ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,897, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Variable grille apparatus" was invented by Jin Young Yoon (Gimpo-si, South Korea), Dong Eun Cha (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hong Heui Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jae Sup Byun (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Jang Ho Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable grille apparatus controls a flow rate of air circulated through the grille. Commercial properties are improved through an advanced opening and closing operation during adjustment of the air flow ...