US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Dec. 23 for "Dynamically deployable adaptive mud flaps" (Michigan, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,170, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Dynamically deployable adaptive mud flaps" was invented by Brendan F. Diamond (Grosse Pointe, Mich.), Courtney Wright (Arvada, Colo.), Anthony Maraldo (Southgate, Mich.), David Michael Russell (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes one or more actuatable mudflap portions provided to the vehicle, capable of deployment and retraction to respectively increase and decrease deflection of wheel-spray and receives vehicle sensor information indicating driving conditions. The vehicle examines ...