ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,218, issued on June 3, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Air-guard having sub-guide structure" was invented by Sung-Wook Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Neung Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea), Ok Ryul Min (Daejeon, South Korea), Won Sub So (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yong Min Jo (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an air-guard having a sub-guide structure, that is, an air-guard having a sub-guide structure for improving availability of air introduced into a vehicle grill. In particular, an air-guard having a sub-guide structure includes an improved structure for guiding air toward a suction duc...