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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Annette Lynn Huebner, Highland, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Jeffrey Robert Seaman, Brownstown, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes, among other things, a spare tire cover comprising an attaching ring configured to surround an outer circumference of a tire and a center panel that is attached to the attaching ring. At least one exciter is mounted to the center panel. A method includes, among other things, molding at least one temperature sensor to a center panel, mounting the center panel to enclose one open side of an attaching ring to form a spare tire cover, and mounting at least one exciter to the center panel to selectively generate a desired sound.