US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOBIS on Sept. 15 for "Winding unit and vehicle air skirt apparatus comprising the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,127, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Winding unit and vehicle air skirt apparatus comprising the same" was invented by Jae Sup Byun (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jang Ho Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A winding unit, which winds a skirt for blocking inflow of a headwind generated when a vehicle travels, includes an actuator which generates power, a roller which is coupled to the skirt and winds the skirt, a holder coupled to an end portion of the skirt, and a driving link which connects the holder and the actuator and moves the holder using the power genera...