US Patent Issued to FCA US on April 21 for "Hood closure assist system" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,988, issued on April 21, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Hood closure assist system" was invented by Mark Doroudian (Novi, Mich.), Milind Khedkar (Pune, India) and D Vamsidhar (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle storage space closing assist system has an air inlet portal in the storage space to enable air to exit from the storage space upon closing a hood covering the storage space. A conduit directs air away from the storage space upon closing of the hood. A bladder couples with the conduit to receive pressurized air upon closing of the hood. An outlet portal is coupled with the conduit to en...