Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Ford Motor Company Limited

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Stuart C Salter

Paul Kenneth Dellock

David Brian Glickman

Pietro Buttolo

James J Surman

Annette Lynn Huebner

Cornel Lewis Gardner

John Robert Van Wiemeersch

Aaron Bradley Johnson

Hussein H Berry

Brendan F Diamond

Michael Musleh

James Stewart Rankin, Ii

Kristopher Karl Brown

Stephen Kenneth Helwig

Ryan J O'Gorman

Talat Karmo

Jeffrey Singer

Harry Lobo

Katherine Howard-Cone

Peter Phung

Richard Gall

Zeljko Deljevic

Kristin Ann Hellman

Chester Stanislaus Walawender

Scott Holmes Dunham

Keith Weston

Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati

David Celinske

Venkatesh Krishnan

Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake

Erick Michael Lavoie

Gary Steven Strumolo

Michael John Harmon

Ross Dykstra Pursifull

Benjamin Yilma

Ryan Welch

Ryan Edwin Hanson

Joshua R Wheeler

Michael James Whitens

Johnathan Andrew Line

Kosta Papanikolaou

Wei Xu

Linsheng Chen

Hanyang B Chen

Vivekanandh Elangovan

Bhavani Thota

Michael Musa Azzouz

Jesse R Diephuis

Sean Bayle West

Matthew B Rutman

Thomas Joseph Hermann

Robert J Gelardi

Aaron Peter Klop

Michael Irby

Michael Alan Mcnees

Chi Li

Gregory Paul Thomas

Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam

Ali Hassani

Kevin Wayne Preuss

Manfred Koberstein

Adrian Nania

Linh Ngoc Doan

Brian Joseph Robert

Gary D Mullen

Darrel Alan Recker

John Shutko

Howard Paul Tsvi Linden

Patrick Kevin Holub

John Anthony DeMarco

Michael Hrecznyj

Richard William Kautz

Michael Lozano

Mandeep Singh Sidhu

Alan George Dry

Brian Bennie

Daniel Ferretti

Larry Dean Elie

Hamid M Golgiri

Joshua Robert Hemphill

Yifan Chen

William David Treharne

Andrew D Niedert

Steven Yellin Schondorf

Segundo Baldovino

Andrew Denis Lewandowski

Eric L Reed

David James Tippy

Jayanthi Rao

Jordan Barrett

Michael Steven Medoro

Kevin Thomas Hille

Arun Kumar

Jeroen Lem

Scott Culver Anderson

Hussain Zoher Tajmahal

Peter Simeon Lazarevski

Scott Alan Watkins

Ryan A Olsson

A vehicle assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a cargo bed of a vehicle and a crossbar spanning the cargo bed. The crossbar is slidable relative to the cargo bed. A lift assist device is mounted to the crossbar. The assembly can include a passenger side rail mounted to a passenger side wall assembly of the cargo bed, and a driver side rail mounted to a driver side wall assembly of the cargo bed. The crossbar can be slidably coupled to both the driver side rail and the passenger side rail.

Vehicle assembly having cross-bar mounted lift assist device and operating method

A motor vehicle electrical distribution system includes an upfitter power supply subsystem with overcurrent protection for tripping (opening) a solid-state relay when current drawn from a main electrical source by the upfitter subsystem impacts other priority electrical loads of the vehicle. Warnings/alerts are generated to inform the user (e.g., driver) of the tripping events, which may include real-time graphing of a recent history of events. In order to restore power to the upfitter subsystem, a voltage supplied by a supplemental battery (i.e., vehicle start-up battery) to the upfitter subsystem is monitored. If the voltage stabilizes then a voltage from the main electrical source is intentionally dropped to the stabilized value and the solid-state relay is re-closed. Then the main voltage is ramped back up to its nominal value. An automatic reset time may be added to delay the reclosing if the solid-state relay has been operated excessively.

Vehicular electrical system sharing primary power with upfit equipment

A system comprises a computer having a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine a wakeup time for an occupant of a vehicle based on a destination and an object in an interior of the vehicle, and actuate a vehicle component to awaken the occupant.

Vehicle HMI actuation

A climate management system for a compartment of a vehicle includes a divider selectively disposed in the compartment to divide the compartment into two zones in response to connection with a wall of the compartment. The system further includes a sensor monitoring the compartment and configured to detect the divider in the compartment. The system further includes at least one fluid connection in the compartment. The system further includes at least one actuator configured to control fluid flow through the at least one fluid connection. The system further includes control circuitry in communication with the sensor and the at least one actuator and is configured to communicate a signal to adjust the at least one actuator based on the detection of the divider.

Climate management system for a compartment of a vehicle

A hitch receiver for an automotive vehicle includes a receiver tube defining an open end and a cavity therein. The hitch receiver also includes an electrical connector, having a plurality of electrical contacts on a spring-loaded face thereof, disposed within the receiver tube at an end thereof opposite the open end such that the electrical contacts are adjacent to the cavity.

