ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,477, issued on July 14, was assigned to Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Diffuser device for a motor car" was invented by Ronny Bach (Kirchheim am Neckar, Germany), Thomas Benzing (Wildberg, Germany), Erich Jehle-Graf (Karlsruhe, Germany), Andrej Ruckhaberle (Boeblingen, Germany), Uwe Seidler (Boeblingen, Germany) and Alexander Waeschle (Leonberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diffuser device for a motor car includes a diffuser which is moveably held on a base element and an actuator via which the diffuser is movable relative to the base element between a stowed position and a use position. The diffuser has a ...