ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,620, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to NIHON PLAST Co. LTD. (Fujinomiya, Japan).
"Wind direction adjustment apparatus" was invented by Yojiro Yoneyama (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a wind direction adjustment apparatus achieving improved performance while the number of components is reduced. A wind direction adjustment apparatus 1 includes a case body 3 that internally defines a ventilation passage 5. The wind direction adjustment apparatus 1 includes a fin 15 pivotably disposed in the ventilation passage 5 in the case body 3 to adjust a wind direction in accordance with pivoting. The wind direction adj...