ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,402, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Infotainment system with air-vent control" was invented by Jonathan Stoia (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Christopher Berthelet (Berkeley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air vent assembly includes a cover member having an inlet for allowing a flow of air to enter the cover member. The cover member also has a vent extending from the inlet for allowing a flow of air to exit the cover member. The vent includes a first vent portion, and a second vent portion located adjacent to the first vent portion. The first vent portion has a first set of flow guiding vanes di...