ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,048, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Air conditioning device for vehicle" was invented by Yu Nakashima (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioning device for a vehicle includes: a side vent valve (first valve) to open/close a first air outlet opening to a unit case; a side defrost valve (second valve) to open/close a second air outlet opening to the unit case; a cam body having a substantially cylindrical shape and axially supported so as to be rotatable about a central axis; a side vent cam mechanism (first cam mechanism) linking with a side surface of the cam body and the side vent va...