ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,444, issued on July 21, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Adjustable lateral air-directing wing arrangement for a 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: "An adjustable lateral air-directing wing arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a lateral air-directing wing, which is displaceable by an electric motor between a resting position retracted into a vehicle body and an active position exte...