Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Haley L Grantham

Jeremiah Thomas Hammer

Aaron Richard Steinhilb

Troy N Grantham

Suk Jae Ham

A vehicle includes an active grille shutter system including an actuation frame and grille fins that extend between opposite sides of the actuation frame. The grille fins each include a fin body rotatably connected to the actuation frame and a fin extension movably connected to the fin body such that the fin extension moves from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration relative to the fin body. An actuation device is configured to move the fin extension from the stowed configuration to the deployed position thereby adding to a length of the fin body.

Grille shutters with active upper load path and vehicles including same

A vehicle frunk assembly is provided. The vehicle frunk includes a frunk housing having a bottom wall and a side wall having an interior surface and an opposite exterior surface. The interior surface of the side wall and the bottom wall define a storage space. The vehicle frunk includes a hood moveable between an open position and a closed position. The hood has a hood inner panel. The vehicle frunk includes a sealing flange extending outwardly from the hood inner panel, and the sealing flange has an inner surface and an outer surface. The sealing flange is configured to bound at least a portion of the side wall such that the inner surface of the sealing flange faces the exterior surface of the side wall to form a seal between the hood and the frunk housing when the hood is in the closed position.

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Saline, MI, United States of America

Haley L Grantham