ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,277, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to WEBASTO SE (Stockdorf, Germany).
"Wind deflector having a vehicle-mounted base for connecting a deflector element" was invented by Rudolf Wimmer (Stockdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wind deflector for an openable vehicle roof having a displaceable lid element, the wind deflector having a deployable deflector element made of a flat, flexible material and a pivotable deploying bow, the lower edge of the deflector element being mounted on a vehicle-mounted base via a lower edge strip and the upper edge of the deflector element being mounted on a pivotable deploying bow. The vehicle...