Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Colonial Plastics, Inc.

Cornel Lewis Gardner

Stuart C Salter

Paul Kenneth Dellock

James J Surman

Pietro Buttolo

Annette Lynn Huebner

Jeffrey Singer

David Brian Glickman

Scott Holmes Dunham

Kristopher Karl Brown

James Stewart Rankin, Ii

Ali Ammar

Denis Patrick Igoe

LaRon Michelle Brown

Megan Lovejoy

Benjamin Yilma

Michael Musleh

Kristin Ann Hellman

Michael James Whitens

Richard J Roberts

Thomas Lee Goodson

Stephen Kenneth Helwig

Ryan Welch

Chi Li

Artur Stanislavovich Sakarian

Steven J Antilla

Frank J Desjarlais

Yun Shin Lee

Jeffrey A Wallace

John Robert Van Wiemeersch

Kosta Papanikolaou

Richard Gall

Richard William Kautz

Matthew Anthony Majkowski

Kathleen M Parlow

Anna Miller Hill

Mike James Whitens

Thomas F Boettger

Steven Wayne Friedlander

Don David Price

Inshirah Hillawi

Patrick Berryman

Fedor Balayev

Aaron Bradley Johnson

Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake

Eric L Reed

Joshua R Wheeler

Nicholas Alphonse Billardello

Howard Paul Tsvi Linden

Talat Karmo

Paul L Heirtzler, Jr

Peter Joseph Bejin

Andre Sykula

Scott Simon

Edward Joseph DeSmet

Noah Barlow Mass

Kendra White

Todd Jared Konet

Onoyom Essien Ekanem

Tye Arthur Winkel

Raymond Anthony Oldani

Keith Hoelscher

Mark A Wisneski

Josh Greiner

Daniel Weckstein

Kathleen Blackmore

Michael Williams

Brian Michael Siler

Shannon Carloni

Elizabeth Cleary Johnston Tengler

David Darius Wooten

Ulrich Stuhec

Dave Brian Glickman

Latasha Nicole Smith

Joseph S Witek

Jennifer Ann Gauthier

Chad M Bross

Jim J Surman

Arsen Terjimanian

Carol C Kordich

James Ryan Chinavare

Beatriz Esthela Padilla

Frederick Andrew Drapala

Kristopher Kotenko

Irene Shu

Marion Westby

Daniel Fisher

Chad Matthew McCarty

Matthew M Olson

A vehicle sharing system includes a vehicle having interior transceiver modules associated with different passenger seating areas and a vehicle computing system (VCS) including a processor and a memory in communication with the modules and programmed to detect occupancy status of each seating area based on signals from the modules and to communicate the occupancy statuses to a remote server to facilitate scheduling of ride-sharing passengers for a specified seating area of the vehicle. The reserved seating location may be used to align the seating location/door with a passenger during pick-up, adjust vehicle accessory settings associated with the reserved seating location, and activate a visual indicator to direct the passenger to the assigned/reserved seating location.

Vehicle ride sharing system and method using smart modules

A vehicle includes a body and a door coupled to the body. The door is operable between opened and closed positions. A cinch assembly is operably coupled to the door. A door seal is positioned along at least a portion of a door opening, wherein the door seal includes a first conductor and a second conductor positioned therein. The first and second conductors are dielectrically isolated and cooperate to generate a capacitive signal. A controller is configured to monitor the capacitive signal and control the cinch assembly in response to the capacitive signal.

Vehicle door positioning system

The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for assisting a customer retrieve a package from an autonomous vehicle. In an example procedure, the autonomous vehicle may detect the customer waiting at a first spot and may determine that the first spot is unsuitable/unsafe for the customer to retrieve a package from a locked compartment in the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle may therefore instruct the customer to move to a second spot that is safer and closer to the compartment and may then execute an authentication procedure to authenticate the customer and unlock a door of the compartment. In an alternative approach, the autonomous vehicle may travel to a parking spot that is safer and closer to where the customer is waiting (rather than instructing the customer to move) before authenticating and unlocking the door of the compartment to allow the customer to retrieve the package.

Systems and methods to assist a customer retrieve a package from an autonomous vehicle

A vehicle applique includes a base structure and a polymeric coating disposed on the base structure. The polymeric coating at least partially covers an outer surface of the base structure. A diffraction grating is integrally defined by the polymeric coating. The diffraction grating has a thickness in a range of from about 100 nm to about 300 nm.

Vehicle appliques

This disclosure relates to a motor vehicle including a heater for an exterior interface. An example assembly includes a human-machine interface adjacent an exterior of the motor vehicle, and a heater configured to selectively thermally condition the human-machine interface. The heater includes a conductive polymer. A method is also disclosed.

Motor vehicle including heater for exterior interface

This disclosure relates to a method and system for an exterior display of a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, configured to issue feedback prompts. An example method includes issuing a prompt via a human-machine interface on an exterior of a vehicle permitting an input indicative of an undesired condition of the vehicle.

Method and system for exterior vehicle display configured to issue feedback prompts

An apparatus includes a screen configured to be positioned on a vehicle exterior and a housing associated with the screen. The housing is comprised of a first material that is electrically conductive and thermally conductive and a second material is positioned to extend between an exterior surface of the housing and a vehicle structure, wherein the second material is thermally conductive.

Rear method of heat sinking screens and electronics in enclosed areas

A system for a vehicle includes a LIDAR sensor attachable to the vehicle and a puddle lamp fixed relative to the LIDAR sensor and oriented to project a light projection downward beside the vehicle. A computer may be in communication with the LIDAR sensor and the puddle lamp and programmed to actuate the puddle lamp in response to receiving data generated by the LIDAR sensor indicating a user positioned within a threshold distance of the vehicle.

Vehicle wheelchair loading

A vehicle keypad device is provided that includes a touchscreen having an array of proximity sensors located on an exterior of a vehicle, a keypad display displaying virtual input icons proximate the proximity sensors, and a controller for dynamically adjusting size of the displayed virtual input icons based on a touch event.

Variable size user input device for vehicle

An exterior display apparatus for a vehicle comprises a display panel comprising a display surface in connection with an exterior portion of the vehicle. The system further comprises an acoustic vibration device dynamically coupled to the display surface and a sensor configured to detect a foreign material on a portion of the display screen. A controller is configured to identify a temperature of an environment proximate the vehicle. In response to the detection of the foreign material, the controller is configured to activate a plurality of vibration control routines of the acoustic vibrational device based on the temperature.

System and methods for exterior vehicle display and panel exciters

A vehicle keypad device is provided that includes a touchscreen having an array of proximity sensors located on an exterior of a vehicle, a keypad display displaying virtual input button icons proximate the proximity sensors, and a controller determining a location of a user input from the proximity sensors, determining an offset of the input from one of the virtual input icons and adjusting a sensor area of the proximity sensors for the icon based on the offset.

Vehicle input device having offset registration

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Romulus, MI, United States of America

Cornel Lewis Gardner