US Patent Issued to Valeo Electrification on July 28 for "Extruded flap for a device for shutting off an air inlet of a motor vehicle front end" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,750, issued on July 28, was assigned to Valeo Electrification (Cergy Pontoise, France).

"Extruded flap for a device for shutting off an air inlet of a motor vehicle front end" was invented by Enzo Mitidieri (La Verriere, France) and Laura Marion (La Verriere, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flap including an extruded flap body with two outer walls connected edge to edge and delimiting an inner cavity, the flap including an end piece at each of the ends of the flap body, the end pieces including an inner part inserted into the cavity and an outer part protruding from the flap body, the flap body including, within its cavity, t...