Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Jeff Robert Seaman

Stuart C Salter

Annette Lynn Huebner

David Brian Glickman

Michael John Harmon

Pietro Buttolo

David Karl Bidner

Brendan F Diamond

Aaron Bradley Johnson

Michael Hrecznyj

Mark Thomas Linenberg

David Kennedy

Ken John Behr

George Abram Thornton

Sarah Marie Shaw

Mark Roseman

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 vehicle cargo storage system configured to be located in a floor of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle cargo storage system includes a chamber configured to extend into and below the floor of the vehicle, and a cargo holding structure configured to hold one or more cargo items and configured to move between a stowed position within the chamber and a deployed position outside the chamber. The vehicle cargo system also including a cover to a pivot mechanism to pivot the cover between a first closed position covering the one or more cargo items in the chamber and a second position to expose the one or more cargo items outside the chamber, and a locking mechanism configured to be actuated to lock the cover in the first closed position.

Vehicle cargo storage system

The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods associated with a vehicle that is configured to provide photography assistance. An example method executed by processor of a vehicle may include generating a guidance associated with a photo capture operation and conveying the guidance to a vehicle controller. The processor may assist the vehicle controller to execute a vehicle maneuvering operation to capture a photograph of an object of photographical interest located outside the vehicle. The vehicle maneuvering operation can include parking the vehicle at a location that provides a view of the object or slowing down the vehicle while driving past the location. The photo capture operation can include the processor determining that the object is in a field of view of a camera mounted on the vehicle, configuring the camera to capture a photograph of the object, and operating the camera to capture the photograph of the object.

Vehicle operative as a photography assistant

A window breaker tool for use on a vehicle includes a body having a handle to enable a user to grip the tool, a glass breaker member extending from the handle configured to contact a glass window with force to break the glass window, and an accelerometer operatively coupled to the body to sense acceleration during impact and generate a signature signal. The tool also includes an RF signal communication device located on the tool for communicating with a plurality of RF signal communication devices on the vehicle to determine a location of the tool relative to the vehicle, wherein the RF signal communication device communicates with a controller for processing the signature signal and determining whether the signature signal is indicative of the tool in use to break a window, and wherein the controller further determines the tool is within the vehicle based on the location and outputs an alert signal.

Vehicle window breaker tool and alert

A vehicle includes a storage compartment, a belt conveyor located in the storage compartment and having a slat belt supported by a pair of rollers, and a shelf operatively coupled to the slat belt and configured to move between a lower stowed position within the storage compartment and an upper deployed position extending outward from the storage compartment.

Vehicle having a storage compartment with a deployable shelf

A method of controlling fuel injection in an engine of a vehicle comprises reactivating fuel injectors based on release or decrease of driver braking during deceleration fuel shut off operation. According to another aspect, a method of controlling fuel injection in an engine of a vehicle comprises reactivating fuel injectors based on release or decrease of driver braking during deceleration fuel shut off; and increasing air flow to a cylinder before reactivation of fuel injectors in response to said release or decrease of driver braking to enhance torque response. The methods allow an engine to exit DFSO earlier by making use the brake input and effort, which provides time to reactivate the fuel injection and stabilize torque control prior to tip-in.

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Brownstown, MI, United States of America

Jeff Robert Seaman