehicle doors

Method and apparatus for predictive driver assistance

Vehicle seatback support element to resist pivoting movement of sea...

Infrared sensor arrays for monitoring vehicle occupants and windows

Vehicle with slidable seats

Seat with deployable plastic beam

Photoluminescent vehicle panel

Photoluminescent vehicle illumination

Energy absorbing steering column assembly

Deployable plastic knee bolster with off-centered telescoping suppo...

Vehicle seat back including a deployable device

Luminescent vehicle molding

Spoiler using photoluminescent illumination

Vehicle seat back including a deployable device

Photoluminescent tailgate and step

Vehicle load floor assembly for a seatback

Vehicle load floor assembly

Vehicle load floor assembly for a seatback

Proximity switch having sensitivity control and method therefor

Vehicle load floor assembly

Active bolster deployed from vehicle seat

Vehicle stowage assembly having electromagnetic closure

Lockable latch

Vehicle stowage assembly having electromagnetic closure

Concealed interior lighting for automobiles

Ambient lighting for vehicle interior floor console

Internally articulated parking brake assembly for automotive vehicle

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

3D PRINTED VEHICLE ARCHITECTURE, JOINTS AND METHOD

SEATBELT RETRACTOR ASSEMBLY

SITU VIBRATION-BASED VERIFICATION OF VEHICLE DOORS

METHOD OF ASSEMBLY FOR 3D PRINTED VEHICLE ARCHITECTURE, JOINTS

VEHICLE SEATBACK SUPPORT ELEMENT TO RESIST PIVOTING MOVEMENT OF SEA...

VEHICLE SEAT INSPECTION SYSTEM

INFRARED SENSOR ARRAYS FOR MONITORING VEHICLE OCCUPANTS AND WINDOWS

CONVERTIBLE TOP INCORPORATING A HEAT GENERATING ELEMENT

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTIVE DRIVER ASSISTANCE

SEAT WITH DEPLOYABLE PLASTIC BEAM

ENERGY ABSORBING STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY

VEHICLE ROOF IMPACT ABSORBING APPARATUS INCLUDING A DEPLOYABLE DEVICE

VEHICLE OCCUPANT SAFETY SYSTEM

PEER TO PEER CAR SHARING SOCIAL-GRAPH CONFIGURATOR

PHOTOLUMINESCENT VEHICLE ILLUMINATION

LUMINESCENT VEHICLE MOLDING

PHOTOLUMINESCENT TAILGATE AND STEP

SPOILER USING PHOTOLUMINESCENT ILLUMINATION

PHOTOLUMINESCENT VEHICLE PANEL

VEHICLE LOAD FLOOR ASSEMBLY FOR A SEATBACK

VEHICLE LOAD FLOOR ASSEMBLY

VEHICLE LOAD FLOOR ASSEMBLY

VEHICLE LOAD FLOOR ASSEMBLY FOR A SEATBACK

ACTIVE BOLSTER DEPLOYED FROM VEHICLE SEAT

PROXIMITY SWITCH HAVING SENSITIVITY CONTROL AND METHOD THEREFOR

VEHICLE STOWAGE ASSEMBLY HAVING ELECTROMAGNETIC CLOSURE

ACOUSTICALLY ABSORPTIVE VEHICLE HEADLINER

VEHICLE STOWAGE ASSEMBLY HAVING ELECTROMAGNETIC CLOSURE

OCCUPANT-INTERACTIVE ACCESSORY SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE INTERIOR

LOCKABLE LATCH