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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael Robertson, Jr., Garden City, MI (US);
Nicholas Sharpe, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Segundo Baldovino, Novi, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle assembly includes a vehicle exterior panel, a nozzle, and a wind panel fixed to the nozzle. The nozzle and the wind panel are movable together along an axis between a retracted axial position concealed behind the vehicle exterior panel and an extended axial position extending outward from the vehicle exterior panel. The nozzle and the wind panel are rotatable together about the axis when in the extended axial position. The wind panel is arranged to rotate the nozzle about the axis responsive to airflow directed at the wind panel.