ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,328, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle having rear air duct and vent assembly and method" was invented by Michael Robertson (West Bloomfield, Mich.), Venkatesh Krishnan (Wayne, Mich.), Segundo Baldovino (Novi, Mich.), Sunil Reddy Patil (Troy, Mich.) and Martin D. Lopez (Oakland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle having a body defining a cabin interior and having a window on a rearward facing surface, an air intake for receiving air from an exterior environment, an air blower for blowing the air in the cabin interior, and an air exhaust vent coupled to the body pro...