US Patent Issued to ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE on Sept. 16 for "Rear spoiler device for a commercial vehicle" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,576, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE BV (Brussels).

"Rear spoiler device for a commercial vehicle" was invented by James Bruin (Saint Clair Shores, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear spoiler device for a commercial vehicle includes a fixed air panel extending in a longitudinal panel direction and having first leading and trailing edges. An actuatable air panel including second leading and trailing edges is coupled to the fixed air panel and actuatable in the longitudinal panel direction relative to the fixed air panel between a retracted position and a deployed position. The actuatable air panel is ...