ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,164, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Low-profile air-conditioning register" was invented by Daigo Ariki (Kiyosu, Japan) and Yasuyuki Mitsui (Kiyosu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low-profile air-conditioning register includes a retainer, an upstream fin, and downstream fins. The downstream fins include two facing first downstream fins extending in a longitudinal direction and two facing second downstream fins extending in the longitudinal direction of the first downstream fins on an upstream side of the first downstream fins. The low-profile air-conditioning register includes a...