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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mark Taylor, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Robert McPhail, South Lyon, MI (US);
Martyn Swain, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Geoff John Cooper, Canton, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/06 (2006.01); B60J 10/90 (2016.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60J 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60J 10/90 (2016.02); B60R 11/0258 (2013.01); B62D 25/06 (2013.01); B60J 1/02 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle assembly includes a vehicle body including two roof rails spaced from one another. The vehicle assembly further includes a roof panel which is releasably attached to the vehicle body. The roof panel extends from one roof rail to the other roof rail. The roof panel defines a sensor window. An object-detection sensor is aligned with the sensor window.