US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on Aug. 25 for "Vehicle vent patches" (Michigan, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,567, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle vent patches" was invented by Michael Robertson (West Bloomfield, Mich.), Venkatesh Krishnan (Canton, Mich.), Segundo Baldovino (Novi, Mich.), Aaron Bradley Johnson (Allen Park, Mich.) and Adam Chase-Azzaoui (Apopka, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may include a vehicle component. A device may include a vent patch assembly including a frame having attachment members for removably attaching the vent patch assembly to the vehicle component."

The patent was filed on Sept. 30, 2025, under Application No. 19/344,934.

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