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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ali Hassani, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Ryan Edwin Hanson, Livonia, MI (US);
Aaron Matthew Delong, Toledo, OH (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/102 (2013.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/102 (2013.01); G07C 9/00857 (2013.01); H04L 63/068 (2013.01); B60R 2325/205 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00888 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transfer key system for a vehicle may include a key receptacle configured to detect the presence of a transfer key, and a controller configured to receive key status signals from the key receptacle, and activate the transfer key as an active transfer key in response to the status signal indicating a removal of the transfer key from the key receptacle and receiving an authentication signal from a user.