ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,796, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and ITW EF&C KOREA LLC (Incheon, South Korea).

"Headliner air vent device for a vehicle" was invented by Bong Kyung Son (Ulsan, South Korea), Dong Won Yeon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Myung Hun Kang (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), Yong Seok Park (Seoul, South Korea), Keong No Kim (Incheon, South Korea) and Chun Ha Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a headliner air vent device for a vehicle. A housing includes a first outlet through which air is discharged and a second outlet comparted by an...