ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,278, issued on June 10, was assigned to HIGHLY MARELLI JAPAN Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle air-conditioning device" was invented by Ryuuji Tsukuda (Tokyo), Hiroshi Kishi (Tokyo), Hiromichi Yanashima (Tokyo) and Makoto Aoshika (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle air-conditioning device comprises: a case inside of which a passage for air is formed, the case having an outside-air introducing port and an air discharge port, the outside-air introducing port opening on the vehicle front side and being capable of introducing air from outside a vehicle (the outside air), and the air discharge port being capable of discharging the intro...