ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,780, issued on April 1, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicular variable spoiler lighting apparatus" was invented by Soon Mo Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Do Hyung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Chan Ho Joo (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable spoiler apparatus including a spoiler unit movably provided in a rear section of a vehicle and configured to extend or be tilted toward a direction opposite from a forward traveling direction of the vehicle according to a traveling mode of the vehicle and a rear lamp provided in the spoiler unit and configured to emit light toward t...