US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, HYUNDAI MOBIS on Sept. 23 for "Active air flap system for vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,628, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Active air flap system for vehicle" was invented by Phil-Jung Jeong (Seongnam-Si, South Korea), Kyeong-Am Lee (Yongin-Si, South Korea) and Jae-Sup Byun (Seongnam-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active air flap system mounted in a predetermined portion of a vehicle, includes: a housing, a flap mounted on the housing to be relatively movable, an actuator coupled to the at least one flap and configured to drive the at least one flap, and a power transfer mech...