ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,777, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Active air skirt apparatus" was invented by Jin Young Yoon (Gimpo-si, South Korea), Dong Eun Cha (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hong Heui Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jae Sup Byun (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Jang Ho Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active air skirt apparatus controls an airflow flowing to a lower side of a mobility device according to a traveling state of the mobility device, thereby securing optimal aerodynamic performance. In addi...