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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Derek Board, Ferndale, MI (US);
Srinivasan Sundararajan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kevin Michael Pline, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/14 (2006.01); B62D 1/19 (2006.01); B62D 1/181 (2006.01); B62D 1/11 (2006.01); B60R 21/20 (2011.01); B62D 1/183 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/14 (2013.01); B60R 21/20 (2013.01); B62D 1/11 (2013.01); B62D 1/181 (2013.01); B62D 1/197 (2013.01); B62D 1/183 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly includes a steering column. The assembly includes a pair of steering handles pivotally supported by the steering column and pivotable from an extended position toward the steering column to a retracted position. The assembly includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to pivot the steering handles to the retracted position upon detecting a triggering event.