Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ford Motor Company Limited

Yanfeng US Automotive Interior Systems I LLC

Jeffrey R Rowland

Rick A Anderson

Tyler James Newkirk

Tom F Boettger

Randy William Nurenberg

Steven Angus

Allan Wayne Getliff

Chris James Harmelink

Douglas Robert Thompson

Stephanie Ross

Kenneth John Hulst

Roger Jones

A vehicle windshield includes a glass sheet and an overlay extending around a periphery of the glass sheet. The overlay includes a plurality of optical windows defined therein. A seal extends along a path delineated by the plurality of optical windows. The optical windows are sized to allow light to pass through the overlay.

Windshield with optical windows for seal application

A collapsible storage bin is provided for a motor vehicle. The collapsible storage bin includes a first sidewall that is displaceable between a collapsed position and an erected position. First and second self-erecting end walls are connected to the first sidewall. Further, an end wall locking handle is provided. That end wall locking handle is displaceable between a stowed position and an end wall locking position that functions to secure the storage bin in the erected position.

Collapsible storage bin for a motor vehicle

A floor mat system is provided in a vehicle having a driver seat and driver foot pedals. A floor surface extends in front of the seat and beneath the foot pedals. A removable floor mat is comprised of a flexible sheet having a bottom surface for contacting the floor surface, a top surface, a forward end for installation juxtaposed with the pedals and a rearward end for installation juxtaposed with the seat. At least one mechanical non-magnetic retainer is disposed proximate to the rearward end to hold the floor mat to the floor surface. At least one self-aligning magnetic retainer is disposed proximate to the forward end to hold the floor mat to the floor surface.

Floor mat system for vehicle

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Brighton, MI, United States of America

Jeffrey R Rowland