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Brendan F Diamond

Keith Weston

Stuart C Salter

Andrew Denis Lewandowski

Jordan Barrett

John Robert Van Wiemeersch

Michael Alan Mcnees

Erik J Christen

Jonathan Hair

Ryan J O'Gorman

Paul Kenneth Dellock

David Brian Glickman

Pietro Buttolo

Anthony J Maraldo

David Celinske

Matthew Johnson

Annette Lynn Huebner

Kevin James Rhodes

Shehan Haputhanthri

Lars Niklas Pettersson

Lorne Forsythe

Hussein H Berry

David Michael Russell

Christopher Charles Hunt

Todd Ansbacher

Joshua Sharpe

Matthew Joseph

Arnav Wagh

Seth Loveall

Lucretia Williams

Vyas Shenoy

Ryan O'Rourke

Victor Martinez

David Guglielmo

Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam

Aaron Bradley Johnson

Michael John Harmon

Aaron Lewis Mills

Ryan Edwin Hanson

Joshua R Wheeler

Peter Phung

Tarik Safir

Jeffrey Robert Seaman

Jeff Robert Seaman

Jim Stevens

Mohammad Sameer Khan

Solomon Lin

Vivekanandh Elangovan

Andrew D Niedert

Benjamin Yilma

Jonathan Andrew Butcher

Adil Nizam Siddiqui

Shunsuke Okubo

Michael Hrecznyj

Scott Alan Watkins

William H Wurz

James Robert Chascsa, Ii

Mark Larry

Sam Harris

Samir Datta

Peter Douglas Kuechler

Kendra White

Andrew Arthur Brown

Filip Tomik

Erik William Soderlind

David Kennedy

Marguerite Kimball

Ryan Joseph Gorski

Chad Hoover

Eugene Karpinsky

James Trent

Andrew Monticello

Toussaint Carpenter

Adrian Aguirre

Micah Jones

Taras Palczynski

Matthew Cramer Mullen

Michael J Kipley

Lawrence Chikeziri Amadi

David G Hagner

David Michael Diamond

Matthew Penne

Kenneth J Boyd

Miguel A Bahena

Robert Vitali

Brent Alan Hall

Ryan O'gorman

Kenneth Patrick McHugh

Jessica Smith

Christian Lange

Roman Atilla Koch

Grant Patrick Mayer

Rudi Todd Ansbacher

Jon Holt

Alexander Ferencz

Timothy John Zuraw

David Pericak

Stuart Easson

Kenneth Mchugh

Andrew Brown

A controller commands an electric machine of a vehicle to produce propulsive torque with energy from a traction battery of the vehicle and, at a same time, commands an electric machine of a trailer coupled with the vehicle to produce regenerative torque such that a speed of the vehicle does not change.

Coordinated control of vehicle and trailer electric machines

A vehicle includes one or more actuatable mudflap portions provided to the vehicle, capable of deployment and retraction to respectively increase and decrease deflection of wheel-spray and receives vehicle sensor information indicating driving conditions. The vehicle examines the sensor information to determine the presence of a first condition predefined as suitable for deployment of at least one of the mudflap portions. Further, the vehicle examines the sensor information to determine that no one or more of second conditions predefined as blocking deployment are met and, responsive to the presence of the first condition and the absence of the second conditions, automatically deploys the at least one mudflap portion.

Dynamically deployable adaptive mud flaps

A cargo floor for a vehicle, the cargo floor including a body and a guiderail coupled with an underside of the body. The cargo floor including a puck coupled with the underside of the body, wherein the at least one puck slidably engages an interior surface of a cargo space. The cargo floor including a cleat defining a lens-shaped profile, the cleat coupled with underside of the body. The cargo floor including a track coupled with the interior surface of the cargo space and aligned with the guiderail. The cleat is slidably coupled with the track, and the body is positioned between a disposed position and an extended position. The cargo floor further includes an actuator coupled with the underside of the body. The actuator locks and unlocks the guiderail and the track.

Cargo floor

A vehicle is described. The vehicle may include a vehicle sensor configured to detect cart location, and a lifting mechanism disposed at a vehicle sidewall. The lifting mechanism is configured to lift and secure a cart on a target location on the vehicle sidewall. The vehicle may further include a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to obtain the cart location from the vehicle sensor, determine that the cart is aligned with the target location. Responsive to a determination that the cart is aligned, the processor is configured to transmit a command signal to the lifting mechanism to lift and secure the cart on the target location.

