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Stories about Ford’s patent team usually follow a familiar structure: Ford patents a whacky feature, we find the patent, we all have a good laugh, we never see the feature. Unfortunately, we may be seeing all too much of its latest patent. Ford’s “vehicle lighting assembly and lighting method”...

The next Mach E may come with curtains that capture the power of the sun, if Ford’s latest paten application is anything to go by. The idea is as simple to conceive of as it sounds like it will be complicated to manufacture. Essentially, when you’re parked, you can unfurl curtains with flexible...

Yesterday, we wrote about a trademark that Ford applied for relating to G.O.A.T. Modes , which we had a couple of guesses about. Another patent application for an “ Anomaly Mitigation Suspensions Mode” may shed a little more light on what Ford is planning. The AMSM is an “intelligent...

The Bronco will be unveiled in Spring 2020. Ford has finally made the official announcement in a teaser video that you can watch above. The video doesn't actually reveal much more about the SUV, but does take some time to run through the history of the marque, which ran for 30-odd years from...

Ford may be taking ages to get its reborn Bronco out of development and onto the market, but it sounds like this SUV will be well worth the wait. It makes sense that a rugged off-roader like this would have removable doors so the driver and passengers can enjoy even more of nature’s splendor...

Another cool patent from Ford could mean that the upcoming Bronco is getting a retractable cloth roof. Don't take too much from the body shown in this new patent filing, uncovered by Motor Trend . After all, engineers aren't always stylists, and drawing something simple and boxy where it's not...

Last year, Ford announced that it had hired 18 scientists in China to determine the causes of new car smell . The Golden Noses, as they were dubbed, were looking into the smell largely because Chinese buyers, unlike Americans, find the smell objectionable. Now Ford has released a patent...

Ford has trademarked the Adrenaline name with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, potentially signaling the arrival of a crossover with the sporty-sounding name. The American automaker hopes to use the Adrenaline name on “motor vehicles, namely, passenger automobiles, trucks, sport...

No, for real. Ford is developing active engine mounts that are magnetic to better isolate the engine’s vibrations from the chassis. Some high end automakers already use magnetorheological dampers to similar ends. These, though, work like a car’s suspension, using magnets to stiffen or soften a...

Ford has filed a patent for an electric supercharger that could double as an on-board compressor pump or vacuum pump. The patent describes an electric supercharger with a valve that would block the passageway to the engine, directing the compressed air into a separate sealed portion so it can...

Apparently, the increasingly complex array of buttons on the side of a modern driver’s seat has become too much for humans to process. There are just too many ways to adjust our seating position (though not in this writer’s car). What if, instead of pressing buttons and switches, we could bark...

Despite being some 30-odd years old now, Chevrolet’s Vortec heads are still highly sought after among that crowd because they offer better performance thanks to the creation of a vortex within the combustion chamber. Ford’s now working on its vortex innovation, according to a new patent...