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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2024
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Haley L. Grantham, Saline, MI (US);
Aaron R. Steinhilb, Milan, MI (US);
Troy N. Grantham, Saline, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
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.