Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Leann Marie Vernon

Patrick Daniel Maguire

Derek Hartl

Raymond C Siciak

Masahiro Kimoto

Bradley Arnold Lammers

Fernando Cesar Salinas

Steven Michael Lutowsky, Jr

Doug G Hughes

Carlos Ayala

Pratyaksh Kamath

Darin Joseph Bremmer

Evan Mislick

This disclosure describes high voltage electrical connector assemblies for connecting components of electrified vehicles or components of any other type of power connection/power transfer system. Exemplary high voltage electrical connector assemblies include blocking devices adapted for blocking disconnection from a mating connector without first using a separate tool to remove the blocking device.

Electrical connectors with disconnection blocking features

A motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a frame including a rail and an electrical distribution system routed at least partially through the rail. A method is also disclosed.

Vehicle with electrical distribution system routed through frame

A wheel guide for a vehicle charging station includes front and back sides, and a top extending between the front and back sides. The top defines an aperture sized to circumscribe a wireless transmitter of the charging station. The wheel guide further includes a pair of spaced apart wheel slots recessed into the top. Each wheel slot includes an entrance defined in the front side and a pair of longitudinal walls extending from the entrance toward the back side. At least a portion of each of the walls is configured such that a slope of the wall is shallowest at the entrance and becomes increasingly vertical in a direction towards the back side to guide a wheel of a vehicle towards a centerline of the slot.

Alignment structure for a wireless charging station

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Dearborn, MI, United States of America

Leann Marie Vernon