Automatic ventilation system and method for purging an interior space of a vehicle during shipping

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PATENT NO 12168389
APP PUB NO 20230322046A1
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17717219

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A ventilation system and method of purging volatile organic compounds from an interior space of the vehicle. The ventilation space including an air extractor connected to a vehicle wall and having an interior side within the interior space defined by the vehicle wall, a fan attached to the interior side, and a controller configured to operate in a shipping mode to activate the fan to generate ventilation flow through the air extractor.

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FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC330 TOWN CENTER DRIVE SUITE 800 DEARBORN MI 48126

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Ferretti, Daniel Commerce Township, US 102 1075
Hallifax, Timothy James Toorak, AU 5 7
MacLean, Eric Jay Brighton, US 5 2
Mullen, Gary D Plymouth, US 38 173
Sterbenz, Scott Christopher Brownstown, US 7 3

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