Vehicle having active grille shutter assembly
AssigneeFca US LLC
InventorsUday K Mahakali, Sreekanth Surapaneni, Venkata K.M. Chagarlamudi, Arturo Guzman-Magana
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AssigneeFca US LLC
InventorsUday K Mahakali, Sreekanth Surapaneni, Venkata K.M. Chagarlamudi, Arturo Guzman-Magana
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A vehicle including a vehicle body having a front end that defines an engine compartment for a propulsion system of the vehicle; a grille provided at the front end that is configured to permit air to enter the engine compartment; and an active grille shutter assembly provided between the grille and the engine compartment, wherein the active grille shutter assembly includes a conduit configured to receive pressurized air from a pump, a plurality of independently controllable air restriction bladders that are in fluid communication with the conduit and configured to receive the pressurized air from the conduit to inflate the air restriction bladders and either prevent the air from entering the engine compartment through the grille or reduce an amount of the air from entering the engine compartment through the grille.
A vehicle comprising:
An active grille shutter assembly configured to be provided between a grille and an engine compartment of a vehicle, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.