ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,716, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SAIC GM Wuling Automobile Co. Ltd (Liuzhou, China).

"Semi-automatic telescopic automobile air conditioner air outlet" was invented by Xiaobin Zhao (Liuzhou, China), Zuomei Liu (Liuzhou, China), Changye Liu (Liuzhou, China), Xuejun Wei (Liuzhou, China), Wei Shen (Liuzhou, China) and Wei Li (Liuzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the technical field of automobile accessories, and discloses a semi-automatic telescopic automobile air conditioner air outlet, comprising an instrument panel body, and further comprising an adjustment mechanism and a damper assembly; the ad...