Last mile delivery system

Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed to remove a steering wheel of a vehicle. As disclosed herein, a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause processor circuitry of a vehicle to: detect a request to remove a steering wheel from a steering system of a vehicle; verify a user identity based on a user profile, the user profile stored in a memory associated with the vehicle; determine whether a disengagement criterion is satisfied; and after the user identity is detected and the disengagement criterion is satisfied, disengage a lock to enable removal of the steering wheel from the steering system of the vehicle.

Removable steering wheels of vehicles and related methods

A server includes an interface configured to communicate with a vehicle and a charger, and a processor configured to responsive to receiving, from the vehicle, vehicle data indicative of an energy transfer amount from the vehicle to one or more receiving entities above a transfer threshold, impose a limitation on the charger to charge the vehicle by sending a message to the charger.

Electric vehicle energy management system

A vehicle determines that a vehicle enhanced driving mode has been requested. The vehicle determines whether a condition for engaging such a mode has been met. Additionally, the vehicle offers a user-override, when the condition has not been met and the condition is a condition defined as over-rideable and responsive to override acceptance, engaging the requested driving mode. In other instances, the vehicle monitors mode usage against predefined maximum usage constraints, and may facilitate excess mode usage if constraints are exceeded.

Track / off road mode UX emissions and fuel label compliant using geofencing

A vehicle is configured to be connected to a trailer. The vehicle is configured to detect connections of the trailer to utility infrastructure. Movement of the vehicle is moderated if physical utility connections are present.

Pre-departure trailer based attachment detection system

A security token for accessing an automotive vehicle, such as an NFC access card or NFC-capable mobile phone, is monitored to help prevent it being left in the vehicle when the user exits the vehicle. An NFC reader in the passenger compartment communicates with the token to authorize access to predetermined functions of the vehicle. An image sensor captures images within the passenger compartment using an image sensor after the security token is presented to the NFC reader. A location of the token is tracked in the captured images. One or more predetermined carrier locations are identified which are associated with the user and which can remain with the user when the user exits the vehicle (e.g., a pocket or purse). A message to the user is generated as a reminder when the security token has not been detected to have been returned to an identified predetermined carrier location.

Security card tracking and advisory system for motor vehicle

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is disclosed. The UAV may include a UAV transceiver configured to receive course information associated with a course. The UAV may further include a UAV processor that may be configured to obtain the course information from the UAV transceiver. Responsive to obtaining the course information, the UAV processor may determine a UAV position in the course, and identify a course marker, from a plurality of course markers, in proximity to the UAV position based on the course information. The UAV processor may then determine navigation instructions associated with the course marker for a vehicle to navigate the course based on the course information. The UAV may be configured to move in proximity to a vehicle front portion and display the navigation instructions.

Unmanned aerial vehicle for course marking

Methods, systems, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to determine threshold speed for a vehicle and trailer are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes memory, instructions, and programmable circuitry to execute the instructions to access information associated with at least one of a vehicle or a trailer coupled to the vehicle, determine, by executing a model based on the information, a threshold speed for the vehicle and the trailer, and prevent, by activating at least one vehicle control, the vehicle and the trailer from travelling at or above the threshold speed.

Methods, systems, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to determine threshold speed for a vehicle and trailer

A system comprises a computer having a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine a wakeup time for an occupant of a vehicle based on a destination and an object in an interior of the vehicle, and actuate a vehicle component to awaken the occupant.

Vehicle HMI actuation

A climate management system for a compartment of a vehicle includes a divider selectively disposed in the compartment to divide the compartment into two zones in response to connection with a wall of the compartment. The system further includes a sensor monitoring the compartment and configured to detect the divider in the compartment. The system further includes at least one fluid connection in the compartment. The system further includes at least one actuator configured to control fluid flow through the at least one fluid connection. The system further includes control circuitry in communication with the sensor and the at least one actuator and is configured to communicate a signal to adjust the at least one actuator based on the detection of the divider.

Climate management system for a compartment of a vehicle

A hitch receiver for an automotive vehicle includes a receiver tube defining an open end and a cavity therein. The hitch receiver also includes an electrical connector, having a plurality of electrical contacts on a spring-loaded face thereof, disposed within the receiver tube at an end thereof opposite the open end such that the electrical contacts are adjacent to the cavity.

Vehicle hitch integrated electrical connector

A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable to actuate a cleaning system to spray a sensor in accordance with a cleaning plan stored in the memory, actuate the cleaning system to spray the sensor in response to an input from an operator, and adjust the cleaning plan based on the input from the operator to actuate the cleaning system.

Vehicle sensor cleaning

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Brendan F Diamond