ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,745, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES (La Verriere, France).

"Device for shutting off an air flow for a motor vehicle front end, comprising a plurality of support frames" was invented by Vijendra Kumar (Chennai, India), Vladimir Szegeny (Prague), Frederic Vacca (La Verriere, France) and Sebastien Velasco (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shut-off device for an air intake of a motor vehicle front end, including: a first support frame having four sidewalls, a second support frame having four sidewalls, at least one flap arranged within each of the first and second support frames and pivoting abo...