ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,737, issued on June 24, was assigned to GENTHERM Inc. (Northville, Mich.).

"Vehicle seat air distribution device" was invented by Madalina Onica (Northville, Mich.), Zoran Panic (Windsor, Canada) and Ajay Murgod (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air distribution device that includes a seat plate. The seat plate includes one or more cushion engaging features. The one or more cushion engaging features are configured to engage one or more corresponding plate engaging features provided on a seat cushion of a vehicle seat."

The patent was filed on Oct. 24, 2023, under Application No. 18/492,848.

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