ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,244, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Wuhan Lotus Cars Co. Ltd. (Wuhan, China).
"Active aero shutter for a motor vehicle" was invented by Philip Hall (Raunheim, Germany), Thomas Wiech (Darmstadt, Germany), Falk Fritz (Raunheim, Germany) and Alexander Neumann (Gernsheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention refers to an active aero shutter for a motor vehicle, comprising a frame with openings through which air can flow, at least one closing plate in each opening, which closes the opening and stops the air flow when closed, and the frame is formed by several struts, each connected to at least one other strut, wherein ...