Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Jonathan Michael Tucco

David Michael Russell

Anthony Paul Magagnoli

Shailesh Patke

Dakota Drake Legge

Emmanuel Gonzalez

John Brock

Taylor Remington

Elaine Grassel

Methods and apparatus to facilitate a tire change are disclosed. An example apparatus includes interface circuitry, machine readable instructions, and programmable circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to detect an underinflated tire of a vehicle, cause an air suspension system to increase a ground clearance height of the vehicle to a first height in response to detecting the underinflated tire, cause the air suspension system to prevent air movement after the ground clearance height is increased to the first height.

Methods and apparatus to facilitate a tire change

A vehicle includes a transmission having a park-override shaft. The vehicle further includes an override mechanism that includes a cannister disposed about the park-override shaft, a cam rotatably fixed to the park-override shaft, and a pawl rotatably secured to the cam. The vehicle further includes an override cable secured at a first end to the cam and at a second end to an actuator disposed within a cabin of the vehicle. Actuation of the actuator rotates the cam and displaces the pawl.

Transmission system having manual override mechanism

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Canton, MI, United States of America

Jonathan Michael Tucco