Vehicle hitch integrated electrical connector

A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable to actuate a cleaning system to spray a sensor in accordance with a cleaning plan stored in the memory, actuate the cleaning system to spray the sensor in response to an input from an operator, and adjust the cleaning plan based on the input from the operator to actuate the cleaning system.

Vehicle sensor cleaning

A power management system for a vehicle includes a power source, switching circuitry, and a first converter electrically interposing the power source and the switching circuitry. The first converter has a first power output threshold. A second converter electrically interposes the power source and the switching circuitry. The second converter has a second power output threshold lower than the first power output threshold. Control circuitry is configured to, in response to a key-off state of the vehicle, control the switching circuitry to supply power to at least one load, compare the power drawn from the second converter by the at least one load to the second power output threshold, and communicate an output to limit the power drawn from the second converter by the at least one load in response to the comparison.

Power distribution management for a vehicle

A vehicle having an air compressor, an air storage tank and a sensor is disclosed. The air compressor may supply compressed air to the air storage tank, and the air storage tank may supply the compressed air to an external tool. The sensor may be configured to receive information associated with the external tool and send the information to a vehicle processor. The processor may determine tool specification and expected tool usage characteristics based on the information associated with the external tool. The processor may further calculate a target pressure of compressed air in the air storage tank based on the tool specification and the expected tool usage characteristics. Furthermore, the processor may cause air compressor operation to fill the air storage tank with the compressed air at the target pressure.

Systems and methods for controlling vehicle air compressor

A vehicle flow control system includes an active grille shutter assembly of a vehicle. The active grille shutter assembly has shutters and a lighting assembly configured to emit light that passes between the shutters. A vehicle lighting method includes emitting light from a lighting assembly through a plurality of shutters of an active grille shutter assembly.

Vehicle flow control system with lighting assembly

A vehicle cargo storage system configured to be located in a floor of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle cargo storage system includes a chamber configured to extend into and below the floor of the vehicle, and a cargo holding structure configured to hold one or more cargo items and configured to move between a stowed position within the chamber and a deployed position outside the chamber. The vehicle cargo system also including a cover to a pivot mechanism to pivot the cover between a first closed position covering the one or more cargo items in the chamber and a second position to expose the one or more cargo items outside the chamber, and a locking mechanism configured to be actuated to lock the cover in the first closed position.

Vehicle cargo storage system

One or more controllers may, after activation of a vehicle, sequentially pulse field effect transistors of a power distribution module of the vehicle that are connected to inputs of an upfitter power module, and preclude operation of the upfitter power module responsive to, for at least two of the field effect transistors, electrical parameters resulting from the corresponding pulses being reported for a same one of the inputs.

Vehicle upfitter power connection management strategies

A vehicle including a detection unit and a processor is disclosed. The detection unit may be configured to capture inputs associated with an external light being illuminated in proximity to the vehicle. The processor may be configured to obtain the inputs from the detection unit, and determine an illumination characteristic associated with the external light based on the inputs obtained from the detection unit. The processor may further actuate a vehicle light to illuminate based on the illumination characteristic.

Systems and methods for actuating vehicle lights based on external light show

A vehicle console system includes a body having first and second sidewalls. Each of the first and second sidewalls defines a rail along an inner surface thereof. A support bar slidably engages the rails. The support bar defines a track. A cover assembly is operably coupled to the support bar. The cover assembly includes a base panel coupled to the support bar via a connector assembly and a deployable panel rotatably coupled to the base panel. The cover assembly is configured to translate along a first movement path with the support bar along the rails and a second movement path along the track of the support bar. The cover assembly is configured to rotate along a third movement path between a first side position and a second side position.

Vehicle console assembly

A refrigerated delivery vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle may include a refrigerated cargo zone configured to store a plurality of delivery packages. The refrigerated cargo zone may include an access door. The vehicle may further include a detection unit configured to detect a user movement in the refrigerated cargo zone and an access door movement when the vehicle may be traversing a delivery route or parked. The vehicle may further include a processor configured to obtain inputs from the detection unit, and determine a user inefficiency parameter based on the inputs. The processor may be further configured to compare the user inefficiency parameter with a threshold inefficiency parameter. The processor may output a notification instructing the user to reduce the user movement or the access door movement when the user inefficiency parameter may be greater than the threshold inefficiency parameter.

Delivery vehicle temperature management systems and methods

A vehicle power system generates alerts prior to discontinuance of power to upfitter loads and vehicle loads according to a user defined priority sequence such that the alerts generated prior to discontinuance of power to the upfitter loads are different than the alerts generated prior to discontinuance of power to the vehicle loads.

Control and management of upfitter and vehicle loads

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Stuart C Salter