Ford’s Design Patent Lawsuit Over F-150 Fenders Builds on a 2019 Ruling Aftermarket Makers Lost
Ford says Empire Auto Parts sold copies of F-150 and Bronco Sport body parts covered by five design patents. A…
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Four Starbucks Sizes, One Cupholder: A 55-Year Engineering Problem
Patents from 1971 to 1996 show engineers fighting the same dirt and spill problems while Starbucks sells drinks from 12…
Audi’s EV Patent Calls for Real Motor Noise, Fake Gearshifts and Sparks Ground Off the Pavement
Audi's German patent application would hard-mount an EV's motor, strip its soundproofing, simulate gearshifts and turbo lag, and grind a…
Stellantis Won a Patent to Drop an Overheating Battery and Drive Away on 12 Volts
A granted FCA US patent drops an electrified vehicle’s high-voltage pack and moves the car away on 12-volt power. The…
Ford Patented a Hood That Folds Into a Workbench. It Still Has to Crumple.
Ford's pending patent folds part of the hood forward into a work surface at bench height. The revealing detail is…
Toyota’s New Patent Isn’t Really About Photos. It’s About Reading Your Health Records First.
Forget the photo. The interesting part of Toyota’s newest patent filing isn’t that a car...
Tesla’s Next Roadster Finally Has a Reveal Date. Here’s What’s Real, What’s Patent, and What’s Pure Hype.
Tesla’s second-generation Roadster has spent so long as a reservation page that owners of the...
Hyundai’s Point-and-Speak Car Controls: Inside the Patent Trail
Every car voice assistant has the same blind spot: it can hear you but it...
The Internet Called It A ‘Snitch Car’ Patent. Ford’s Filing Says Something Very Different.
Somewhere in the comments under a story about a new Ford patent this week, a...
Stellantis Wants to Beam a Hologram Into Your Robotaxi’s Driver Seat. Here’s What It’s Not Telling You.
Somewhere in Stellantis’ latest patent filing sits an admission the company will never put in...
Mazda Patented a Fix for the Rotary Engine’s Dirtiest Secret. The RX-7 Crowd Should Pump the Brakes
Every time Mazda files a patent with the word “rotary” anywhere near it, the same...
BMW Patented a Trunk Lid That Swallows Your Charging Cable — And That’s Not Even the Interesting Part
Somewhere in Munich, a BMW engineer just solved a problem that has nothing to do...
Stellantis Patented Emergency Lights for Cars That Have Already Rolled Over
Every taillight ever engineered assumes the car will stay right-side up. Stellantis just filed a...
Toyota Just Patented A Fix For The Paddle-Shift Lag Its Own Engineers Invented Back In 2006
Pull the downshift paddle in a Toyota-built automatic and sometimes the car just waits. Not...
Tesla Takes Its Self-Driving Patent Fight To The Supreme Court
Somewhere in a filing cabinet at IBM in August 2015, five researchers wrote down an...