In a patent application published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Feb. 20—but filed on April 26, 2022—Ford details deployable mud flaps that would move outward from ...

Tech company Continental has created an ultracompact transport robot capable of transporting stacked small load containers (SLCs) of up to 300 kg fully automatically.

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Ford may also be working on deployable bed fins and dive planes; Ford may be developing roof rails and roof racks that deploy when needed, and stow when not in use to reduce aerodynamic drag, ...

Thick-panel origami structures showing deployment from folded to expanded states. Credit: Peng et al./Nature Communications.DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59141-2.

Ford deployable roof rack patent image Automakers don't always commercialize features that they patent, Ford wouldn't be alone in looking for new ways to improve aero efficiency.