US Patent Issued to FCA US on Aug. 11 for "Vehicle rear step and diffuser system" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,305, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicle rear step and diffuser system" was invented by Lou Gasevski (West Bloomfield, Mich.), Arturo Guzman-Magana (LaSalle, Canada), Rimon I Ghobrial (Clawson, Mich.), Mark Coletti (Birmingham, Mich.) and Jon M Francis (Royal Oak, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deployable rear step and diffuser system for a vehicle having a frame and a rear bumper or fascia includes a rear step and diffuser configured to slidably couple to the frame at a rear of the vehicle and including a lower diffuser surface and an upper step surface. An actuator is operably coupl...