US Patent Issued to Valeo Systemes Thermiques on June 23 for "Shutter device for a front-end air intake of a motor vehicle comprising a shutter disconnection device" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,974, issued on June 23, was assigned to Valeo Systemes Thermiques (Le Mesnil Saint-Denis, France).

"Shutter device for a front-end air intake of a motor vehicle comprising a shutter disconnection device" was invented by Frederic Vacca (Le Mesnil Saint Denis, France), Laura Marion (Le Mesnil Saint Denis, France) and Karim Arab (Le Mesnil Saint Denis, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shutter device for a front-end air intake of a motor vehicle including: a support frame and at least two shutters including a shutter body and a first end connected to the support frame. The first end of a first shutter includes a device for disconn...