US Patent Issued to FCA US on Dec. 2 for "Wheel deflector" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,968, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Wheel deflector" was invented by Eric A. Darin (Royal Oak, Mich.), Richard A Lenzen Jr. (Highland, Mich.), Dustin DeMink (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Ranjit B Pandhare (Troy, Mich.), Jeffrey M Patrias (Dearborn, Mich.), Adrian J Purvis (Lake Orion, Mich.), Prabhu L Selvaraj (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Meyyappan Valliappan (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle that includes a vehicle frame, a wheel attached to the vehicle frame, and a wheel deflector assembly attached to the vehicle frame. The wheel deflector assembly includes a deflector plate th...