US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Sept. 8 for "Movable duct for a vehicle" (Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,697, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Movable duct for a vehicle" was invented by Joel Perez (Lerma, Mexico), Juan Diego Bobadilla (Calimaya, Mexico) and Jose Eduardo Marquez (Toluca, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A movable duct includes an inlet duct segment including an inlet duct wall extending from a first inlet duct end to an opposite second inlet duct end and including at least one first elongate guide extending between the first inlet duct end and the second inlet duct end. The movable duct further includes a first telescopic duct segment having a first telescopic duct ...