ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,296, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Actuatable wheel deflector" was invented by Mohammad Omar Faruque (Ann Arbor, Mich.), S.M. Iskander Farooq (Novi, Mich.) and Dean M. Jaradi (Macomb, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a vehicle body having a wheel well. The vehicle includes a linear actuator supported by the vehicle body vehicle-rearward of the wheel well. The vehicle includes a first member extending between a first end and a second end, the first end pivotally connected to the vehicle body. The vehicle includes a second member extending between a first end ...