Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Linh Ngoc Doan

Bhavani Thota

Juergen Koehler

Kenneth S Laird

Nitesh Jadhav

Yudong Zhou

Robert William McCoy

Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati

Mangala Ambalangodage Jayasuriya

Gary D Mullen

Marwan Ahmad Elbkaily

Muhsin M Hamdoon

Li Lu

Daniel Morin

Stuart C Salter

Deepak Patel

Krishnakanth E Aekbote

John Pinkerton

Tyler Glenn

Bakhtyar Baig

Amit Chakravarty

Warwick J Smith

Yi Yang Tay

Ryan Mowery

Bhaskara Rao Pamarthi

Bill Moore Sherwood

Stephen Dreher

James P Holland

Stacy L Swank

Jeffrey B Crist

Aileen N Barraza

Mirza Safder Ali Baig

Paul Kenneth Dellock

James J Surman

Zhibing Deng

Wei Xu

Scott Holmes Dunham

Joseph Edward Abramczyk

Srinivasan Sundararajan

Chester Stanislaus Walawender

Frank Qiukui Liu

Eric Axel Smitterberg

Chris Fredriksson

Steven Nicholas Fidh

Krish E Aekbote

Chuck R Reese

Michael G Orlowsky

Jonathan L Clarke

Joseph Andrew Hickey

Tahmidur Rahman

Michael Shawn Watterworth

Brent Clifford Dalton

Kris Allyn Warmann

Srivardhan Tallapragada

Liying Qi

Emrah Tokyuerek

Aleksandar Spasovski

Diane Carole Snoeyink

Todd George

Marcus Oden

Jesus Miranda Lujan

Lee Fong Ho

Santiago Yepes Gallo

Robert Walter Bartus

Brian Pietila

Angela Zaetta

Murali Maddali

Jeffrey Peter Webb

Hui Wang

Karen Judge

Mirza Safder Baig

Ken S Laird

Sandra Cristina Alvarado Gomez

Javier Polo

Xuqiang Shen

Justin Aymen

Tyler Kramer

Timothy Dunn

A storage box includes a door that is coupled to the base. A pivot pin is coupled to the door and is operable between an engaged position, wherein the pivot pin is rotatably engaged with the base, and a disengaged position. The pivot pin is configured to move door-inboard due to contact with the base as the pivot pin moves from the disengaged position to the engaged position.

Storage box for a vehicle

A vehicle door assembly is disclosed herein. The vehicle door assembly includes a door. A trim panel has a mount that defines an aperture. A clip that includes a base is coupled to the door. A retainer is coupled to the base and is configured to extend through the aperture defined by the mount to an assembled position, the retainer has an upper portion that is coupled to a lower portion at a vertex to form a projection. A retention feature is coupled to the upper portion and has a ramp. A stop is coupled to the ramp and extends generally downward therefrom to the upper portion. The stop is configured to engage with a back side of the mount to generally prevent the movement of the retainer out of the aperture when the retainer is in the assembled position.

Clip for attaching a trim panel to a door

A vehicle includes a lift gate that is operable between a closed position and an open position, and a lamp assembly. The lamp assembly includes a housing coupled to the lift gate and having a backing with a reflective surface, a light source that is coupled to the housing and configured to emit light, and a lid that is operably coupled to the housing. The lid includes a reflective interior surface and reflective exterior surface that is opposite the reflective interior surface. The lid is operable between an open position, wherein the reflective surface of the backing is exposed, and a closed position.

Reflective lamp assembly for a vehicle

A vehicle door assembly including a door panel. A support member is coupled to the door panel. The support member has an edge defining an opening in a top portion thereof. The support member defines at least one flange extending into the opening from the edge. A switch bezel is disposed at least partially within the opening. The switch bezel includes at least one retaining feature configured to slidably engage the at least one flange. A cover member coupled to a side portion of the support member.

Vehicle door assembly

An airbag assembly includes a housing having a base, a first wall, a second wall, and a pair of end walls defining a cavity. The first wall and the second wall are spaced from each other, each of the first wall and the second wall extending from the base to a distal edge. The pair of end walls are spaced from each other and extending from the first wall to the second wall. The distal edge of the first wall extends from the end walls toward the second wall. The airbag assembly includes an airbag disposed in the cavity.

