ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,269, issued on April 15.
"Integrated air supply unit" was invented by Weidong Lu (Los Altos, Calif.) and Daisy Kwok (Los Altos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The patent application discloses a compressed air control device. The compressed air control device for a source of compressed air on motor vehicles may comprise a housing. The housing may include an air inlet opening located at an outside surface of the housing. The housing comprises an electric motor and an air dryer. The air dryer together with the electric motor forms a first functional unit."
The patent was filed on March 19, 2023, under Application No. 18/186,182....