ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,112, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Air flap apparatus for vehicle" was invented by In Cheol Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an air flap apparatus for a vehicle, which is improved to prevent an air flap from being rotated by a traveling wind generated when the vehicle travels at a high speed. The air flap apparatus for a vehicle includes a frame disposed behind a grill of a vehicle, an air flap that opens or closes an air inlet formed in the frame, a power transmission unit that is connected to the air flap and rotates the a...