ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,099, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to NIHON PLAST Co. LTD. (Fujinomiya, Japan).
"Wind direction adjusting apparatus" was invented by Kenichi Kamio (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wind direction adjusting apparatus of the present invention includes: a case body; at least one guide louver; and an operation knob slidably attached to the guide louver, in which the operation knob includes a knob body portion provided with an insertion portion through which the guide louver is inserted, and a friction member that is held in the knob body portion in a state of being in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the guid...