Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ford Motor Company Limited

Soo Young Kang-Morales

David Woodhouse

Moray S Callum

Nahshon Francis

Johnathan Andrew Line

Daniel Ferretti

Ryan G Niemiec

Marc S Kondrad

Kevin Preuss

Ryan Blodi

Christopher Young

James P Smithbauer

Antonio Molinari

Chacko Abraham

Bonghoon L Chung

Bonghoon Lukas Chung

Robert J Gelardi

Rick Mason

John Ingle

A reclining rear seat system is provided for a motor vehicle. That reclining rear seat system includes a front seat, a first actuator for displacing the front seat between a first position and a second position, a reclining rear seat and a second actuator for displacing the reclining rear seat between an upright position and fully reclined position. Further the system includes a controller configured to control the reclining rear seat system and a front seat occupant sensor.

Reclining rear seat system for a motor vehicle

A pushbutton shifter interface is provided on a vehicle and includes a plurality of pushbutton keys arranged horizontally on a dashboard. The pushbutton shifter interface may be fixedly coupled with the dashboard generally forward of a driver seat. The pushbutton shifter interface is accessible by a driver to select a vehicle operating mode.

Pushbutton vehicle shifter interface

A vehicle instrument panel module is provided herein. The module includes a display portion including a display. A transition portion is disposed along a bottom section of the display portion. A register portion is disposed below the transition portion and has one or more airflow registers therein. The display portion, the transition portion, and the register portion each have at least one component that is integrally formed with the remaining portions of the module. A first electrical connector housing is formed with the module and configured to mate with a second electrical connector disposed within the vehicle.

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