Airbag housing

A vehicle door includes a first interlock coupled to an inner frame panel. A second interlock coupled to an inner trim panel. The first and second interlocks are separated to define a ready state. During an impact condition, the first and second interlocks selectively engage one another to define an impact state that resists deflection of the inner trim panel away from the inner frame panel.

Vehicle trim panel interlock for limiting trim panel separation during an impact condition

A headrest assembly includes a pivot pin rotatably coupled to a support structure. A pivot member extends outward from a headrest body and is coupled to the pivot pin. A lock assembly is disposed about the pivot pin and is operable between a disengaged condition and an engaged condition. In the engaged condition, rotation of the pivot pin relative to the support structure is generally prevented. A pulley wheel is operable to rotate about the pivot pin from a first position to a second position to prompt the lock assembly to enter the disengaged condition.

Headrest assembly for a pivoting headrest

A apparatus includes a trim panel and a displaceable face pane. The trim panel includes a storage compartment and a guideway having a latching slot and a positioning rack. The displaceable face panel has a trunnion received for sliding movement along the guideway.

Trim panel and displaceable face panel providing enhanced storage function

A fastener boss includes a body having a receiving column. The receiving column includes a first section with a first wall thickness and a second section with a second wall thickness wherein the first wall thickness is greater than the second wall thickness. A motor vehicle component incorporating the fastener boss is also disclosed.

Fastener boss and motor vehicle component incorporating that fastener boss

A steering column for autonomous vehicles includes a powered actuator controlling rotation of a lower column, an inner column, and an upper column that is movable relative to the lower and inner columns. Rotation of the lower column relative to the upper column moves the upper column lengthwise. A powered lock rotatably interconnects the inner and lower columns when in a first position, and locks the inner column to a base when in a second position. In an autonomous mode, the upper column is stowed, the powered lock is in the first position, and the motor inhibits rotation of the lower column. In a manual mode, the upper column is extended, the powered lock is in the second position, and a sensor detects an angular position of the upper column.

Stowable steering wheel for autonomous vehicles

A door trim assembly includes an armrest, a pull handle, including a receiver, and a bracket joining the armrest and the pull handle. The bracket includes a connection feature that engages with the receiver. The bracket is cantilevered to the pull handle and includes a second end with an abutment surface engaging the armrest.

Door trim assembly with bracket joining the armrest and the pull handle of that assembly

A method of operating a vehicle having variable opacity windows that includes customer convenience functions such as transitioning a window to transparent when the vehicle is in use as a ride-sharing vehicle and detects picking up a new passenger; or transitioning the window to transparent when a signal is received from an emergency vehicle.

Vehicle window opacity

A doghouse retainer includes a body having an end wall incorporating a clip receiver and a sidewall having an ultrasonic heating concentration feature. A door assembly is provided including a door inner and a door trim panel incorporating such a doghouse retainer. A method of adjusting a gap between two components is also provided.

Doghouse retainer, door assembly incorporating that doghouse retainer and method of adjusting a gap between a first component and a second component

An apparatus is provided for holding an article in a motor vehicle. That apparatus includes a motor vehicle storage compartment having a receiver and a reversible insert held in the receiver. A storage system is also disclosed including a left-hand storage compartment including a first receiver, a right-hand storage compartment including a second receiver and a reversible insert configured for receipt in the first receiver and the second receiver.

Apparatus and storage system for storing an article in a motor vehicle

A collapsible vehicular armrest substrate includes load-bearing strips extending across a gap defined within a support frame. A first tunable element secures the load-bearing strips in a support position on the support frame. A first tension-adjusting portion sets a predetermined first tension limit of the first tunable element. The load-bearing strips disengage from the support position when the first tunable element experiences an actual tension greater than the predetermined first tension limit.

Fully collapsing armrest insert with tunable tensioning elements

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Belleville, MI, United States of America

Linh Ngoc Doan