Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Julie D'Annunzio

Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy

Kip Alan Ewing

Marc Jonathon Lucas

Mahmud Salam

Maria Guido

Kin Wayne Moy

An exemplary charger removal method includes, among other things, transmitting a request to remove a charger from an electrified vehicle. The request is routed based on encoded information within a charger request label of the electrified vehicle. An exemplary charger removal system includes, among other things, a charge port assembly of an electrified vehicle that can transition from a locked to an unlocked position with a charger in response to a command. The system further includes a charger request label on the electrified vehicle. The charger request label contains encoded information enabling a first user to initiate a transmission of a request for the command from a second user.

Charger authorized removal method and authorized removal system

An exemplary charge port covering assembly includes, among other things, a biasing device configured to move to a first position when a charger is decoupled from a charge port, and to a second position when the charger is coupled to the charge port. A charge port door is moveable to a closed position when the biasing device is in the first position, and is held in an open position when the biasing device is in the second position. An exemplary charge port covering method includes, among other things, biasing a charge port door toward an open position with a biasing device in a first position, and moving the biasing device from the first position to a second position to close the charge port door.

Charge port covering assembly and covering method

A storage compartment within an automotive vehicle rear body closure, such as a hatch or trunk, is accessed through a door that serves as a license plate attachment panel. The door may be part of a tub hinged along its lower edge and that occupies the storage compartment when the door is closed.

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Livonia, MI, United States of America

Julie D'Annunzio