ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,246, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Lateral rear region of a motor vehicle comprising an air directing device, and motor vehicle" was invented by Bernd Herrmann (Ehningen, Germany), Joachim Paul (Benningen a.N., Germany), Okan Gonuldinc (Ostfildern, Germany), Moritz Zeh (Stuttgart, Germany) and Dominik Beierl (Korntal-Munchingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lateral rear region of a motor vehicle includes a rear vehicle body member extending at least behind a rear wheel housing of the motor vehicle. The lateral rear region includes an air directing device, wherein an ...