US Patent Issued to MAGNA EXTERIORS on April 22 for "Linkage for improved diagnostics for kinematic assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,654, issued on April 22, was assigned to MAGNA EXTERIORS INC. (Aurora, Canada).

"Linkage for improved diagnostics for kinematic assembly" was invented by Jeffrey B. Manhire (Rochester, Mich.), Braendon R. Lindberg (Metamora, Mich.) and Daniel Vander Sluis (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kinematic linkage assembly for an active grille shutter system having a frame connectable to a vehicle and forming an aperture. A kinematic linkage assembly with a plurality of vanes each moveable between an open position, an intermediate position, and a closed position. The rotation force from an actuator is transmitted across...