ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,402, issued on July 7, was assigned to Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH (Hannover, Germany).

"Vehicle display apparatus integrated with a temperature regulator" was invented by Ling Chih Teng (Singapore), Zhixiong Jiang (Singapore), Han Lin Fong (Singapore), Hee Lee Koh (Singapore) and Chun How Low (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle display apparatus comprising a processor and a temperature regulator is disclosed. The temperature regulator is operable to allow a fluid flow to enter a fluid flow inlet of the vehicle display apparatus or prevent a fluid flow to enter a fluid flow inlet of the vehicle display app...