ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,571, issued on July 15, was assigned to Honga Motor Co. Lts. (Tokyo).
"Movable spoiler device" was invented by Yuki Nakamura (Tokyo), Kei Ambo (Tokyo) and Kenichi Ando (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a movable spoiler device, which may be easily stored and operated stably. The movable spoiler device includes a fixed plate fixed on a body of a vehicle; a movable plate disposed to be movable between a storage position connected to the fixed plate and an unfolding position closer to the rear position than the storage position; a linkage mechanism that is pivotally supported on the fixed plate at one...