ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,983, issued on March 18, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Intake air guide device for a vehicle" was invented by Ji Min Jeong (Seoul, South Korea) and Chang Su Son (Hanam-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intake air guide device for a vehicle includes an air guide surrounding the outside of a heat exchanger mounted on a front portion of a vehicle and extending forward to guide an airflow so that the air flowing into the front portion of the vehicle flows into the heat exchanger, and a sealing guide extending backward from the front portion of the vehicle ...