ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,677, issued on June 24, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).

"Fin arrangement of a cooling air opening" was invented by Sebastian Harter (Weissach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fin arrangement of a cooling air opening with a number of fins. The fins are arranged in a rotatably mounted manner adjacent to the cooling air opening. A drive is directly coupled to a first fin of the fins for directly driving the first fin. The first fin is coupled to at least one second fin of the fins or to a plurality of second fins of the fins for indirectly driving the second fins. A reduction gear or a first coupling mech...