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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2024
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:
Primary Examiner:
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.