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Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2024
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Michael John Harmon, Northville, MI (US);

Frank Thomas Brown, Santa Fe, NM (US);

Kendra Marie Rabineau, Berkley, MI (US);

Stuart Jamieson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Max Tran, Pascoe Vale, AU;

Leigh H. Cosentino, Woodend, AU;

Andrew Beard, Glenaroua, AU;

Mark Johnson, Warranwood, AU;

Nick David Eterovic, Brunswick West, AU;

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/00 (2006.01); B60J 5/02 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/02 (2013.01); B60R 11/0235 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0036 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle cargo space access providing method includes, in response to a request to access a cargo space of a vehicle that is in a first parked position, confirming that a movement of the vehicle from the first parked position to a second parked position is unobstructed. The method further includes, continuing the confirming, and moving the vehicle automatically from the first parked position to the second parked position. The cargo space is more accessible to a user when the vehicle is in the second parked position than when the vehicle is in the first parked position.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Harmon, Michael. (2026). Vehicle cargo space access providing method (U.S. Patent No. 12741514). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12741514

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