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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Eric Stoddard, Birmingham, MI (US);
Mark Taylor, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Aditya Narayan, Detroit, MI (US);
Giancarlo Foschetti, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jason Castriota, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An exemplary flow control assembly includes, among other things, shutters each having at least one aperture. The shutters are configured to move back and forth between a first position and a second position to influence a flow through the at least one aperture. A flow control method includes, among other things, moving a shutters back and forth between a first position and a second position. The first position permits more flow through at least one aperture within each of the shutters than the second position.