Ford is the most productive automaker this year, according to the U.S. patent office. So far this year, it has submitted roughly 1,500 patents with a 25-percent jump compared to 2015.
“At Ford we are fully engaged in the current climate where inventions and out-side-the-box thinking are being produced rapidly,” said Tony Lockwood, Ford manager, virtual driver system, autonomous vehicle development, who was granted a patent for the idea along with fellow Ford employee Joe Stanek. “Ultimately, customers benefit as we open ourselves to new ideas and advance mobility using emerging technologies.”
Earlier this year, Ford introduced Carr-E, a versatile, electric personal transportation device made by Germany-based Ford systems engineer Killian Vas. Carr-E can also transport packages and heavy objects.
On-the-Go H2O, developed by Ford engineers Doug Martin and John Rollinger, works to gather vehicle condensation, which gets filtered and pumped into a faucet located inside the car to make drinking water.
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