ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,025, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to MORIROKU Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Air-conditioning outlet device" was invented by Hiroaki Nozawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The air-conditioning outlet device includes the housing having a frame shape and having a flow path through which air flows. The housing has an overlapping surface that a fin is overlappable in a state where the flow path is closed, and a clearance recess recessed from the overlapping surface so as not to come into contact with the fin when the fin rotates from the state where the flow path is closed. The clearance recess of the housing and the fin define a blow-in sp...