US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on March 17 for "Grill shutter control for brake cooling" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,817, issued on March 17, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Grill shutter control for brake cooling" was invented by Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), Jeff Robert Seaman (Petersburg, Mich.), Annette Lynn Huebner (Highland, Mich.), Kenneth Patrick Mchugh (Canton, Mich.), Andrew Stoscup (Wixom, Mich.) and Brendan Diamond (Grosse Pointe, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control system for a vehicle may include a brake assembly for applying negative torque to one or more wheels of the vehicle, a grill shutter assembly that directs airflow over the brake assembly when opened, and prevents a...