Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Trenton Lee McMillion

Thomas Joseph Ciccone

Keith Weston

Matthew Arthur Titus

Greg B Zinn

James Patrick Cahill

Joseph Ovalles Quinones

Ryan Orourke

Joshua Walters

Jaymin Joseph

Jacek Brzozowski

Methods and systems are provided for a cooling assembly for a vehicle. In one example, the cooling assembly may be a non-rectangular cooler positioned in a front end of the vehicle with an entry duct continuous with the non-rectangular cooler and arranged upstream of the non-rectangular cooler and an exit duct also continuous with the non-rectangular cooler and arranged downstream of the non-rectangular cooler.

Continuous cooling assembly

Methods and systems are provided for controlling an airflow to an engine via a primary air induction pathway or a secondary air induction pathway, where the secondary air induction pathway routes the airflow to the engine via a deployable snorkel system. Thus, in one example, a method comprises routing the airflow to the engine solely via the primary air induction pathway by commanding open a first air inlet valve and commanding closed a second air inlet valve, and responsive to a request to switch the routing, commanding closed the first air inlet valve and commanding open the second air inlet valve. In this way, the snorkel system may selectively be used in response to requests from a vehicle operator.

Systems and methods for controlling air induction to an engine of a vehicle

An articulating hood pin assembly includes a double-ended ball stud, a receiver, a retention element holding the double-ended ball stud and a snap ring securing the retention element in the receiver. A hood latch assembly includes a latch mechanism and the articulating hood pin assembly.

Articulating hood pin assembly and hood latch assembly incorporating that articulating hood pin assembly

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Trenton Lee McMillion