ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,239, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Ram air duct and deflector" was invented by Venkata Krishna Mohan Chagarlamudi (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Arturo Guzman-Magana (LaSalle, Canada) and Sreekanth Surapaneni (Oakland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ram air system for a vehicle includes a duct having an inlet positioned adjacent a grille of the vehicle. The inlet receives high pressure ambient air when the vehicle is moving. A body extends from the inlet. The body extends along an entire axial length of a hood of the vehicle and terminates adjacent a dash panel of the vehicle. An outlet at a...