US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Jan. 20 for "Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit for a vehicle" (Michigan, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,328, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit for a vehicle" was invented by Michael John Harmon (Northville, Mich.), Hussain Zoher Tajmahal (Detroit), Marielle Beverly Conrad (Detroit), Yejin Han (Detroit), David Earl Ooms (Canton, Mich.), Michael Moliterno (Chicago) and Andrew Smith (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit includes a seating assembly that has a seat air duct assembly disposed within an interior of the seating assembly. A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning as...