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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2020
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);

Annette Lynn Huebner, Highland, MI (US);

Marguerite Lynn Kimball, Brighton, MI (US);

Hussein Berry, Dearborn, MI (US);

John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);

Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.01); A01K 7/02 (2006.01); B60N 3/18 (2006.01); G01S 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2013.01); A01K 7/02 (2013.01); B60N 3/18 (2013.01); G01S 5/04 (2013.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.02); H04W 4/48 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); B60K 2370/152 (2019.05); B60K 2370/16 (2019.05);
Abstract

A vehicle is provided that includes a vehicle body, a plurality of RF signal receivers located at a plurality of locations within the vehicle, a portable pet bowl configured to be transported in the vehicle body, the pet bowl including a container for holding content such as water, an RF signal transmitter located on the pet bowl for transmitting an RF signal, and a controller for processing the RF signal received by each of the plurality of RF signal receivers and determining a location of the pet bowl based on the received RF signals.


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