ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,336, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Air-gap aerodynamically sealing apparatus for a motorized vehicle, and motorized vehicle, in particular a truck, comprising such an apparatus" was invented by Akarsh Kumar (Telangana, India), Muthukumar Venkitachalam (Thiruvananthapuram, India) and Johan Torsholm (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for aerodynamically sealing at least part of an air gap formed between at least a first part and a second part of a motorized vehicle, comprising a sealing device having a shaped body comprising a connecting portion which is suitabl...