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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Robert Chapman, Commerce, MI (US);
David Toppenberg, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/08 (2012.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B62D 1/183 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); B62D 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 37/06 (2013.01); B62D 1/10 (2013.01); B60K 2370/828 (2019.05); B60K 2370/834 (2019.05);
Abstract
A system comprising a vehicle control device that includes a body fittable to a vehicle receptacle. An engagement pin is mounted to a side of the body, releasably lockable to a receptacle hole. A first electrical connector, mounted to a first end of the body, is mateable to an electrical connector, mounted to the receptacle, when the engagement pin is engaged. A steering wheel is releasably and rotatably engagable by a second end of the body.