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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
William Wurz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ryan J. O'Gorman, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Peter Phung, Windsor, CA;
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66D 1/46 (2006.01); B60K 25/06 (2006.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B66D 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66D 1/46 (2013.01); B60K 25/06 (2013.01); B62D 1/046 (2013.01); B66D 1/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle winch control assembly includes, among other things, a winch, and a vehicle input device that is reassigned to control the winch. The vehicle input device can be an accelerator pedal. A vehicle winch control method includes, among other things, reassigning a vehicle input device, and, after the reassigning, controlling a winch using the vehicle input device.