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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael John Harmon, Northville, MI (US);
Rowell Dizon, Irvine, CA (US);
Justin Yang, Boise, ID (US);
Bradford Zercoe, San Jose, CA (US);
Eryu Shi, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Daniel Smith, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (US);
Shane Patton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A dock for receiving modular programmable widgets includes a body defining a securing channel for receiving the modular programmable widgets, the securing channel being sized to conform with a profile of an attachment body of the rear of the modular programmable widgets; a plurality of dock connectors configured to receive contact pads of the modular programmable widgets; and locators defined by the securing channel into the securing channel to aid in placement of the modular programmable widgets in positions where the contact pads of the modular programmable widgets are aligned with one of the dock connectors.