ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,268, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to UUSI LLC (Reed City, Mich.).

"Motorized HVAC vent system" was invented by Bradley D. Looy (Big Rapids, Mich.), Richard L. Felicioni (Ada, Mich.) and David W. Shank (Hersey, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for controlling motorized vents of an HVAC system of a vehicle including at least one motor to move air louvers of an HVAC vent of the HVAC system, at least one thermal sensor to sense hot/cold areas inside the vehicle, and a position and motion control to control movement of the at least one motor, wherein position and motion control determines a targeted positioning ...