ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,405, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Air register assembly" was invented by Carmen Frida Vargas Garcia (Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico) and Luis Adrian Tena Han (Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air register assembly for a vehicle includes a barrel and vanes operably coupled to the barrel. A knob assembly is operably coupled to the barrel and the vanes. The knob assembly includes a support body, at least one absorbent basket selectively coupled to the support body, and a cover selectively coupled over the at least one absorbent basket. The cover is configu...