ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,816, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA CORPORTATION (Seoul, South Korea) and HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Active air flap system for a 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 for a vehicle is provided. The system includes an exterior surface having at least one or more openings, a housing provided on a rear side of the exterior surface, a flap rotatably mounted on the housing, and a driving section rotat...