ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,284, issued on May 20, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Air vent for a vehicle" was invented by Manfred Groben (Gau-Bickelheim, Germany) and Gunther Kramer (Enkenbach-Alsenborn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air vent (1) for a motor vehicle, wherein the air vent (1) includes a housing (2) having an air inlet region (3) and an opposite air outlet region (4). In the housing (2) of the air vent (1), an airflow splitter (5), which extends at least regionally or partially transversely to the housing longitudinal direction, is arranged such that a first air guiding region (6) and a second air guiding ...