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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Amy Lynn Marentic, Plymouth, MI (US);
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Annette Lynn Huebner, Highland, MI (US);
Robert J. Gelardi, Plymouth, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a vehicle door panel, a removeable structure having a retention member fixed on the vehicle door panel, and a holding element associated with the retention member to provide a pocket that can be configured in different ways to accommodate a plurality of powered devices. A power interface in the vehicle door panel powers at least one of the plurality of powered devices. A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, providing the power interface in the vehicle door panel to power at least one of the plurality of powered devices, and providing a communications link between at least one of the plurality of powered devices and a vehicle touchscreen or control.