ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,288, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Active air flap for vehicles" 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: "Disclosed herein is an active air flap for vehicles, which includes a flap part configured to open and close an outside air inlet of a grill located at a front of a vehicle through a plurality of paths, a drive unit configured to provide a driving force to the flap part, and a link unit configured to transmit the driving force of the drive unit to the flap part, wherein the link unit includ...