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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
May. 17, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Hussein H. Berry, Dearborn, MI (US);
Annette Lynn Huebner, Highland, MI (US);
Marguerite Lynn Kimball, Brighton, MI (US);
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Gregory Paul Thomas, Canton, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle is provided that includes a vehicle body defining a cabin interior and comprising a front row of seats and a rear row of seats, a plurality of seats located within the cabin interior, and a monitoring system for detecting and monitoring a pet or passenger within the cabin interior. The vehicle also includes a movable center console positioned between a pair of the forward row of seats and forward of the rear row of seats and comprising a holder for holding a drink container, and a controller processing signals generated by the monitoring system and determining a location of the detected pet or passenger on the rear row of seats based on the processed signals, the controller further controlling the movable console between a forward first position and a rearward second position closer to the rear row of seats.