ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,752, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Valeo Systemes Thermiques (Le Mesnil Saint-Denis, France).

"Heating, ventilation and/or air-conditioning device for a motor vehicle" was invented by Philippe Pierres (Le Mesnil Saint-Denis, France), Thierry Barbier (Le Mesnil Saint-Denis, France), Yves Rousseau (Le Mesnil Saint-Denis, France) and Naveenkumar Ummidi (Tamil Nadu, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating, ventilating and/or air-conditioning device for a motor vehicle, comprising a housing that defines a flow channel having at least a first duct for the flow of a first stream of air, defining a first air outlet, at least a seco...