Mark A Aaron

6864782, Mar 8, 2005

Sep 5, 2002

10/064976

Mark Christian Aaron - Canton MI, US
Peter Langer - Lexington MI, US
Robert Kwiecinski - Saline MI, US

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn

G08B021/00

340431, 340435, 340903

A backup aid system () for detecting the presence of a trailer () includes a trailer connector () and a backup aid controller () that has an input () electrically coupled to the connector (). The backup aid controller () monitors a voltage level at input (). When the voltage level is above a first predetermined voltage, the controller () generates a backup warning signal. When the voltage is below a second predetermined voltage, the controller () disables the backup warning signal. Also, the system may monitor the voltage in between the first predetermined voltage and the second predetermined voltage to determine the presence of a lamp fault such as outage or corroded contacts.

8125101, Feb 28, 2012

Aug 16, 2000

09/640809

David J. Jaworski - Bloomfield MI, US
Mark Christian Aaron - Canton MI, US
William E. Crafts - Commerce MI, US

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

B60L 1/14

307 108

A digitally encoded vehicle lamp switch system provided that supplies signals for controlling the lighting functions of a vehicle. The lamp switch system includes a multi-position switch circuit having a plurality of contacts. The multi-position switch contacts selectively connect a plurality of circuit connections of a vehicle lamp control module microprocessor to ground or open circuit conditions to provide digitally encoded signals to the microprocessor to selectively illuminate the vehicle lamps.

62886525, Sep 11, 2001

Jan 11, 1999

9/227842

Sukhminder Bobby Bedi - Dearborn Heights MI
David Joseph Jaworski - Bloomfield MI
Mark Christian Aaron - Canton MI
Michael J. Buchanan - Rochester HIlls MI
Kenneth George Slotkowski - West Bloomfield MI

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

H01H 2500

341 22

A five-switch keypad apparatus having four diodes that multiplex the switch contacts onto three sense terminals. The three sense terminals create a binary code that defines eight possible switch states. The eight states are used to indicate each individual switch closure, a lack of a switch closure, and two simultaneous dual switch closures. In an application, a decoder, connected to the three sense terminals, converts the sequence of binary codes into three control signals. The three control signals can control a door lock, a trunk lock and an automatic lock function.

60694610, May 30, 2000

Nov 16, 1998

9/192483

David Joseph Jaworski - Bloomfield MI
Mark Christian Aaron - Canton MI
Michael J. Buchanan - Rochester Hills MI
Kenneth George Slotkowski - West Bloomfield MI

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

H02P 104

318443

The use of a Gray code ganged wiper switch and an electronic circuit controlling the washer-pump motor and wiper motor allow the use of a minimal number of wires in the overall interval wiper system than found in conventional systems. Circuit redundancy and Gray coding method provides several added reliability features at a low manufacturing cost. The system further provides a resistorless control of the several power output functions of the system.