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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 07, 2022
Applicant:

Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey A. Jones, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Raúl Ricart, Valls, ES;

Antoni Ferré Fàbregas, Valls, ES;

Assignee:

Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/08 (2006.01); B60N 2/015 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/30 (2006.01); B60N 2/856 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/0881 (2013.01); B60N 2/01516 (2013.01); B60N 2/3018 (2013.01); B60N 2/3034 (2013.01); B60N 2/3043 (2013.01); B60N 2/307 (2013.01); B60N 2/856 (2018.02); B60N 2002/0216 (2013.01); B60N 2205/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

A removable component system may include a vehicle, a plurality of removable components, one or more sensor assemblies, and/or an electronic control unit that may be connected to the one or more sensors. A method of operating the removable component system may include moving, via the electronic control unit, a first removable component of the plurality of removable components relative to a mounting surface of the vehicle, detecting a new removable component or removal of a second removable component of the plurality of removable components while moving the first removable component, and/or modifying the movement of the first removable component according to the detected new removable component and/or the removal of the second removable component.


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