ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,896, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MONTAPLAST GMBH (Morsbach, Germany).
"Air guidance control unit for a motor vehicle" was invented by Andreas Putz (Much, Germany), Andreas Ewert (Waldbrol, Germany), Sebastian Schwegmann (Lohmar, Germany), Johannes Muller (Waldbrol, Germany) and Frank Mika (Numbrecht, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Air flow control insertable into an air opening for controlling air flowing along an air flow direction, with a closure device including a cloth or fabric adjustable between an opening position releasing the air opening and a closing position at least partially closing the air opening by mean...