ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,575, issued on March 11, was assigned to Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH (Hagenbach, Germany).

"Ventilation outlet with a control element and an actuating knob" was invented by Volker Doll (Ranschbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a ventilation outlet including one or more flow directing elements arranged movably in a housing and with an actuating element mounted movably on the housing with an actuating knob for actuating at least one flow directing element for controlling a ventilation gas flow and with a light source for illuminating the actuating knob. A movable mounting of the actuating element permits a m...