ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,684, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GENTHERM GMBH (Odelzhausen, Germany).

"Connector for thermal system of a ventilated vehicle seat" was invented by Ajay Murgod (Novi, Mich.), Harsh Harilal Patel (Novi, Mich.) and Eddy Orig (Lasalle, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal system for a vehicle seat. The thermal system includes a seat insert: a connector having a first portion at least partially located within the seat insert; and an air mover connected to the seat insert via the connector. The air mover is adapted to generate an air flow within the insert. The first portion of the connector includes one or more air dir...