ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,834, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HCL Technologies Ltd. (New Delhi).

"Device and system for creating air capsules around passengers in vehicles and method thereof" was invented by Ganga Reddy Chinnappa Reddy (Bangalore, India), Vinod Kumar Srinivasa (Bangalore, India) and Manu Mohan (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device, system, and method for creating air capsules enclosing passengers in vehicles is disclosed. The device for creating air capsules enclosing passengers in vehicles includes an attachment portion. The attachment portion is removably attached to a gasper within a vehicle and receives airflow from ...