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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2016
Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, Llc, Windsor, Ontario, CA;
Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC, Windsor, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
Active grille shutter. In an embodiment of a shutter system of the present disclosure, the shutter system comprises a plurality of moveable louvers, at least one lifter, the lifter including a lifter arm having a plurality of platforms and a plurality of spurs extending therefrom, a plurality of tensioners, and a drive mechanism connected to the lifter arm and structured to reversibly move the lifter arm and the plurality of platforms extending therefrom, wherein the movement of the lifter arm and platforms causes each louver to rotate about a pin extending therefrom, the pin adjacent and offset from the post.