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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
May. 11, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Gilles Margaria, Lauro de Freitas, BR;
Rodrigo Denizarte de Oliveira Polkowski, Camacari, BR;
Julio Okada, Salvador, BR;
Eduardo Pinto, Camacari, BR;
Cristiano Grings Herbert, Salvador, BR;
Alper Kiziltas, Sarikamis, TR;
Deborah Frances Mielewski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for controlling microbial contamination of scooters are disclosed. A method may include determining that a user interaction with a vehicle is complete, presenting a first indication that the vehicle is unavailable for use, activating a heating element of the vehicle, the heating element associated with a microbial reduction process, determining that a time period associated with the microbial reduction process has expired, deactivating, based on the expiration of the time period, the heating element of the vehicle, and presenting a second indication that the vehicle is available for use.