ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,223, issued on July 22, was assigned to Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH (Hagenbach, Germany).
"Air vent" was invented by Volker Doll (Ranschbach, Germany), Stephane Londiche (Montmagny, France), Julien Seiller (Munich) and Martin Schulz (Karlsruhe, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air vent is configured to discharge two separate volumetric flows of air in respectively different and intersecting discharge directions. A perceived air discharge direction is adjustable with no change to the intersecting discharge directions. A first volumetric flow of air exits the first air duct in a first direction, and a second volumetric flo...