ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,296, issued on June 10, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Air flap for vehicle front" was invented by Oeztzan Akif (Munich), Christian Hack (Schweitenkirchen, Germany) and Arne Koehler (Pliening, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air flap for an air flap assembly for a vehicle front is provided. The air flap has a front face and a lateral face having a slotted guide system. The air flap blocks an air inlet in the vehicle front through the front face in a closed position and opens the air inlet in an open position. The air flap is rotatable from the closed position into the open position by a rotary moveme...