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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Brendan F. Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Meghan Preiss, Detroit, MI (US);
Annette Lynn Huebner, Highland, MI (US);
Lia Pillen, Woodhaven, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A tool application system for a vehicle may include a database configured to maintain an inventory of items on a vehicle, and a server configured to receive a request for at least one item relating to a worksite from a technician, compare the request for the at least one item to the inventory, determine that the item is not part of the inventory, transmit a part request to at least one location based on at least one factor, and transmit instructions to the vehicle in response to receiving a response to the request from the location confirming availability of the item.