ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,537, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Air-conditioning vent structure" was invented by Yoon Hyung Lee (Whasung-Si, South Korea) and Sang Shin Lee (Seongnam-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air-conditioning vent structure includes a duct portion supported by a duct panel, the duct portion including first and second outlets formed at an upper portion thereof and separated by a partition, and a curvature portion including a curvature, a sliding door slidable along an upper portion of the curvature portion at a lower end portion of the partition,...