ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,619, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Air conditioner for a vehicle and its manufacture" was invented by Michael G. Theodore Jr. (Plymouth, Mich.), Brian Laurain (Troy, Mich.), Olivia O'Dwyer (Oakland Township, Mich.) and Rice Eddie (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding door assembly includes a door structure having a channel formed therein with the channel extending in an axial direction of the door structure. A first rotary drive structure is configured for selective rotation about an axis of rotation thereof. The first rotary drive structure includes a first drive body rol...