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US 2026/0014832 A1Published application
Active grille shutter with multi-axis pivots
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKyle Begle, Aaron Peter Klop, Craig M. Watson, Patrick J. Reed
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Abstract
A vehicle flow control system, including: a shutter of an active grille shutter assembly, the shutter rotatable about a shutter axis; an actuator shaft assembly rotatable about an actuator shaft assembly axis; and a link rotatably coupling the shutter to the actuator shaft assembly, the link rotatable about at least two link axes relative to the shutter axis and relative to the actuator shaft assembly axis.
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A vehicle flow control system, comprising:
- a shutter of an active grille shutter assembly, the shutter rotatable about a shutter axis;
- an actuator shaft assembly rotatable about an actuator shaft assembly axis;
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- a link rotatably coupling the shutter to the actuator shaft assembly, the link rotatable about at least two link axes relative to the shutter axis and relative to the actuator shaft assembly axis.
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A vehicle flow control system, comprising;
- first and second shutters, the first shutter configured to rotate about a first shutter axis, the second shutter configured to rotate about a second shutter axis, the first shutter axis and the second shutter axis transverse to each other;
- an actuator shaft assembly rotatably about an actuator shaft axis that is transverse to both the first shutter axis and the second shutter axis;
- first and second links, the first link coupling the first shutter to the actuator shaft assembly, the second link coupling the second shutter to the actuator shaft assembly;
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- an actuator that drives the actuator shaft assembly to rotate about the actuator shaft assembly to drive the first shutter to rotate about the first shutter axis through the first link, and to drive the second shutter to rotate about the second axis through the second link.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.