ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,440, issued on July 1, was assigned to Nailor Industries of Texas Inc. (Houston).

"Compact air plenum silencer" was invented by Eugene William Michael Faris (Kingwood, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for reducing sound levels in an HVAC system, the apparatus including a housing configured to be positioned within an air inlet vent for an HVAC system. The housing includes a first opening configured to intake air and a second opening configured to out put air and a plurality of baffles positioned within said housing, each baffle including a body defining a volume and has a plurality of perforations, wherein each baffle ...