ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,278, issued on May 20, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Air monitoring system for vehicle interior" was invented by Jay Z. Chen (Sylvania, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle air monitoring system includes a housing defining an interior and an inlet. An airflow assembly is disposed within the interior and includes a pump configured to draw an air sample into an airflow passage via the inlet. A detection assembly is in fluid communication with the airflow passage of the airflow assembly. The detection assembly includes a light source configured to illuminate a biochip and a photodetector confi...