US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOBIS on July 22 for "Active air flap of vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,404, issued on July 22, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Active air flap of vehicle" was invented by Jae Sup Byun (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea) and Kyeong Am Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active air flap of a vehicle according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a frame part which communicates with an outside air inlet of a grill, a flap part including a plurality of flap units which are rotatably connected to the frame part and sequentially open or close the outside air inlet of the grill, a rotary shaft which connects the plurality of flap units to the fra...