US Patent Issued to Daimler on May 20 for "Slidable central console unit with air outlets connected to telescopic air duct" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,276, issued on May 20, was assigned to Daimler AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Slidable central console unit with air outlets connected to telescopic air duct" was invented by Valentin Maier (Ispringen, Germany), Christoph Menzel (Stuttgart, Germany), Bernd Plocher (Rottenburg, Germany) and Benno Stamp (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A central console unit for a vehicle includes a first partial unit that is fixedly connectable to the vehicle and a second partial unit shiftably connected in relation to the first partial unit to the first partial unit. The first partial unit has a first air guiding arrangement that is conn...