Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Raed Younis

Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam

Mohannad Hakeem

Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy

Ahmed Awadi

Daniel Benjamin Kok

Muhannad Anwar Hamdan

A pick-up truck includes a pick-up bed, a tailgate connected to the pick-up bed, a motor configured to move the tailgate along a path, a camera, and processors. The processors stop the tailgate while the tailgate is automatically moving in response to detecting, via the camera, any object within the path.

System and method for power tailgate safety

A vehicle includes electric brakes, an engine with a starter, a battery and a controller. The battery has a voltage and is configured to power the starter, the electric brakes, and the controller. The controller is configured to, in response to a speed of the vehicle falling within a specified range without propulsive demand and while the voltage is greater than an upper voltage that varies based on a charge needed to engage the brakes to stop the vehicle, stop the engine.

Control of a rolling stop-start vehicle engine

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Dearborn Heights, MI, United States of America

Raed Younis