ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,350, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Air intake duct" was invented by Michitomo Murata (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air intake duct is configured to suitably supply air inside a passenger compartment of a vehicle as a cooling air to a battery unit mounted below a floor carpet in the vehicle. The air intake duct includes an intake grille and a protrusion. The intake grille has a plurality of intake holes. The intake grille is disposed in a horizontal direction at substantially a same height as the floor carpet. The protrusion protrudes from the intake grille toward the p...