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Patent No.:

US 12427855 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 19, 2024

Vehicle flow control system with lighting assembly

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);

David Pericak, Clinton Township, MI (US);

Jeffrey Robert Seaman, Petersburg, MI (US);

Samir Datta, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Brendan Diamond, Naples, FL (US);

Ryan O'gorman, Beverly Hills, MI (US);

Jenna Rogers, Canton, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Vichit Chea

Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Anabel Ton

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 11/08 (2006.01); F21S 41/125 (2018.01); F21S 41/14 (2018.01); F21S 41/141 (2018.01); F21S 41/36 (2018.01); F21S 41/37 (2018.01); F21S 41/39 (2018.01); F21S 41/675 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 11/085 (2013.01); F21S 41/141 (2018.01); F21S 41/37 (2018.01); F21S 41/39 (2018.01); F21S 41/675 (2018.01); F21S 41/125 (2018.01); F21S 41/18 (2018.01); F21S 41/36 (2018.01);
Abstract

A vehicle flow control system includes an active grille shutter assembly of a vehicle. The active grille shutter assembly has shutters and a lighting assembly configured to emit light that passes between the shutters. A vehicle lighting method includes emitting light from a lighting assembly through a plurality of shutters of an active grille shutter assembly.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Salter, Stuart. (2025). Vehicle flow control system with lighting assembly (U.S. Patent No. 12427855). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12427855

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