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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2021
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Paul W. Alexander, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Wonhee M. Kim, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Diann Brei, Milford, MI (US);
Jonathan E. Luntz, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Koray Benli, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Laura Alejandra Giner Munoz, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Cargo systems are provided for vehicles that include, in one embodiment: a variable cargo surface disposed within a body of the vehicle behind one or more occupant seats, the variable cargo surface including: a low friction surface that facilitates movement of cargo within the cargo system, the low friction surface having a first coefficient of friction; a high friction surface that inhibits movement of cargo within the cargo system, the high friction surface having a second coefficient of friction that is greater than the first coefficient of friction; and a control device that selectively activates the low friction surface and the high friction surface based on conditions for the vehicle; wherein the low friction surface contacts the cargo within the cargo system when the low friction surface is activated; and the high friction surface contacts the cargo within the cargo system when the high friction surface is activated.