ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,990, issued on March 18, was assigned to Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co. Ltd. (Ningbo, China).
"Air vent device for a ventilation system of a vehicle" was invented by Mans Pihlsgard (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Johan Setterberg (Gothenburg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air vent device for a ventilation system of a vehicle. The device has a pipe forming an air channel for providing air to a compartment of the vehicle and a diffuser for disturbing the airflow provided to the vehicle compartment. The diffuser has a portion made of a flexible material which diffuser portion is arranged to cover a part of a cross-sect...