Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Tribar Manufacturing, LLC

Granby Mold, Inc.

Will Farrelly

Torsten Gerhardt

Andrew John Murray

John K Harding

Eric H Wingfield

Paul Kenneth Dellock

Michael Musleh

Steve David Fleming

Richard Gendal Brown

Joel Thomas Pierce

Alicia Agius

Jonathan Scott

David Skipp

Danny Edward Stanesby

Bob Bretz

Douglas Nicoll

John Turcotte

Nikola Ristivojevich

Kathleen Blackmore

Ian Sutherland Wright

Kristin Marie Schondorf

Marcus Mueller

Gary Brown

Jonathan Young

Daniel Edward Stanesby

A request for a parking space is received from a requesting vehicle. Data is received from at least one data-collecting vehicle related to at least one parking space. Based at least in part on the received data, a parking availability map is generated indicating a parking space appropriate for the requesting vehicle. If the parking space is occupied by an unauthorized vehicle, a message is provided to a parking enforcement authority that the parking space is occupied by an unauthorized vehicle.

Unauthorized vehicle detection

A request to identify a parking spot is received. A response to the request, including an identification of at least one available parking spot, is provided. A parking spot selected from the response is identified. Data relating to the selected spot are collected. A user profile based on the collected data is updated.

Method and system for vehicle parking

A location of a shared vehicle is identified. Shared vehicle usage data is obtained for the location. An instruction is provided to adjust an operating mode of the shared vehicle based at least on the shared vehicle usage data and the location.

Shared vehicle management

A roof bar () for a motor vehicle () has an elongate load carrying member () and a single elongate stay () which are hingedly connected to a roof () of the motor vehicle () by a pair of base plates (). The elongate load carrying member () is selectively held in a deployed position by a latch mechanism () which latches a castellated edge of the elongate load carrying member () to a castellated edge of the single elongate stay () along a significant portion of the interface between the two components () so as to provide a strong support for any loads carried by the roof bar (). The components () forming the roof bar () are all relatively thin and the elongate load carrying member () and the single elongate stay () are arranged to fold flat on the roof () of the motor vehicle () so as to minimize any change in vehicle height when the roof bar () is stowed.

Roof bar for a motor vehicle

A lighting system for a motor vehicleis disclosed in which a light sourceis fitted to the inside of each doorL,R,L,R so as to selectively provide interior lighting when the respective doorL,R,L,R is closed and puddle lighting when it is open. Each of the light sourcesis mounted close to a waistline of the doorL,R,L,R to which it is attached and is arranged to project light in a downward direction so as not to provide a distraction for a driver of the motor vehicle

Lighting system arranged in vehicle door

A vehicle showcase display badge is provided which includes a bezel, a substantially transparent front lens, and a rear lens comprising a light transparent front surface and a colored reflective rear surface. The badge also includes a graphic assembly disposed between the front lens and the rear lens, wherein the rear lens provides a three-dimensional appearance of the graphic assembly. The badge further includes an attachment for attaching the badge to a vehicle such that the graphic assembly is viewable. One or more curved surfaces may be employed on the rear lens to provide a shadow effect. One or more of the lenses may be overmolded.

Showcase display badge

An armrest assembly for a vehicle seatcomprises an armrest portion, a shingle head restraint portionmoveably attached to one end of the armrest portion, to permit the shingle head restraintto be moved towards and away from the one end of the armrest portion, and a height adjuster to selectively secure the head restraintin one of a number of predetermined displaced positions relative to the armrest portion, the armrest portion being moveable from a folded up positionto a folded down position. The head restraint portionis pivotably mounted for rotation about a substantially horizontal axisand includes a head restraint rotation latching mechanism comprising a latching member biased into engagement with part of the head restraintto hold the head restraintin a preferred rotational position, and a means to automatically disengage the latching member only when the head restraintis brought into close proximity to the armrest portionto permit rotation of the head restraint portionabout the horizontal axis.

Armrest assembly for a seat

A roof bar () for a motor vehicle () includes an elongate load carrying member () selectively held in a deployed position by a latch mechanism (). A crossbar portion () of the elongate load carrying member () is wider than it is thick and is orientated such that the width of the crossbar portion () is vertically arranged when the roof bar () is in the deployed position so as to increase the resistance to vertical bending of the crossbar portion ().

An overhead storage compartment () is disclosed in which the storage compartment () is moveable into a collapsed state so as to lie substantially adjacent to a roof panel () of a motor vehicle () and not intrude significantly into an interior space of the motor vehicle () and is further deployable from the collapsed state into an in-use or deployed state in which it defines a cavity that can be used to transport articles in the vehicle ().

Overhead storage compartment for a vehicle

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Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Will Farrelly