ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,902, issued on April 7, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Vehicle with controlled hood movement" was invented by Zuohong Fu (Shanghai), Haifeng Guo (Shanghai), Hongyu Wang (Shanghai), Junjie Zhou (Shanghai) and Zhaoping Wang (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In at least some implementations, a vehicle includes a body having a front end, a front compartment and a hood received over at least part of the front compartment. A hood moving assembly is coupled to the hood to move the hood away from the front compartment and from a closed position. A thermal camera is carried by the body and has a field of view that i...