US Patent Issued to Nissan North America on Jan. 20 for "Airflow regulation assemblies for vehicles including an active grille shutter connected to a reinforcement member" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,348, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Nissan North America Inc. (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Airflow regulation assemblies for vehicles including an active grille shutter connected to a reinforcement member" was invented by Jasvir Singh (Novi, Mich.) and Spencer Boyd III (Walled Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes: a vehicle body; a support structure that is connected to the vehicle body and which is configured to provide a framework for one or more thermal components of the vehicle; a reinforcement member that is connected to the vehicle body and which is configured to absorb impact forces; and an airflow regulati...