US Patent Issued to VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES on June 23 for "Extruded flap for a device for shutting off an air inlet of a motor vehicle front end" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,976, issued on June 23, was assigned to VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES (LaVerriere, 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 a flap with a front wall and a rear wall, the rear wall including a groove extending concentrically to the axis of rotation of the flap, the front wall and the rear wall being connected edge to edge and delimiting an inner cavity, the flap further including an end piece at each of the ends of the flap body, the end pieces in...