ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,797, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to NIFCO KOREA INC. (Asan-si, South Korea).

"Adjustment knob for vehicle air vent" was invented by Ki Mok Yang (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustment knob for rotating a horizontal vane and a vertical vane of a motor vehicle air vent is provided. The adjustment knob includes a knob body coupled to the horizontal vane to be movable in a horizontal direction and a vane rotating portion that rotates the vertical vane by movement of the knob body. An inserting gap, into which the horizontal vane is inserted in a frontward direction, and a receiving gap, which is e...