Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Gabriella Jacobsen

Stuart C Salter

Paul Kenneth Dellock

Annette Lynn Huebner

Hussein H Berry

Ryan J O'Gorman

Arnav Wagh

Robert Vitali

Daniel Heaton

Kevin King

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

An apparatus includes, among other things, a support configured to be connected to a power source and at least one rigid panel attached to the support. The at least one rigid panel is moveable between a deployed position and a stowed position. At least one exciter is supported on the at least one rigid panel and is configured to selectively generate sound when powered by the power source.

Hitch integrated deployable umbrella system with sound exciter

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Ferndale, MI, United States of America

Gabriella Jacobsen