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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2024
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Christian Lange, Berkley, MI (US);
Michael Kowalski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Miguel Angel Bahena, Saline, MI (US);
Brendan Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Nir Siegel, Raananna, IL;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed to remove a steering wheel of a vehicle. As disclosed herein, a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause processor circuitry of a vehicle to: detect a request to remove a steering wheel from a steering system of a vehicle; verify a user identity based on a user profile, the user profile stored in a memory associated with the vehicle; determine whether a disengagement criterion is satisfied; and after the user identity is detected and the disengagement criterion is satisfied, disengage a lock to enable removal of the steering wheel from the steering system of the vehicle.