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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2011
Gian Carlo Morlet Ugalde, Huixquilucan Edo, MX;
Babak Shahmehri, Canton, MI (US);
Kathleen Pecoraro, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David A. Wilson, Plymouth, MI (US);
Marc Jonathon Lucas, Remagen-Oberwinter, DE;
Robert Joseph Beier, Plymouth, MI (US);
Timothy Debastos, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Gian Carlo Morlet Ugalde, Huixquilucan Edo, MX;
Babak Shahmehri, Canton, MI (US);
Kathleen Pecoraro, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David A. Wilson, Plymouth, MI (US);
Marc Jonathon Lucas, Remagen-Oberwinter, DE;
Robert Joseph Beier, Plymouth, MI (US);
Timothy DeBastos, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle is provided with a seat oriented in a passenger compartment forward of a storage compartment. The seat has a seat back that is pivotally connected to a body of the vehicle. The seat back is pivotable between a seating position and a storage position. A battery is disposed within the storage compartment. A tray is removably connected to the vehicle body in either one of a first and a second position. The tray is elevated from the battery within the storage compartment in the first position. The tray is connected to the vehicle body such that it is contiguous with and forward of the battery in the second position. A flat load floor is formed by the top surface of a housing of the battery together with the tray.