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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2019
Applicants:
Denso International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Inventor:
Joseph Burtch, Novi, MI (US);
Assignees:
DENSO International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 11/085 (2013.01);
Abstract
An active grill shutter assembly including a plurality of airflow control blades. At least two of the airflow control blades have different curvatures or chord lengths configured to optimize airflow over a curvature of an air duct that the active grill shutter is mounted in. An actuator is linked to the plurality of airflow control blades with a linkage assembly to rotate the plurality of airflow control blades.