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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Cheri Lyn Hansen, Canton, MI (US);
Cynthia M. Neubecker, Westland, MI (US);
Brad Alan Ignaczak, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/183 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60R 7/04 (2006.01); B60N 2/75 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/183 (2013.01); B60N 2/793 (2018.02); B60R 7/04 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stowable user interface system includes an armrest. The stowable user interface system includes a steering wheel support arm supported by the armrest and movable between an extended position outside the armrest and a retracted position inside the armrest. The stowable user interface system permits an operator of a vehicle to control a steering system of the vehicle when the steering wheel support arm in the extended position. The stowable user interface system stows the steering wheel support arm in the retracted position.