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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Annette Lynn Huebner, Highland, MI (US);
Jeffrey Robert Seaman, Brownstown, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 3/00 (2006.01); B60P 3/38 (2006.01); B62D 65/14 (2006.01); E04H 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 3/008 (2013.01); B60P 3/38 (2013.01); B62D 65/14 (2013.01); E04H 15/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a vehicle hammock and a thermal energy adjustment device of the vehicle hammock. A method of controlling thermal energy within a hammock includes, among other things, providing a vehicle hammock having a thermal energy adjustment device, and adjusting the thermal energy level of the vehicle hammock based, at least in part, on a thermal energy level outside the vehicle hammock.