ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,962, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Aerodynamic device control" was invented by Alex Allmandinger (Ferndale, Mich.), Robert Walsh (Novi, Mich.), Michael Bastanipour (Ferndale, Mich.) and Sriram Pakkam (Royal Oak, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerodynamics control system for a vehicle may include a repositionable aerodynamic device disposed at a portion of the vehicle, a controller operably coupled to components or sensors of the vehicle to receive information including vehicle performance data and position information for the aerodynamic device, and a vehicle location sen...