Timothy John Potter

US Patent:

6409104, Jun 25, 2002

Filed:

Apr 19, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/552132

Inventors:

Aaron Fiala - Newport MI
Jeffrey Petty - Livonia MI
Timothy Jay Potter - Dearborn MI

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B05B 504

US Classification:

239703, 239223

Abstract:

A wear resistance coated bell atomizer ( ) and method for making same. The coating applied to the outer surface of a bell cup ( ) of the bell atomizer ( ) is preferably a silicon-doped amorphous carbon coating. This silicon-doped amorphous carbon coating significantly increases the usable life of a bell cup ( ) in a bell atomizer paint system ( ) by limiting the effects of abrasive materials on the wearable surfaces of the bell cup ( ), including the top serrated edges ( ), which may negatively affect the performance of uncoated bell atomizer spray equipment.

US Patent:

6755985, Jun 29, 2004

Filed:

Jan 25, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/057081

Inventors:

Aaron Fiala - Newport MI
Jeffrey Petty - Livonia MI
Timothy Jay Potter - Dearborn MI

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B44C 122

US Classification:

216108, 427537

Abstract:

A wear resistance coated bell atomizer ( ) and method for making same. The coating applied to the outer surface of a bell cup ( ) of the bell atomizer ( ) is preferably a silicon-doped amorphous carbon coating. This silicon-doped amorphous carbon coating significantly increases the usable life of a bell cup ( ) in a bell atomizer paint system ( ) by limiting the effects of abrasive materials on the wearable surfaces of the bell cup ( ), including the top serrated edges ( ), which may negatively affect the performance of uncoated bell atomizer spray equipment.

US Patent:

6967569, Nov 22, 2005

Filed:

Oct 27, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/605783

Inventors:

Willes H. Weber - Ann Arbor MI, US
Timothy Potter - Dearborn MI, US
Aric Shaffer - Ypsilanti MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B60Q001/00

US Classification:

340436, 340435, 340555, 340556, 340557, 340561, 340903, 348148

Abstract:

A vision system for a vehicle includes a light source generating an illumination beam, a receiver having a pixel array for capturing an image in response to at least a reflected portion of the illumination beam, the image corresponding to a first horizontal field of view (FOV) angle, and a controller coupled to the light source and the receiver. The controller receives a vehicle speed input and, in response, selects a portion of the image as a non-linear function of the vehicle speed to generate a second horizontal FOV angle for displaying to the vehicle operator. The displayed angular FOV decreases, non-linearly, as the vehicle speed increases.

US Patent:

7690260, Apr 6, 2010

Filed:

May 1, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/742852

Inventors:

James Panyard - Livonia MI, US
Timothy Potter - Dearborn MI, US
William Charron - Rochester Hills MI, US
Deborah Hopkins - Berkeley CA, US
Frederic Reverdy - Paris, FR

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI
The Regents of the University of California - Oakland CA

International Classification:

G01N 29/04

US Classification:

73634, 73629

Abstract:

A system for ultrasonic profiling of a weld sample includes a carriage movable in opposite first and second directions. An ultrasonic sensor is coupled to the carriage to move over the sample as the carriage moves. An encoder determines the position of the carriage to determine the position of the sensor. A spring is connected at one end of the carriage. Upon the carriage being moved in the first direction toward the spring such that the carriage and the sensor are at a beginning position and the spring is compressed the spring decompresses to push the carriage back along the second direction to move the carriage and the sensor from the beginning position to an ending position. The encoder triggers the sensor to take the ultrasonic measurements of the sample when the sensor is at predetermined positions while the sensor moves over the sample between the beginning and positions.

US Patent:

52407365, Aug 31, 1993

Filed:

Oct 26, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/966957

Inventors:

Timothy J. Potter - Dearborn MI
Michael A. Tamor - Toledo OH

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

C23C 1626
C23C 1646
C23C 1648
C23C 1652

US Classification:

427 10

Abstract:

Provided is a method and apparatus for in-situ measuring filament temperature and the thickness of a film deposited on a substrate disposed within a hot-filament chemical vapor deposition reactor. In accordance with the invention, white light which is emitted directly from the filament and that reflects from the top and bottom surfaces of a deposited film are collected and converted to monochromatic light through the use of simple narrow-banned interference filters operative over specific, yet different, optical banned widths. This information is thereafter used to mathematically calculate the filament temperature, film thickness and growth rate of the deposited film.

US Patent:

58559744, Jan 5, 1999

Filed:

Oct 25, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/140914

Inventors:

Timothy J. Potter - Dearborn MI
Michael Alan Tamor - Toledo OH
Richard Lawrence Allor - Livonia MI

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B01J 1910
B05D 306

US Classification:

427560

Abstract:

A method for providing a diamond film on a scribing wheel useful for scribing glassy materials in order to increase its wear resistance. The method comprises sequential steps which include pre-treating the surface of the scribing wheel and thereafter depositing the diamond film on the pretreated scribing wheel by a chemical vapor deposition process.

US Patent:

51835290, Feb 2, 1993

Filed:

Oct 29, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/604692

Inventors:

Timothy J. Potter - Dearborn MI
Michael A. Tamor - Toledo OH

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

C30B 2500

US Classification:

156613

Abstract:

Method of fabricating free-standing diamond films by depositing and adhering polycrystalline diamond by hot filament chemical vapor deposition (1-100 Torr, filament temperature equal to or greater than 1900. degree. C. , substrate temperature of 650. degree. -950. degree. C. ) onto a substrate meltable at a temperature slightly in excess of the deposition temperature; and (b) prior to cooling said polycrystalline diamond particles, increasing (50. degree. -300. degree. C. ) the substrate temperature to melt at least a portion thereof while permitting such melt to emigrate from the diamond films.

US Patent:

57718733, Jun 30, 1998

Filed:

Apr 21, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/837679

Inventors:

Timothy J. Potter - Dearborn MI
Xia Zhang - Canton MI
William Vassell - Bloomfield Hills MI
Michael R. Rigley - Westland MI
Robert E. Hetrick - Dearborn Heights MI

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

F01L 114

US Classification:

123668

Abstract:

An engine component such as an intake or exhaust valve, or any other component near or within the combustion chamber, is coated with an amorphous hydrogenated carbon film coating to prevent the formation of carbonaceous deposits thereon. Methods for forming the film coating are also disclosed.