ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,392, issued on June 2, 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 adjusts the flow rate of air flowing through a grille. Commercial value of a vehicle is improved by enhanced opening and closing motions when adjusting the flow rate of air. Furthe...