Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Thomas Matthew Lewis

David Thomas Patrick

Salvatore Moceri

Mark McCarthy

Tariq Ismail

Alfred Jacob Glauser

Eileen Franko

Philip D LaPenna

George Anthony Hyde

Logan Kluge

Anna Elizabeth Hill

Steve Mayes

Paul Alan Hellebuyck

A ventilation assembly for a vehicle includes a duct disposed between a seating assembly and a vehicle floor having a first end with a first opening disposed at a first area of the vehicle and a second end with a second opening disposed at a second area of the vehicle. An air mover is disposed at one or more of the first and second ends of the duct, wherein the air mover is operable to move air along the duct.

Structural duct with seat attachment

A scuff plate for a vehicle includes a sloped front side in physical contact with a cargo-area floor panel. The cargo-area floor panel can have a slope angle greater than zero in a downward direction and the sloped front side can have a ramp angle at least equal to the slope angle in an upward direction.

Scuff plate for cargo retention

A multifunction hook assembly is provided for a motor vehicle. That multifunction hook assembly includes a housing having a recess and first and second pivoting hooks carried on the housing. The two pivoting hooks are displaceable between stowed positions received within the recess and deployed positions projecting from the recess. An improved cargo management system is also provided. That improved cargo management system incorporates the multifunction hook assembly.

Cargo management system and multifunction hook assembly

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Royal Oak, MI, United States of America

Thomas Matthew Lewis