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Ford

Stories selected from published Ford patents, using drawings as a way to see ideas beyond the products that eventually reached the public.

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Companies · Ford

Inside Ford’s Vehicle Patents: Sliding Desks, Folding Steering Wheels and Drones

Seats that face each other, an autonomous-mode theater, a dashboard desk, a tailgate sawhorse, a vehicle-launched drone, delivery-robot assistance, pet mode, outward HUD projection, self-moving repossession, and a tilting steering wheel: ten Ford patent drawings that rethink what a car can become.

10 FIG. · 10/1/2026

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Things · Mobility

Walking Cars and Laser Wipers: 10 Unusual Automotive Patents

Walking cars, laser-cleaned windshields, removable controls, AR glass and rotating cabins: ten patents that rethink what a car has to be.

10 FIG. · 9/18/2026

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