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US 12,427,855 B1Granted
Vehicle flow control system with lighting assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, David Pericak, Jeffrey Robert Seaman, Samir Datta, Brendan Diamond, Ryan O'Gorman, Jenna Rogers
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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.
Claims18
A vehicle flow control system, comprising:
- an active grille shutter assembly of a vehicle, the active grille shutter assembly having a plurality of shutters;
- and
- a lighting assembly configured to emit light that passes between the plurality of shutters, wherein the lighting assembly is disposed horizontally between the plurality of shutters and a component of the vehicle.
A vehicle flow control system, comprising:
- an active grille shutter assembly of a vehicle, the active grille shutter assembly having a plurality of shutters;
- and
- a lighting assembly configured to emit light that passes between the plurality of shutters, wherein the plurality of shutters each comprise a reflective optics region that reflects light.
A vehicle lighting method, comprising:
- emitting light from a lighting assembly through a plurality of shutters of an active grille shutter assembly;
- and
- rotating the plurality of shutters to change an amount of light passing through the plurality of shutters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.