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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael Hrecznyj, Livonia, MI (US);
Michael M. Azzouz, Farmington, MI (US);
Scott Nydam, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Clay Wesley Maranville, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Chris Robert Sculthorpe, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A fluid connection for a vehicle includes a container selectively coupled with a compartment of the vehicle. The container includes at least one passage in fluid communication with an interior of the container. At least one port is disposed on the compartment and in fluid communication with a climate control system in the vehicle. The at least one passage is in fluid communication with the at least one port when the container is coupled with the compartment. The at least one port has an elongated cross-sectional area at a connection interface between the at least one port and the at least one passage.