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Founded by Henry Ford and incorporated in 1903, the Ford Motor Company is one the oldest automotive companies in the world. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand. Ford manufactures a variety types of vehicles such as passenger cars, SUVs, crossovers, trucks, hybrids/EVs and others. This blossary collects some of the most common terms used by Ford vehicles.

Category: Autos

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Created by: Johna04

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Shape of each lobe on a camshaft that determines the amount or duration of time an intake or exhaust valve is open and the valve’s maximum opening, or “lift.”

Domain: Automotive; Category: Automobile

Shaft that transmits power from the transmission to the axle differential assembly on rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

Domain: Automotive; Category: Automobile

Shaft in an engine block or cylinder head that includes a series of lobes which regulates opening and closing the intake and exhaust valves, allowing the engine to “breathe.”

Domain: Automotive; Category: Automobile

Set that uses a small gear (the pinion gear) to turn a larger diameter annular gear (the ring gear).

Domain: Automotive; Category: Automobile

Sections of a vehicle body and/or frame engineered to progressively deform in a collision, thereby absorbing impact forces instead of transferring them to the passenger compartment. Also known as ...

Domain: Automotive; Category: Automobile

Science of the interface between human and machine. In automobiles, ergonomics pertains to the designing and arrangement of instrumentation, switches and controls, so they can be most effectively and ...

Domain: Automotive; Category: Automobile

Safety valve designed to protect the air supply of a tractor or leading trailer and automatically apply the brakes of a trailing unit in the event of accidental separation.

Domain: Automotive; Category: Automobile

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