US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 30 for "Hybrid vehicle including active air flap" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,854, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Hybrid vehicle including active air flap" was invented by Dong-Su Ha (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Janghyo Lee (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Jongwha Kim (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Mingi Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Jun Shin (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea) and Tae Hyeong Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid vehicle includes active air flaps provided on a front-end module and a controller that controls the active air flaps based on a coolant temperature according to an outdoor air temperature, an ...