ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,393, issued on June 2, was assigned to VENTRA GROUP Co. (Halifax, Canada).

"Active air intake shutter system" was invented by Joaquin Hung (Markham, Canada), Michael Engle (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.) and Zackary Bucki (South Rockwood, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active vehicle air intake shutter system for installation at first and second air intake openings on a front end of a motor vehicle that are angled relative to one another in both rearward and lateral directions. The system includes first and second intake shutter assemblies for mounting at the intake openings. A lateral shaft has first and second shaft couplings ...