US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on May 19 for "Vehicle air extractor having multilayered flaps" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,986, issued on May 19, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle air extractor having multilayered flaps" was invented by Eric Jay MacLean (Brighton, Mich.) and Scott Christopher Sterbenz (Brownstown, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air extractor assembly includes a housing, and at least one multilayered flap pivotably secured to the housing, the at least one multilayered flap configured to transition from a sealed position to a pressure-releasing position relative to at least one first aperture of the housing. The at least one multilayered flap can include a first flap layer directly adjacent a ...