ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,744, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to MONTAPLAST GMBH (Morsbach, Germany).

"Air guidance control unit for a motor vehicle" was invented by Andreas Putz (Much, Germany), Andreas Ewert (Waldbrol, Germany), Sebastian Schwegmann (Lohmar, Germany), Johannes Muller (Waldbrol, Germany) and Frank Mika (Numbrecht, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air guidance control unit having a frame, which surrounds at least one air opening for air flowing along an air flow direction to flow through, a closing device including adjustable flaps, which closing device can be adjusted by means of an adjusting element between an open position in which...