ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,124, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Diffuser apparatus" was invented by Dong Ha Kim (Gwacheon-si, South Korea), Hong Heui Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Eun Soo Park (Busan, South Korea), Jin Young Yoon (Gimpo-si, South Korea) and Hak Lim Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a diffuser apparatus, a plurality of diffusers are retracted in a lower part of a rear bumper and is deployed, and the operation of each of the diffusers is divided into a tilting operation and a sliding operation, so that airflow control is optimized fo...