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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 21, 2022
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);

David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);

Brendan Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);

William Wurz, San Francisco, CA (US);

Shawn Ferret, Belleville, MI (US);

William Jackson, Westland, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/13 (2012.01); B62D 33/02 (2006.01); G01G 19/08 (2006.01); G01L 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/13 (2013.01); B62D 33/0207 (2013.01); G01G 19/08 (2013.01); G01L 1/22 (2013.01); B60W 2420/22 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2420/54 (2013.01); B60W 2530/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A base plate system includes at least one base plate configured to support at least one accessory and at least one sensor that is configured to determine at least one characteristic of the at least one accessory and/or the at least one base plate. A controller uses the at least one characteristic to estimate a stress and/or strain caused by the at least one accessory on the at least one base plate and predicts how the stress and/or strain could change depending on position of the at least one accessory and/or orientation of the at least one base plate within a vehicle.


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