Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Amy Lynn Marentic

Stuart C Salter

David Brian Glickman

Annette Lynn Huebner

Paul Kenneth Dellock

Robert J Gelardi

Paul Jonathan Alexander Wraith

An apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a vehicle door panel, a removeable structure having a retention member fixed on the vehicle door panel, and a holding element associated with the retention member to provide a pocket that can be configured in different ways to accommodate a plurality of powered devices. A power interface in the vehicle door panel powers at least one of the plurality of powered devices. A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, providing the power interface in the vehicle door panel to power at least one of the plurality of powered devices, and providing a communications link between at least one of the plurality of powered devices and a vehicle touchscreen or control.

Vehicle door pocket

Various accessories for motor vehicles with removable doors are described herein. In particular, the accessories may be mounted to a motor vehicle when a traditional, or factory, door is removed. Example accessories include covers, grab handles, tube doors, and pieces of furniture, each of which may include one or more lights or other electrically powered devices.

Accessories for vehicles with removable doors

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Plymouth, MI, United States of America

Amy Lynn Marentic