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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Duncan Whipps, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Tuan Quoc Nguyen, Birmingham, MI (US);
Jonathan Szczupak, Troy, MI (US);
Gregory Patton, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a vehicle door changeable back and forth between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the vehicle door is provided by an inner module coupled to an outer module. In the second configuration, the vehicle door is provided by the inner module without the outer module. A door providing method includes providing a vehicle door in a first configuration using an inner module coupled to an outer module. The method further includes providing the vehicle door in a second configuration using the inner module without the outer module.