ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,007, issued on April 21, was assigned to Valeo Systemes Thermiques (Le Mesnil Saint-Denis, France).

"System of controlled flaps for a vehicle, comprising two sets of flaps" was invented by Jerome Ripa (Le Mesnil Saint Denis, France), Enzo Mitidieri (Le Mesnil Saint Denis, France) and Pierre Alexandre Langlet (Le Mesnil Saint Denis, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a system (1) of controlled flaps comprising two sets (10a, 10b) of flaps (100), each set (10a, 10b) of flaps (100) being able to adopt an open position (p1) and a closed position (p2), characterized in that said system (1) of controlled flaps ...