ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,004, issued on April 7, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Front spoiler arrangement for a motor vehicle, in particular for a truck" was invented by Muthukumar Venkitachalam (Kerala, India), Aniroop Kelothum Kandy (Kerala, India) and Rifat Fahmida Ali (West Bengal, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front spoiler for a motor vehicle, comprising a central part and lateral curved parts configured to extend laterally from the central part to a front wheel arch of a vehicle, an extension configured to extend along a lower edge of the front spoiler towards a road surface, the extension comprising extension flaps ...