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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Mathew B. Rutman, Westland, MI (US);
Eric Scott Levine, Novi, MI (US);
William Wurz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Lozano, Detroit, MI (US);
Jeff Sturges, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A locking control system and method include providing a base plate with an attachment interface and attaching at least one accessory to the base plate via the attachment interface. A user profile is provided that comprises one or more classes of authorization. Locking and unlocking of the at least one accessory to the base plate is controlled based on the user profile and/or locking and unlocking of the at least one accessory itself is controlled based on the user profile.