ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,233, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Mahle International GmbH (Germany).

"Air duct system" was invented by Florian Klein (Bad Liebenzell-Moettlingen, Germany), Markus Michael (Ilsfeld, Germany), Anja Reiter (Schorndorf, Germany), Jochen Schaudt (Hechingen, Germany) and Oliver Schultze (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air duct system for conducting air within an HVAC equipment of a motor vehicle may include a housing of the HVAC equipment, a sensor through which air is flowable, and at least one air duct connected to the sensor in an air-conducting manner. The housing may include (i) a first housing part with a...