US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 9 for "Air cooling unit" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,703, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Air cooling unit" was invented by Noriyuki Yamanaka (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air cooling unit disclosed in the present specification includes an electrical apparatus, a duct having an outlet for blowing air along a surface of the electrical apparatus, a temperature sensor disposed in the electrical apparatus, and a controller configured to limit operation of the electrical apparatus when a temperature detected by the temperature sensor exceeds a threshold temperature. The inner surface of the air outlet has thereon a projecting port...