ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,879, issued on March 25, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Air venting system and venting method for a truck" was invented by Jeffrey Gray (Dearborn, Mich.), Vince Anthony Chimento (Plymouth, Mich.), Eric R. Yerke (Redford, Mich.), Peter Joyce (Royal Oak, Mich.), Srinath Vijayakumar (Farmington, Mich.), Daniel Hewitt (Amherstburg, Canada) and Mukdam Kena (Commerce Township, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air venting system includes, among other things. A box of a truck. The box provides a cargo area. The system further includes a cab back panel of the truck. The cab back panel has an exposed s...