US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Aug. 25 for "Method of controlling a vehicle having a load ramp" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,353, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Method of controlling a vehicle having a load ramp" was invented by John Robert Van Wiemeersch (Novi, Mich.), Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), David Brian Glickman (Southfield, Mich.), Peter Phung (Windsor, Canada), Paul Kenneth Dellock (Northville, Mich.) and Pietro Buttolo (Dearborn Heights, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a body, an access aperture that is defined by the body, a closure panel, a load ramp, and a moisture sensor. The access aperture provides access to an interior of the vehicle. The closure panel se...