ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,322, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Atieva Inc. (Newark, Calif.).

"Air duct integration into cross-car beam structure" was invented by Lucas Jungmann (Newark, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprises: a cross-car beam; a cross-car beam structure attached to the cross-car beam; an air duct; and an air vent, wherein the cross-car beam and the cross-car beam structure form a channel for air flow between the air duct and the air vent."

The patent was filed on May 6, 2022, under Application No. 18/561,593.

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