ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,098, issued on June 30, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"HVAC inlet control based on thermal event" was invented by Dave Gerard Rich (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Joshua Aaron Vallender (Pinon Hills, Calif.) and Jermaine L. StanFord (Oak Park, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an exemplary embodiment, a system is provided that includes one or more sensors and a processor. The one or more sensors are configured to at least facilitate obtaining sensor data as to a vehicle. The processor is coupled to the one or more sensors, and is configured to at least facilitate obtaining sensor data from the one or...